Chancellor Marty Meehan, Middlesex Community College President Carole Cowan and U.S. Rep. Niki Tsongas are extending an open invitation to attend the second F. Bradford Morse Distinguished Lecture on Monday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. at the F. Bradford Morse Federal Building on Merrimack Street in downtown Lowell.
At the event, Prof. Padraig O’Malley of UMass Boston will discuss his recent efforts at reconciliation in Iraq against the background of his work in Northern Ireland and South Africa in his keynote address. A panel discussion will follow O’Malley’s presentation.
O’Malley, currently the John Joseph Moakley Distinguished Professor for Peace and Reconciliation at the McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies at UMass Boston, was born in Dublin and was the founder and editor of the McCormack School’s New England Journal of Public Policy at UMass Boston. He directs the Iraq Project and is the recipient of the International Association of University Presidents Peace Award and the Chancellor’s Award for Distinguished Scholars. O’Malley also initiated a meeting in South Africa hosted by Nelson Mandela, known now as the Great Indaba.
The F. Bradford Morse lecture is presented by UMass Lowell, Middlesex Community College and the Paul E. Tsongas Center in connection with the F. Bradford Morse Endowment for the Study of International Relations, Sustainable Development and Peace.
F. Bradford Morse, who died in 1994, was recognized worldwide as a leader on humanitarian issues through his roles as director of the U.N. Development Program and Undersecretary General for Political and General Assembly Affairs. The Morse Endowment also supports the University’s International Relations program and an annual Model U.N. conference for high school students at UMass Lowell.
To attend this year’s lecture, please RSVP to cookp@middlesex.mass.edu or Paul_Marion@uml.edu.
To donate to the Morse Endowment, send a check payable to “UMass Lowell-Morse Endowment,” UMass Lowell, Office of University Advancement, 1 University Ave., Southwick 250, Lowell, MA 01854.
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