Featured Event: Peace & Conflict Brown Bag Series: Andrea Lari in Conversation with Aldo Civico November 12, 2014 12:00pm to 1:30pm Columbia University, Lewisohn Hall, Room 602 The Collapse: The Accidental Opening of the Berlin Wall November 11, 2014 12:00pm to 1:00pm International Affairs Building, Room 1219 The Justice Forum: Reimaging Justice:… read more
Immigration Reform: Why Has it Become the Third Rail of American November 3, 2014 – 12:10pm – 1:20pm Columbia Law School, JG 102B AC4′s Peter Coleman Hosts “Casual Conversations” at Teachers College November 5, 2014 – 12:00pm – 1:00pm Teachers College, Zankel Hall 109 (RSVP Here) Is Evil Still a Meaningful Concept… read more
DISHA (Development in South Asia) invites you to attend Friday, October 31 (12:00 pm to 1:30 pm) Russell Hall 306, Teachers College 525 W, 120th Street (Between Broadway and Amsterdam) Pizza will be served Dr. Narayan is an award winning development and gender specialist, who was selected as one of 100 most influential foreign policy specialists… read more
Tuesday, October 28th Brown Bag /Informal / Drop-By (12noon-1:00pm)! Speaker Hour (1:00-2:00) International Affairs Building, Saltzman Seminar Room 1302 Columbia Seminar on Defense & Security Co-Sponsored by University Seminars & Saltzman Institute To analyze global military issues and meet individuals who work/study these problems. Elana Broitman is an attorney specializing in U.S. National Security. She… read more
Human Rights Treaties and Foreign Surveillance: Privacy in the Digital Age October 27, 2014 12:10pm to 1:10pm Columbia Law School (no location provided) Faith Perspectives on Gender Based Violence: Female Genital Mutilation, Forced Marriage and Human Trafficking October 27, 2014 6:30pm to 8:30pm Columbia Law School, JG 103 “Somali Refugees in Kenya:… read more
Request for Proposals Modeling Aspects of Sustainable Human Development The Advanced Consortium for Conflict, Cooperation, and Complexity (AC4) is soliciting proposals from across the Columbia University community to construct statistical, computational, or simulation models that operationalize and test the parameters of sustainable human development (SHD) described below. AC4 will provide seed funding of up to $10,000 to fund graduate students,… read more
To lose without fighting? The US, China, Southeast Asia and the South China Sea October 20, 2014 12:00pm to 1:30pm Columbia University Morningside Campus International Affairs Building, Room 918 “The Curious Tale of ‘Human Rights’ in the UN Charter” Christof Heyns, UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions October 20, 2014… read more
October 16, 2014 6:00pm – 9:00pm Columbia University, International Affairs Room 1501 Book Description: This book suggests a new explanation for why international peace interventions often fail to reach their full potential. Based on several years of ethnographic research in conflict zones around the world, it demonstrates that everyday elements – such as the expatriates’… read more