[act-ma] THURSDAY: Evaluating the Relationship Between MIT and the Saudi Monarchy

[Cole Harrison]

Evaluating the Relationship Between MIT and the Saudi Monarchy
Thursday, December 6 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm ~ MIT Room 1-190, 33 Mass. Ave.,
Cambridge
[image: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman against the Saudi flag]
Please join us for this substantive forum that will explore ethical
questions and potential conflicts of interest generated by the recent
agreements between the Saudi monarchy and the MIT Administration.
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The assassination of journalist Jamal Kashoggi and the military  role of
the Saudi Monarchy in Yemen call for a thorough examination of this
relationship. The forum will include an authority on the Saudi monarchy,
Helen Whiston of Human Rights Watch, and MIT faculty and graduate student
panelists addressing questions of whether such relationships conform to
MIT’s mission and principles. A representative from the Administration has
been invited to report on the Administration’s examination of the
relationships.

*Speakers*:
Nicolas Dumas
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PhD Candidate, Political Science, MIT

Chair: Sally Haslanger
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Ford Professor of Philosophy and Women’s and Gender Studies, MIT

Jonathan King
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Professor, Department of Biology

Sheldon Krimsky
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Lenore Stern Professor in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Tufts
University

Sarah Leah Whitson
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Executive Director, Human Rights Watch, Middle East and North Africa
Division

Lukas Wolters
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PhD Candidate, Political Science, MIT


*Suggested reading:*
A recent guest editorial/open letter
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President Reif
President Reif’s response
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Associate Provost Richard Lester’s letter to the MIT faculty
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A recent article from the Guardian
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*Sponsored by Radius MIT*
*This program is co-sponsored with the MIT Faculty Newsletter
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*"Not one step back"*

Cole Harrison
Executive Director
Massachusetts Peace Action - the Commonwealth's largest grassroots peace
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