Events

Join The Pearson Institute for the screening of the documentary film Madan Sara and a conversation with Director Etant Dupain, followed by a reception.  

The Madan Sara documentary tells the stories of the women known as Madan Sara in Haiti who work at the margins to make Haiti’s economy run. Despite facing intense hardship and social stigma, the hard work of the Madan Sara puts their children through school, houses their families, and helps to ensure a better life for generations to come. This film amplifies the calls of the Madan Sara as they speak directly to society to share their dreams for a more just Haiti.

Thursday, February 16
5:00 PM - 8 PM CST
Keller Center, Forum

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On the occasion of Getty’s publication of Cultural Heritage and Mass Atrocities, co-edited by James Cuno, president emeritus, J. Paul Getty Trust, and Thomas G. Weiss, Presidential Professor of Political Science, and director emeritus of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies at the City University of New York Graduate Center, please join The Pearson Institute and the Oriental Institute for an afternoon discussion with experts on cultural heritage, post-conflict challenges, and conflict management. 

February 1 at 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Breasted Hall, Oriental Institute 

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The Pearson Institute's January speaker series will feature Cultural Anthropologist Greta Uehling, who will speak about civilians' capacity to deliver comfort and care in spite of violent military conflict. 

Drawing upon her ethnographic research in Ukraine, and utilizing examples from Israel, Great Britain, and the former Yugoslavia, she will explore the only seemingly mundane practices that emerge from moral thinking about human vulnerability and relatedness in landscapes filled with destruction, death, and cruelty.

Thursday, January 19

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM CST

*In-person only. 

Keller Center, Room 0001

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