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Conflict and Peace Events at Columbia Post-Spring Break (3/23 to 3/27)

by |March 12th, 2015

  From Nationalism to Globalism: Toward A Korean History Narrative Beyond Ideological Contention March 23, 2015 12:00pm to 1:30pm Kent Hall, Room 403   Roundtable: Challenging American Inequality: Historical Literacy Matters March 24, 2015, 3:00-5:00pm Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Langston Hughes Auditorium, 515 Malcolm X Blvd, 135th Street in Harlem, NYC  … read more

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AC4 and Co-Chairs Peter T. Coleman & Beth Fisher-Yoshida in Nature: “Conflict resolution – Wars without end”

by |March 11th, 2015

…it was just this kind of blinkered thinking that led psychologist Peter Coleman to rebel. It was 2000, recalls Coleman, head of the Morton Deutsch International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution at Columbia University in New York City. He had broken his foot and decided to spend his convalescence at home delving into the… read more

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Graduate Level Internship Opportunity

by |March 9th, 2015

The Center for Community Leadership at the Jewish Community Relations Council of NY (The Center) is offering a paid internship for a graduate level student (Masters or Doctoral) that will focus on researching and documenting the history, methodology and impact of The Center. The Center, founded in the fall of 1993, envisions a New York… read more

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March Events from the U.S. Federation for Middle East Peace (UFMEP)

by |March 5th, 2015

US Federation for Middle East Peace, United Federation for Peace and Development   President, Mrs. Sally Kader in collaboration with Association Nationale AL HIDN, cordially invites you to the 59th session of the CSW side-event Family, Peace and Security Date: Wednesday, 11th March 2015 Time: 11:30 am– 12:45 pm Venue: Conference Room E, United Nations HQ, New York… read more

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Conflict and Peace Events at Columbia Next Week (3/9 to 3/13)

by |March 5th, 2015

  Organization & Leadership: Making Conflict Work – Navigating Disagreement Up and Down Your Organization March 9-10, 2014 – 9am to 5pm Teachers College, Location TBD (Advanced Registration Required)   What’s Next? The Ukraine Crisis in the Global Context March 09, 2015 5:00pm to 7:00pm Columbia University Morningside Campus Faculty House Garden Room 2  … read more

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AC4’s Peter Coleman on Blog Talk Radio – Making conflict work

by |March 4th, 2015

Making Conflict Work – Seven strategies for leveraging conflict with your supervisors and subordinates Everyday life is filled with interactions between superiors and subordinates. Whether you are up or down the food chain, you have to work with someone who has either more or less power than you. Join Columbia University Professor Peter Coleman, as… read more

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Columbia Research in NY Times: “Researchers Link Syrian Conflict to… Climate Change”

by |March 3rd, 2015

Drawing one of the strongest links yet between global warming and human conflict, researchers said Monday that an extreme drought in Syria between 2006 and 2009 was most likely due to climate change, and that the drought was a factor in the violent uprising that began there in 2011…   Read the full article here… read more

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March 3: The Practice of Peace Negotiations: Mali 2013 & Beyond

by |March 3rd, 2015

ICR Mediation Speakers Series “The Practice of Peace Negotiations: Mali 2013 and Beyond” In an informal discussion, Mr. Sven Koopmans, Senior Mediation Expert with the UN Department of Political Affairs, will share his experiences working on mediation efforts in Mali Professor Elisabeth Lindenmayer will moderate  Tuesday, March 3rd 1302 International Affairs Building 420 W 118th… read more

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March 4th: AC4 Director Josh Fisher to Speak at “Paying the True Price of Oil” Film Screening

by |March 2nd, 2015

Note: The time below is incorrect – the screening will begin at 7pm (click the image to register). Get our newsletter I’d like to get more stories like this. Email address Secure and Spam free…

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March 5-6, 2015 MESAAS Graduate Student Conference – keynote by Ann Stoler: Raw Cuts / Other Folds: Palestine, Israel & Colonial Studies

by |February 27th, 2015

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