Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Panel Discussion at New York University

Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 7:00 PM

Location:
Eisner and Lubin Auditorium
New York University
Kimmel Center - Fourth Floor
60 Washington Square South
New York, NY

Please join Thomas Keenan, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and Director of the Human Rights Project at Bard College, as he moderates a discussion between David Rieff, author of A Bed for the Night: Humanitarianism in Crisis, and Dr. Rony Brauman, former president of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), to honor one of the great figures of humanitarian action, François Jean.

This expert panel will look at several key crises at the end of the 20th century, examining how they have affected humanitarian activities and principles today. What did Ethiopia and North Korea teach us about addressing famine? How did interventions in Somalia, Sudan, Chechnya, and the Balkans change the way we think about security and delivering aid? How have humanitarian principles changed since their origins in the 19th century? Are they still suited to the 21st?

This event is free, wheelchair accessible, and open to the public.

This event is co-sponsored by Bard College and The NYU Institute for Public Knowledge.