Wednesday, October 10

‘Circus of Possibilitarians’, 4pm on the Green
Bread and Puppet Theater will perform a show called The Circus of Possibilitarians, a satirical horse and butterfly circus, addressing pertinent national and international issues in a clownish fashion, including rotten ideas, a wild dancing horse and some mellow lions, a solemn salute to the world’s casualties and much more! The Dire Circumstance Jubilation Ensemble provides a little bit of brass and a lot of noise.
Sponsored by: Activists United

‘Walking the Word’ Lecture, 7pm Jefferson 218
“Walking the Word” indigenous people’s peace and justice activism in colombia. Ligna Pulido will address the effects of U.S. policy in Colombia, particularly the Colombian Consolidation Plan and the effects on indigenous communities and women. The discussion will illuminate the connections between miliarization, trade agreements, indigenous rights, women’s rights, land rights, and environmental protection.
Sponsors: Geography; GLS; IDSC; Women’s and Gender’s Studies; Foreign Language & Lit; Peace Studies; Latin American Studies

Thursday, October 11

Unsettling Accounts: The Politics and Performance of Confessions by Perpetrators of State Violence Talk , 12pm, Dana Commons
Leigh Payne, Professor of Sociology and Direction of Latin American Studies at Oxford University, will explore what happens when perpetrators of human rights atrocities come forward to publicly confess their crimes. She will examine the reconciliation model in which civil society actors judge perpetrators’ confessions as a throw-back to authoritarian control over government and society.
Co-sponsored: Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Latin American and Latino Studies, Dean of the College, International Studies Stream, Department of Political Science, IDCE, and Sociology