"UhuRuto" and Other Leviathans: the International Criminal Court and the Kenyan Political Order

The International Criminal Court’s intervention in Kenya emerged from a complex and contested political history, with different actors advocating for domestic solutions and others arguing for an international legal process in The Hague. Earlier positions have been disavowed and others have changed in the dynamic Kenyan political environment. The icc intervention has produced a number of political effects, including the imbrication of the icc process with electoral politics. This article takes up the case study of the Kenyan situation as a site of political contestation mediated through legal discourse. It considers these dynamics on two registers: at the geopolitical level (considering the relationships between the icc, the African Union, and the United Nations Security Council) as well as at the domestic level (both state and civil society). By tracing the discourses through which these contestations transpire, this article highlights some of the themes, strategies, and practices through which the icc’s intervention has been received.</jats:p

Fall Dance Concert 1998 Playbill

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film \u2764 Hall, Slavin Center Fall Dance Concert 1998 October 30, 1998, 8pm October 31, 1998, 1pm Choreography: Christie Jacobs, Elizabeth Judge, Sarah Wade, Wendy Oliver, Sara Beaverstock, Monique Ouimette, Kendall Strok, Elizabeth J. Ramos, Adrienne Larsen-Silva, Melissa Melone, Nicole Filipponi, Kristin Gicas, Laurie Plant, Gretchen Hummrich, Lindsay Deneault, Lisa Partello, Megan Talarico, Brooke Sullivan, Danielle Wall, Jennifer Wiley, Rachel Arthur, Erica Lyons, Monique Plourde, Donald Acevedo Dancers: Christie Jacobs, Elizabeth Judge, Sarah Wade, Sara Beaverstock, Beth Judge, Adrienne Larsen-Silva, Laurie Plant, Megan Talarico, Danielle Wall, Monique Ouimette, Kendall Strok, Kristin Gicas, Gretchen Hummrich, Erica Lyons, Monique Plourde, Elizabeth Ramos, Melissa Melone, Nicole Filipponi, Lisa Partello, Karen Skoog, Brooke Sullivan, Lindsay Deneault, Rachel Arthur, Jennifer Wileyhttps://digitalcommons.providence.edu/fdc_1998_pubs/1004/thumbnail.jp

The Real Price of College: College Completion Series: Part Two

The high price of college is the subject of media headlines, policy debates, and dinner table conversations because of its implications for educational opportunities, student and family pocketbooks, and the economy. Some people caution against giving too much weight to the advertised price of a college education, pointing out that the availability of financial aid means that college is not as expensive as people think it is. But they overlook a substantial problem: for many students, the real price of college is much higher than what recruitment literature, conventional wisdom, and even official statistics convey. Our research indicates that the current approach to higher education financing too often leaves low-income students facing unexpected, and sometimes untenable, expenses.Financial challenges are a consistent predictor of non-completion in higher education, and they are becoming more severe over time. Unexpected costs, even those that might appear modest in size, can derail students from families lacking financial cushions, and even those with greater family resources. Improving college completion rates requires both lowering the real price of attending college -- the student's remaining total costs, including tuition, books, and living expenses, after financial aid -- to better align with students' and families' ability to pay, and providing accurate information to help them plan to cover the real price of college.Many policymakers argue that bringing the personal and public benefits of higher education to an expanded population of Americans is important for the economy and to address inequality. Financial aid policies, they assume, help those with scarce resources to earn their degrees. But these policies often fall short, and when students have difficulty paying for college, they are more likely to focus their energies on working and raising funds rather than studying and attending classes, and are less likely to complete their degrees

On Academic Production and the Politics of Inclusion

Before the 2015 annual meeting of the European Society of International Law, participants were notified of a ‘women in international law’ happy hour for exchanging ideas on ‘the improvement of representation of women’. At the convivial and well-attended event in Oslo, organizers thanked the men who were present, remarking that their support was not only welcomed but also necessary. This theme of inclusion resurfaced in side conversations about past conference panels on gender that noted the supportive role of senior male academics in audiences comprised primarily of women. Gender was mainly discussed along a single axis of male/female rather than intersectionally. Other categories of identity, such as ethnicity and nationality, remained on the sidelines of this event, which focused on the role of women within the field.</jats:p

Unsettling Redemption: The Ethics of Intrasubjectivity in 'The Act of Killing'

Joshua Oppenheimer's documentary 'The Act of Killing' adopts a novel experimental approach to addressing mass atrocity. Perpetrators of Cold War era anti-communist purges in Indonesia are invited to narrate their acts through familiar film genres. The resulting narrative appears to fit within the ideology of transitional justice, with its emphasis on practices of healing, remorse and redemption. Yet the structural dimensions of violence remain unaddressed within this frame. The moral economy of affect and empathy displaces a political analysis of enduring power imbalances and ongoing injustice

The first poverty line? Davies and Eden’s investigation of rural poverty in late 18th-century England

Two important and well-known surveys of the household budgets of the English rural labouring poor were produced by David Davies and Frederick Eden in the 1790s. We revisit these from the point of view of their original rationale — an investigation of the characteristics and extent of poverty in the countryside. We argue that Davies' standard of ‘tolerable comfort’ can lay claim to being the first poverty line based upon the application of a minimum consumption standard to household income. We find that the majority of households fall below this standard, although those in the south of England were worst off, that family size was the largest coefficient and poverty reduced as the age of the first child increased. The incidence of poverty was not highly correlated with the absence of a woman wage earner

Boston University Symphony Orchestra, February 27, 1966

This is the concert program of the Boston University Symphony Orchestra performance on Saturday, February 26, 1966 at 1:00 p.m. in Room 200, 855 Commonwealth Avenue, and Sunday, February 27, 1966 at 3:00 p.m., at the War Memorial Auditorium, 900 Boylston Street. Works performed were Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major by Johann Sebastian Bach, Sonoric Fantasy No. 2 by Gardner Read, Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber by Paul Hindemith, Rhythms for Violin and Orchestra by Hall Overton, and Music for Boston by Darius Milhaud. Digitization for Boston University Concert Programs was supported by the Boston University Humanities Library Endowed Fund