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Tribute to Eric Markusen

7 Feb 07 – Professor Eric Markusen, one of the world’s most eminent genocide scholars, died of cancer on Monday 29 January. He was 60 years old. In recent years, Professor Markusen had worked closely with the Aegis Trust. He participated in the joint Aegis-Foreign and Commonwealth Office conference on genocide prevention in 2002, which […]

Forum Closure and MySpace

Due to the posts on the Aegis Students Website Forum being made only by one member and over 800 active members being registered on our facebook forum instead, I presented to conference on the 11th January that that forum be closed and the official forum become our facebook forum. It was unanimously agreed that this […]

Raise the Alarm for Darfur, 10 December 2006

Raise the Alarm for Darfur, 10 December 2006                                                              Keep checking this page for updates…   University Contact name Contact details Derby Sam Boarer derbyaegis@hotmail.co.ukThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Manchester Jessica Wong manchesteraegissociety@hotmail.co.ukThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled […]

Blair statement on Darfur: too many words, too little action

09 Dec 06 – Statement by Dr James Smith, Chief Executive of the Aegis Trust, in response to the Prime Minister’s statement on Darfur today. See also his comment piece in The Times. The Sudanese Government and the rebel movements ‘will be judged on the basis of actions, not just words’, the Prime Minister says […]

Screen Shooting Dogs in your university

If you have not seen this film, then we recommend it as a must and for those of you out there thinking about starting an Aegis society, this is a perfect event and useful as a localised ‘awareness raising’ campaign. We will endeavour to help you organise publicity material and a speaker for your event. […]