Mother, wife, Oscar-winningactress, filmmaker, humanitarian and now college professor. Angelina Jolie hasadded a new role to her already lengthy resume by joining the London School ofEconomics as a visiting professor for the university's Centrefor Women, Peace and Security.
The 40-year-old willbe one of four visiting professors for the London school's new masters course onwomen, peace and security, which is the first program of its kindinternationally.
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During the one-year program, which commences autumn 2016, Angelina will deliver guest lectures to students, participate inworkshops and public events, in addition to conducting her own research.
“Iam very encouraged by the creation of this master’s programme,” she said in a statement. “I hope other academic institutions will follow this example, as itis vital that we broaden the discussion on how to advance women’s rights andend impunity for crimes that disproportionately affect women, such as sexualviolence in conflict.”
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Angelina,who works as a special envoy for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, continued, “I am looking forward to teaching and to learning from thestudents as well as to sharing my own experiences of working alongsidegovernments and the United Nations.”
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According to a statement from the London School of Economics, the visiting professor position, which is unpaid, is offered to individuals who have appropriate distinction within their area of (non-academic) practice.
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The Centre for Women, Peace and Security was launched back in February 2015 by William Hague, Britain'sformer foreign secretary, who will also serve as a professor, andAngelina — both of whom co-founded the Preventing Sexual Violence in ConflictInitiative.
Angelina has worked with the United Nations for 14 years and it appears her children — Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, Knox and Vivienne — whom she shares with husband Brad Pitt, could follow in her footsteps to pursue humanitarian work. Shiloh has previously accompanied her mother to a camp for Syrian refugees in south-east Turkey to mark World Refugee Day. The nearly 10-year-old (May 27) made a powerful political statement earlier this year wearing a sweater emblazoned with the words, "Einstein was a refugee" while traveling with her mother.
