Discourse Volume 2 | Spring 2009

Publications | Posted Jun 3, 2009

Program: Discourse

Discourse provides an inclusive platform for reasoned discussion and
prescriptive analysis of issues of both international and domestic concern, while also including poetry, fiction, art and photography to illuminate the human condition. Its emphasis is on exploring a diversity of thought and perspectives from students, scholars, and practitioners. The purpose of Discourse is to provide an open forum for discussion of contemporary dilemmas, not as a vehicle with any specific political or intellectual agenda. The perspectives represented are solely those of the authors.

Program Summary 2007-2008: Discourse

Annual Reports | Posted Sep 8, 2008

Program: Discourse

Some of the IGL’s most interesting and effectual endeavors arise from projects created by the eclectic array of student groups initiated within the Institute. The program summary, implemented in a standardized format for the first time in the 2007-2008 academic year, is intended to encapsulate the purpose, goals, and accomplishments of the student groups throughout the year. The program summary is as much a tool to encourage reflection and strategic planning within the student group as it is a medium to describe the group to the outside world, other students, collaborators, and donors. Read more...

Discourse Volume 1 | Spring 2008

Publications | Posted Jun 6, 2008

Program: Discourse

Discourse provides an inclusive platform for reasoned discussion and prescriptive analysis of issues of both international and domestic concern, while also including poetry, fiction, art and photography to illuminate the human condition. Its emphasis is on exploring a diversity of thought and perspectives from students, scholars, and practitioners. The purpose of Discourse is to provide an open forum for discussion of contemporary dilemmas, not as a vehicle with any specific political or intellectual agenda. The perspectives represented are solely those of the authors. Read more...

A Forgotten People : A Photo Essay on the Blackfeet and the Chippewa Cree Native Americans in Montana

Photo Galleries | Posted Jun 6, 2008

Program: Discourse

Padden Guy Murphy (A&S 2009) is Discourse’s founding editor and an IGL Synaptic Scholar majoring in International Relations and Chinese. He also co-founded the civil-military relations initiative ALLIES (Alliance Linking Leaders in Education and the Services), and is a member of Tufts University’s improvisational comedy troupe Cheap Sox. His home and family are in Great Falls, Montana.
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Contains 8 photos

Water Get No Enemy | A Photo Essay from Lagos Nigeria

Photo Galleries | Posted Jun 5, 2008

Program: Discourse

Water Get No Enemy | A Photo Essay from Lagos, Nigeria
Samuel James & Padden Guy Murphy

Samuel James is a junior at Tufts University in the combined degree program with the School of Museum of Fine Arts Boston. He is a member of the inaugural class of Synaptic Scholars of the Institute for Global Leadership, Tufts University, as well as a member of the Institute’s photojournalism and human rights group EXPOSURE. In January 2007, Samuel traveled to Lagos, Nigeria to research the megacity as his Synaptic project. Read more...

Contains 7 photos