From Monday, March 9 through Thursday, March 12, Northeastern Illinois University’s (NEIU) Academic Development will be sponsoring the conference series “The Past and Future(s) of Revolutions, A Global Exploration.” Each day there will be a master class at 12 p.m. and a keynote panel presentation at 7 p.m. as well as other events throughout the day. This series will explore what a revolution is and whether they have a future, and the legacies of various revolutions and lessons that have been learned from them. Some of the topics covered will include: Revolutions Old and New; The Mexican Revolution and its Legacy; The Revolutionary Past and Radical Future of Human Rights; and Seizing Power: Fundamentalists and Liberals in the Iranian Revolution. Seminars will take place in the Golden Eagles room, Alumni Hall and the auditorium. Please visit
http://www.neiu.edu/~acdevelo/Revolutions for information on individual seminar times and locations, as well as a list of speakers.