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Asia Society and The Center for Religious Inquiry
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Lecture Series on Roots of Sectarian Conflict



Sidney Jones, Executive Director, Asia Division of Human Rights Watch and former Director of the Human Rights Office of the UN Transitional Administration in East Timor, will speak on the current situation in Indonesia, the status of East Timor and the continuous outbreak of religious and ethnic violence in different parts of the archipelago.

Thursday, February 21, 2002 at 6:30 p.m.
Asia Society
725 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10021
To register: Call 212-327-9276


E. Valentine Daniel, Professor of Anthropology, Columbia University, will speak on the roots of the ethnic violence between the Singhalese majority and theTamil minority in Sri Lanka, the Tamil separatist movement, and proposed solutions to end the decades-long conflict.

Thursday, February 28, 2002 at 6:30 p.m.
Asia Society
725 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10021
To register: Call 212-327-9276


Atul Kohli, Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, will speak on the religious, caste and ethnic manifestations of sectarian conflict in India and prospects for conflict resolution.

Thursday, March 7, 2002 at 6:30 p.m.
Asia Society
725 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10021
To register: Call 212-327-9276


Admission is Free. Please call early to register.

To register for the Spring events, please call the Box Office at (212) 327-9276, or by fax at (212) 517-8315 with complete information including your name, affiliation, address, phone, fax or email address.











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