<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>["Teach-ins" were invented in the mid-1960s by the anti-war movement in the U.S., to counter support for the Kennedy-Johnson attack on Vietnam - and the generally unquestioning support offered to that great crime by American academe. There is some irony in using that title today for a session in which none of the speakers apparently thinks that Obama & co. are war criminals, as they obviously are.] </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div align="left" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; ">I<span style="font-size: 12pt; ">nvisible Conflicts </span></div><div align="left" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: left; position: static; z-index: auto; "><div style="font-size: 12pt; "><strong>Teach-In on Syria</strong></div><div><div><div> </div><div align="justify" style="text-align: justify; ">Join this public forum to discuss the current crisis in Syria and the international community's response. Speakers will briefly introduce key issues, including international law, the use of chemical weapons and rules of war; the use of children in debates surrounding possible military intervention; and U.S. policy considerations. After these brief comments, the discussion will open for audience members to ask questions and add various perspectives.</div><div> </div><div> </div><div><strong>Speakers: </strong></div><div><span style="font-size: 9pt; ">Paul Diehl, Department of Political Science</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 9pt; ">Lesley Wexler, College of Law</span></div></div><div align="left"><div>Linda Herrera, Department of Education Policy, Organization and Leadership</div><div>Adham Sahloul, student activist, Syrian Emergency Task Force</div></div><div align="left">Moderator: Edward Kolodziej, Center for Global Studies</div><div align="left"><div> </div><div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; ">Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013</div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><div>3:30 - 5:00 PM</div><div>Lincoln Hall, Room 1000</div><div>702 S. Wright St., Urbana</div></div></div><div> </div><div style="font-size: 8pt; "><em>Co-sponsored by: Center for Global Studies; Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies; Program in Arms Control, Disarmament and International Security; and Invisible Conflicts (University YMCA)</em></div></div></div></div><div align="left" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: left; ">________</div></div></body></html>