Cartooning for Peace: Works by Ten Cartoonists

October 27 - December 15, 2007

Main and Corridor Galleries

From November 11 through November 16, prominent cartoonists from France, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Palestine, Turkey, and the U.S. will be on Emory’s campus to participate in a number of panel discussions on topics such as global health, politics, gender, and religion. Each cartoonist will also participate in class visits hosted by Emory professors.

Inaugurated in 2006 at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York and co-sponsored by The Claus M. Halle Institute, “Cartooning for Peace” was conceived by French cartoonist Plantu of Paris-based newspaper Le Monde to explore how the medium of editorial cartoons can promote peace.

The event will be accompanied by an expanded version of the “Cartooning for Peace” exhibition that was unveiled at the UN and has since been shown in Geneva, Paris, and Brussels. Featuring over 100 cartoons and drawings by the visiting cartoonists, the collection will be on display at the Schatten Gallery in Emory’s Woodruff Library from October 27, 2007 through December 15, 2007. The exhibition will also include new cartoons on important global health issues as a result of the enormous concentration of expertise at Emory University and Atlanta in this field. We are grateful to Dr. Raymond Schinazi who is providing support for the exhibition.

The exhibition is sponsored by The Claus M. Halle Institute for Global Learning

The exhibition brochure is available here.