Projects And Events

Center Events

VIOLENCE AGAINST IMMIGRANTS CONFERENCE

Keynote:"The Nature of Immigration in the 21st Century" (Vincent N. Parrillo, William Paterson University)

Views from the Field: Documenting Violence against Newcomers in the United States
(Samantha Friedman, Northeastern University: presider and moderator)
- Mark Potok, Southern Poverty Law Center: "Hate and the Anti-Immigration Movement"
- Andrew Tarsy, Anti-Defamation League: "Hate, Violence, Scapegoating�We�ve Seen this Movie Before"
- Eva Millona, Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition: "Immigration Relief for Victims of Domestic Violence in Massachusetts"

Violence against Immigrants in Europe
(Silvia Dominguez, Northeastern University, presider and moderator)
- Scandinavia: Nihad Bunar, University of Stockholm: "Racist Violence and Discrimination in a Welfare Society
- France: Sophie Body-Gendrot, Universite Paris-Sorbonne: "How much are second/third Muslim generations in France (and Europe) an urban problem?"
- Northern Ireland, David Lennox, Fulbright Fellow: "Racism and sectarianism in Northern Ireland"
- Israel: Larry Lowenthal, American Jewish Committee. "The challenge of equal rights for minorities in Israel, a nation in a state of war"

November 13, 2006
Raytheon Amphitheater, Egan Research Center
Northeastern University
Boston, MA

JAMES ALAN FOX AND JACK LEVIN
Authors of Extreme Killing: Understanding Serial and Mass Murder

Lipman Family Professor of Criminal Justice James Alan Fox and Irving and Betty Brudnick Professor of Sociology and Criminology Jack Levin will present an in-depth and fascinating overview of multiple homicides, including both serial and mass murder. They will illustrate the many violent expressions of power, revenge, terror, greed, and loyalty using modern and classic case studies.

November 8, 2006
12-1:30 PM
Room 90 Snell Library

Co-sponsored by the NU Libraries and the NU Bookstore