Invited Lecture:

“Drones, Bombs, and Innocents”

Thursday, September 6th, 6:30pm
Art History Auditorium

Renowned human rights activist Medea Benjamin, cofounder of Code Pink, author of Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control (2012) and Inside Iran: The Real History and Politics of the Islamic Republic of Iran (2018), will discuss the history of drone warfare and the current civil war in Yemen. The event will include a Q&A session moderated by Dr. Rick Halpern, Director of Southern Methodist University’s Embrey Human Rights Program.

Exhibition:

Art & Human Rights
Sept. 4th - 14th, 8:00am-5:00pm
Art History Building Thompson Loggia

The exhibition will feature work from local, DFW artists in addition to the Drones Quilt Project, a collaborative, international project that commemorates innocent victims of drone strikes throughout the Middle East.

University of Dallas
(Highway 114 at Tom Braniff Drive)
1845 East Northgate Drive
Irving, Texas 75062
The Art History auditorium is in number 20 on the map.
Best parking can be found at the lot indicated by the A.

Cosponsored by Modern Languages, Art, Journalism, and the Dallas Peace and Justice Center