This day-long conference, co-sponsored with the International Center for Nonviolent Conflict and CIS, will bring together academics and activists with interests across Asia (Burma, Tibet, Vietnam, Nepal, China, et al.) to discuss progress and commonalities in their civil rights movements. Presentors will contribute chapters toward a coedited volume.

Panels: Dilemmas of Charismatic Leadership, From Dissenting Voices to Strategic Movements, Paradox of Repression, Consolidating Democracy, The Force of Religion, Struggles for Self-Determination, External/Local Actors, Role of New Media

Cosponsored with the USC Institute for Global Health and the USC Center for International Studies.

This day-long workshop will consist of lectures, discussions and student-friendly working groups. The history of government involvement in family planning presents us with an important ethical question: what should be the role of government in the reproductive lives of women? What are the ethical principles that should guide this role? And if not through the state, how should we make decisions regarding family planning issues (education, distribution, health care, etc.)?

The questions that arise from the rich history of population policy should not be left solely to governments and bureaucracies. The issues at stake are too complex, and require careful consideration of the multitude of contributing social factors. Philosophy, public health, policy, religion, anthropology, gender studies, sociology, political science, and history are all relevant to our topic.

Sample panel topics: “The Role of Global Norms and International Policies in Reproduction” and “Women’s Reproductive Rights During and After Armed Conflict”

Levan Annual Distinguished Lecture, Sterling Professor of Law (Yale University Law School) Anthony Kronman, author of Education's End: Why Our Colleges and Universities Have Given Up on the Meaning of Life.