Events

Event

Title:: The Ion Ratiu Democracy Lecture
When:: 12/04/2008 04:00PM - 06:00PM
Where:: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars - Washington
Category:: General

Description

Eleonora Cercavschi, a human rights activist and the 2008 recipient of the Ion Raţiu Democracy Award, will speak on Democracy and Freedom as Fundamental Human Rights. Samuel Donaldson, Chairman of the Wilson Council, and the Honorable Paula J. Dobriansky, Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs, will provide introductory remarks.

The purpose of the Ion Raţiu Democracy Lecture is to bring visibility and international recognition to the ideas and accomplishments of individuals around the world who are working on behalf of democracy. The event expresses the deep commitment to democracy of the late Ion Raţiu through his contributions as a Romanian politician as well as his interest in democratic change worldwide. It is a historic event that reflects and joins the rich cultural traditions of Romania and the United States by promoting democratization at a time when fundamentalist thinking and movements are on the rise again around the world.

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Venue

Venue:: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars - Website
Street:: 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
ZIP:: 20004
City:: Washington
State:: DC
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Description

Established by an act of Congress in 1968, the Wilson Center is our nation's official living memorial to President Woodrow Wilson. As both a distinguished scholar — the only American President with a Ph.D. — and a national leader, Wilson felt strongly that the scholar and the policymaker were "engaged in a common enterprise."

The Wilson Center is a nonpartisan institute for advanced study and a neutral forum for open, serious, and informed dialogue. It brings pre-eminent thinkers to Washington for extended periods of time to interact with policymakers through a large number of programs and projects. The Center seeks to separate the important from the inconsequential and to take a historical and broad perspective on the issues.