At Colby College, a series of noontime talks this fall will focus on human rights issues around the world. Topics range from American-Indian human-rights issues to problems in Latin America, Africa, Europe and Asia. Lecturers include members of the Colby faculty, inaugural Oak Institute Human Rights Fellow Zafaryab Ahmed (if Pakistan permits him to leave his country) and professors from the University of Maine and Wesleyan University.

All talks are from 12 noon-1 p.m. and participants may bring a lunch or purchase one in the building where the talk is held. For information contact Professor Julie de Sherbinin, at 872-3664. The full schedule includes:

Sept. 25: Jeff Anderson, Colby College Department of Anthropology Contradictions in American Indian Human Rights Issues Hurd Room, Roberts Union

Oct. 2: Ken Rodman, Colby College Department of Government Think Globally, Punish Locally: Non-governmental Human Rights Sanctions in South Africa, Burma, and Nigeria Philson Lounge, Cotter Union

Oct. 9: Mary Beth Mills, Colby College Department of Anthropology Symbols and Solidarity: Migrant Youth and Labor Rights in Thailand Philson Lounge, Cotter Union

Oct. 23: Raffael Scheck, Colby College Department of History Human Rights in Bosnia-Hercegovina in Historical Perspective Whitney Room, Roberts Union

Oct. 30: Zafaryab Ahmed, Inaugural Oak Human Rights Fellow Human Rights in Pakistan Hurd Room, Roberts Union

Nov. 6: Jennifer Yoder, Colby College Department of Government Truth or Reconciliation? A Comparison of Transitional Justice in Post- Communist Germany and Post-Apartheid South Africa Hurd Room, Roberts Union

Nov. 12: Cynthia Mahmood, Department of Anthropology, U. of Maine Terror and Resistance: The Problem of Violence in Punjab Whitney Room, Roberts Union

Nov. 16: Steve Angle, Department of Philosophy, Wesleyan University Of Wines and Bottles: Reading Chinese Rights Discourse as Confucian Location TBA

Nov. 19: Ariel Armony, Colby College Department of Government Memories of Violence: Documenting Human Rights Violations in Argentina Whitney Room, Roberts Union

Dec. 3: Jan Hogendorn, Colby College Department of Economics How Slavery was Abolished in Africa Whitney Room, Roberts Union