UNESCO Chairs, Sister Helen Prejean & UO Professors speak on Prisons & Peace

The UO Libraries connected the University of Oregon speakers and audience with St. Petersburg, Russia for this morning’s UNESCO/UO Panel Colloquium on Prisons and Peace.

Congratulations and much appreciation to Joe Harris, Mike Majdic for ensuring a smooth videoconference panel presentation. Joel Janke and the CMET video team recorded the session, which will be available on the UO Channel.

Represented speakers include

• Professor Steven Shankman, UNESCO Chair, UO English Department and director of the UO Center for Intercultural Dialogue;
• Pascale Boucaud, UNESCO Chair, Lyon, France
• Dimitri Spivak, UNESCO Chair, St. Petersburg, Russia
• Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking

Top row, left to right: Sister Helen Prejean, Professor Steven Shankman, Joe Harris (CMET).
Bottom row, left to right: Joel Janke (CMET), Audience