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Harvard Thinks Big 2: “Escaping the Ivory Tower” – Caroline Elkins

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DateMarch 7, 2011February 13, 2018

Former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt described the physical and mental torment of spending more than six years in captivity. “I was thrown, like the snap of a finger, from civilization to prehistoric living,” she said during her talk at Harvard’s Center for Government and International Studies.

Six years a hostage

Colombian political leader recounts her ordeal as a rebel captive

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DateDecember 9, 2010March 18, 2019

When the University Committee on Human Rights Studies was created a decade ago, the question, said Jacqueline Bhabha (above), Harvard’s adviser on human rights education, was “Why should we integrate?” At a reception on Tuesday evening, speakers, including Bhabha, raised an even bigger question: Where does one go after initial success?

Human rights at a crossroad

With Harvard thoroughly engaged, supporters ponder next goals

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DateOctober 13, 2010July 18, 2019