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Jan Egeland, whose lifetime dedication to humanitarian needs has gained him recognition as “the world’s conscience,” will work with students and speak at numerous public forums in the region, March 30-April 5. The former Under-Secretary General of the United Nations for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief will share his experiences and views in classes and forums at the college as well as with the Beloit Rotary Club, the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and in the annual Marvin Weissberg Lecture, held on the Beloit College campus.
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The world-renowned diplomat, who has served on the frontlines of most of the world’s major humanitarian crises, will serve as the 2008 Weissberg Distinguished Professor of International Studies at Beloit College. The Weissberg residency, now in its ninth year, brings active participants in world issues to Beloit to spend time with students, faculty and staff and with the greater Beloit community.
The highlight of Egeland’s visit will be the annual Weissberg Lecture on Thursday, April 3, at 8 p.m. His talk, “Progress and Setbacks at Humanity’s Frontlines,” will take place in the Moore Lounge of Pearsons Hall, on the Beloit College campus, and will reflect his experiences as chronicled in his new book, A Billion Lives: An Eyewitness Report from the Frontlines of Humanity.
On Saturday, April 5, Egeland will be joined in Pearsons Hall by leading diplomats and scholars in a discussion about “Responding to Humanitarian Emergencies.” Each of the two 90-minute panels will focus on a particular case.
The 1 p.m. program will examine the situation in Colombia when Egeland will be joined by Adam Isacson, program director of the Center for International Policy, and Andrea Lari, senior advocate with Refugees International.
The 2:45 panel will examine Darfur, Sudan. This time Egeland will be joined by Roberta Cohen, senior fellow of the Brookings Institution, and Scott Straus, faculty member in political science and international studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.