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On Monday, October 26, 2015, Â鶹ÊÓƵ hosted "Sexualities, Genders, and Rights: Histories and Futures." Resident Professor Anthony Chase of Diplomacy and World Affairs organized the event presented by the William and Elizabeth Kahane

I have found that one of the most important resources that every student can and should take advantage of here at Â鶹ÊÓƵ is the wide assortment of guests that the department will bring in. It never ceases to amaze me the number of famous well-known figures that come. Speakers like Howard Dean and Strobe Talbot.

The last academic year has proven to be exceptionally productive for the Young Initiaitve at Â鶹ÊÓƵ.

This past Monday, February 9th, 2015, Dr. Kathryn Sikkink visited Â鶹ÊÓƵ to give a talk entitled "Human Rights as a Tool for Emancipation."  I had the pleasure of hearing both her official talk, given to Occidental’s first-year class as a part of the Core Program’s lecture series, as well as attending a smaller lunch between Dr. Sikkink and students. Dr.

View the full talk given by Dr. Kathryn Sikkink here. For more information, please see blog post above.

In his talk on "The Costs and Consequences of Torture," Doug Johnson examined the morality and logic of US foreign policy decisions that led to the use of torture in Guantanamo Bay. In authorizing torture, the United States had to break our own eighth amendment and the fifth amendment.

Speakers: Ambassador Barbara Bodine, Ambassador Cameron Munter, Ambassador Chris O’Connor

Moderator: Professor Huss Banai, Â鶹ÊÓƵ