LECTURES AND SYMPOSIA: FAMILIAR TOPICS, NEW  RELEVANCE

In June 2003, the Salem Award Foundation offered its first program in addition to the Salem Award ceremony itself.  Since then, the Foundation has presented both author lectures and panel discussions, both involving experts in their field discussing issues related to the work of a Salem Award recipient.

November 4, 2011
Eric Reeves, Darfur: No Way Forward from a Dangerous and Unsustainable Situation

September 22, 2011
Reflection on and Learning from the Lessons of 1692

November 5, 2010
Fahima Vorgetts, Report from Afghanistan: Women, Children and War

November 3 2009
Ron Soodalter, author of The Slave Next Door: Human Trafficking and Slavery in America Today

November 7, 2008
John Demos, author of The Enemy Within: 2000 Years of Witch-hunting in the Western World
 
November 28, 2007
Eve La Plante, author of Salem Witch Judge: The Life and Repentance of Samuel Sewall


Other past programs 


April 26, 2006
Out of Africa: The Perils and Promises of the HIV/AIDS Pandemic, a symposium

April 4, 2004
Women and the Clashes of Culture, Politics and Religion, a symposium

June 12, 2003
Seeking Justice – Protecting the Innocent, a symposium