On February 1, AC4 Executive Co-Chair Dr. Peter T. Coleman and project coordinator Kristen Rucki traveled to Bilbao, Basque Country. There they initiated the ground-truthing and stakeholder engagement phase of AC4’s Sustainable Peace Mapping Initiative, and Dr. Coleman also gave a public presentation on the topic of sustainable peace. In a half-day workshop co-sponsored by… read more
Lessons from Mumbai: Investigating Coordinated Terror Tuesday, March 8th, 2016, 12:30 to 2:00pm Columbia University Morningside Campus International Affairs Building Room 1302 How to Negotiate an International Agreement: Lessons from the Paris Climate Talks Tuesday, March 8th, 2016 12:15 to 1:00pm Columbia University Morningside Campus William and June Warren Hall Room L107 A… read more
March 15th | 6:00 – 7:30pm Union Theological Seminary, 3041 Broadway | Free Dr. Peter Coleman, AC4‘s Co-Executive Director, and Director of the MD-ICCCR will speak at the Union Theological Seminary on a panel discussion focusing on “moral imagination” — the ability to understand the perspective of people in circumstances very different from your own,… read more
by AC4|February 23rd, 2016
Two days into my stay on the Afro-indigenous Miskitu Coast of Nicaragua, a shootout between mestizo settlers and local indigenous residents in a small Miskitu village shocked the region and brought sustained national media attention to the coast for the first time in years. Tensions between non-indigenous settlers and Miskitu residents are a longstanding issue… read more
The Roots & Wings of Hip-Hop Culture: Exploring Hip-Hop, Healing and Spirituality Monday, February 29th, 2016 12:00 to 5:00pm Columbia University Morningside Campus Teachers College God is Emancipation to You- To me, He is Oppression: Secularism, Gender and the State Monday, February 29th, 2016, 12:10 to 1:20pm Columbia University Morningside Campus Jerome Greene Hall… read more
The Digital Divide: EU v. US over Data Protection with Max Schrems, Founder of Europe v. Facebook Monday, February 22nd, 2016, 12:30pm to 2:00pm Columbia University Morningside Campus International Affairs Building Room 1501 South Asia Institute: A Talk by Lisa Mitchell (Pennsylvania) “Hailing the State: Collective Assembly and the Politics of Recognition in the History… read more
12th Annual Morton Deutsch Awards for Social Justice Call for Student Papers Deadline: Monday, February 15th, 11:59PM Youth and Community Leaders in Peacebuilding: NECR Salon and Networking Reception Monday, February 15th, 6:30 to 8:00PM Columbia University Morningside Campus School of Social Work Room 304 German-EU-Russian Relations: Dissolution of the “Strategic” and “Modernization Partnerships”… read more
The Morton Deutsch International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution (MD-ICCCR) at Teachers College, Columbia University, is sponsoring the 12th annual Morton Deutsch Award for an Outstanding Graduate Student Paper on Social Justice. Morton Deutsch, one of the world’s preeminent psychologists, has made significant contributions over the many years of his career in the… read more
AC4 Director Josh Fisher led a field project in Papua New Guinea studying the environmental impacts of a gold mine in Porgera and investigating human rights implications. Dr. Fisher along with Professor Sarah Knuckey from the Human Rights Law Clinic led a team of scientists and human rights lawyers worked from December 2015 to January… read more
CMM University Learning Exchange at Clark University in Worcestor, MA April 8th @ 4:00pm to April 10th @ noon Call for Scholar to Scholar Discussions – submit your proposals by March 21st! The CMM Learning Exchange is a small group format that allows researchers an opportunity to present their work to CMM community in a supportive and… read more