SPECIAL SEMINAR

 

The Uprooted

 

Studies of Urban Eritreans & Villagers Deported from Ethiopia, and Communities in Eritrea Displaced by Bombardment

 

Professor Asmarom Legesse

 

Director of Research, Citizens for Peace in Eritrea

 

Saturday, February 19^th 2000

4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

 

Location

University of Pennsylvania

Meyerson Hall - Room B-1

210 S. 34^th Street

Philadelphia, PA 19104

 

Professor Asmarom Legesse is an anthropologist, Ph.D. (Harvard), Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, formerly of Northwestern University, Boston University, Swarthmore College, (1968-1991), Academic Vice President of the University of Asmara (1995-96), Chairman of the Eritrean Relief Committee (USA) (1984-91), and Chairman of the First National Conference on the Rights of Child Convention (1996).

 

Citizens for Peace in Eritrea (CPE) is a non-governmental organization that is dedicated to human rights and peaceful methods of conflict resolution. The primary mission of the Eritrean American Action Network for Peace (EANP) is to help bring about permanent peace between Eritrea & Ethiopia, and stability in the region.

 

Co-sponsored by CPE, EANP and the Eritrean American Community of Philadelphia