Helena Cobban to Discuss Middle East Peace at University of Richmond

August 18, 2003

Helena Cobban, a Christian Science Monitor journalist and author of books on the Middle East, will discuss "The Ethics of Engagement in the Middle East" Sept. 8 at the University of Richmond.

Cobban is the first speaker in the 2003-04 WILL/Women's Studies Speaker Series, which is focusing on ethics in a changing world. She will speak at 7 p.m. in room 118 of Jepson Hall. The event is free and open to the public.

Cobban has contributed a regular column to the Christian Science Monitor since 1990, covering such issues as strategic affairs, human rights, peace-building, global governance and international justice. The latest of her five books is "The Moral Architecture of World Peace: Nobel Laureates Discuss our Global Future." She is currently senior global affairs fellow with the University of Virginia's Institute for Practical Ethics.

In 2000 she began research on a project titled "Violence and its Legacies: Challenges for Global Policy," which examines governments' policies to address political violence.

Her appearance is sponsored by Women Involved in Living and Learning and the Women's Studies program at the university. For more information, call (804) 289-8578.