Politicians generally talk about sending soldiers into war to protect civilian populations, but the truth is that armed conflict puts civilians – men, women and children – at great risk of harm. University of Massachusetts, political science professor, Charli Carpenter, will discuss the profoundly gendered ways we think about and implement the protection of civilians in armed conflict, in terms of who gets protected and from what, how the norms and structure of international law fails to protect civilians today, and ways that might be changed. Carpenter has published extensively on gender, children’s rights and humanitarian action and a recipient of numerous awards from the National Science Foundation and the MacArthur Foundation. She is the author of several books including Innocent Women and Children.

Reed College is an institution of higher education in the liberal arts devoted to the intrinsic value of intellectual pursuit and governed by the highest standards of scholarly practice, critical thought, and creativity. Its undergraduate program of study, leading to the degree of Bachelor of Arts, is demanding and intense and balances breadth of knowledge across the curriculum with depth of knowledge in a particular field of study. The goal of the Reed education is that students learn and demonstrate rigor and independence in their habits of thought, inquiry, and expression.

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