News Release
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March 11, 2005
BSU Prof Discusses
'Politics of Help' In Lecture March 16 As Part Of Tsunami Series
�The Politics of Help: Foreign Assistance and the Boxing
Day Tsunami,� will be presented Wednesday, March 16, by Boise State
University political science professor Ross Burkhart as part of an ongoing
lecture series, �Terror from the Sea,� that focuses on the 2004 tsunami and
its aftermath.
Burkhart�s free lecture is at 7:30 p.m. in Room 106 of the Liberal Arts
Building, located west of the Special Events Center off of University Drive.
Burkhart will discuss the needs of the areas affected by the tsunami, the
amount and type of foreign assistance that has been given to them by
countries and non-governmental organizations, and the challenges of
supplying assistance that is of genuine help to the affected people.
Burkhart�s lecture is part of an interdisciplinary effort by BSU academic
departments and programs to explore the causes of the Dec. 26 tsunami, its
historical context, and the social, political, environmental and health
issues the tragedy is continuing to generate.
The series concludes with a lecture on March 30, �Health Effects of
Tsunamis: Immediate and Long Term Concerns,� presented by Uwe Reischl, M.D.,
director of the Center for Health Policy.
The series is sponsored by the BSU Volunteer Services Board, International
Programs, Extended Studies and Center for Health Policy. For more
information, contact Extended Studies at 426-1709.
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Contact: Ross Burkhart, 426-3280, Department of Political Science, (208)
426-3280, rburkhal@boisestate.edu
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Last reviewed on Thursday, December 22, 2005