A hostage for 14 months in Iran, Ambassador Limbert holds the Department of State’s Meritorious Honor Award, two Superior Honor Awards, and the Award for Valor. Before joining the Foreign Service, he taught in Iran, both as a Peace Corps Volunteer (1964-66) and as an English instructor at Shiraz University (1969-72). A career Foreign Service Officer since 1973, Ambassador Limbert’s overseas e
Past Events
October 14, 2009
Barnum 008 | Tufts University Campus | 12:30 pm-1:30 pm
September 29, 2009
Tufts University Campus | Barnum 008 | 8:00 pm-(All day)
Amb. William Luers
Listen to an MP3 of the Ambassador's talk
(09292009_william_luers_edit.MP3 | Audio File - 22.8 MB)
September 16, 2009
Eaton 206 | 10:00 pm-11:00 pm
Programs:
[EXPOSURE] kicks off its 2009-2010 year with a general interest meeting in Eaton 206.
If you're interested in photojournalism, documentary studies, or human rights, swing by our first meeting to ask more about what Exposure does, who we are, and what our plans are for the upcoming months.
August 20, 2009
Austria | (All day)-(All day)
Programs:
Astier Almedom is invited to co-chair a seminar on "Building Trust: Development Cooperation" at the European Forum, Alpbach Conference, Austria.
http://www.alpbach.org/index.php?id=872
The seminar was followed by a Resilience Retreat organized and hosted by Ambassador Irene Freudenschuss-Reichl.
August 10, 2009
INDIA | (All day)-(All day)
Programs:
The 2009 Institute for Global Leadership's EXPOSURE/Aftermath Project Workshop will be held in India
It will be jointly run under the expert mentorship of Sara Terry, photographer-writer and founder and director of The Aftermath Project; and the noted photographer, Asim Rafiqui.
July 5, 2009
Viennna, Austria | 12:00 pm-12:00 pm
Programs:
Astier Almedom is invited to give one of three keynotes with Alessandro Gretter and Ian Soane at the 15th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management in Viennna, Austria.
http://www.issrm09.info/ http://www.issrm09.info/popup_session.php?SessionID=141
May 26, 2009
Wadham College, Oxford | (All day)-(All day)
Programs:
Wadham College, Oxford, The Warden's Occasional seminar series on Sustainable Development.
Title: HOW TO MAKE DEVELOPMENT AID IN AFRICA WORK: WORKING FROM THE BOTTOM UP Principal speaker: Mr. Kenneth Woods Discussants: Professor Ngaire Woods, Oxford University, Dept. of Politics and International Relations and Dr. Astier Almedom, Tufts University.
May 20, 2009
Santa Anita la Union, Colomba, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala | 8:00 am-8:00 pm
After one year, the BUILD-Santa Anita Community Development Plan is finally being put in to action. BUILD is sponsoring and conducting more than a dozen projects in the community, some in conjunction with partner NGO, FUNDAP.
May 1, 2009
Sophia Gordon | 7:00 pm-9:30 pm
Program
Welcome
RESPE Ayiti members
Opening Remarks
Sherman Teichman, Director of the Institute for Global Leadership
Buffet
Performance by Anchord, Tufts Christian A Capella
Overview of Health Initiative
Professor Linda Martinez, Tufts Community Health Department
April 18, 2009
New York City | (All day)-(All day)
Programs:
More information TBA