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(Note: Columbia University will be on Spring Recess from 3/17 to 3/21) Peace and Conflict at Columbia: Conversations from the Leading-Edge (radio show) Interview w/ Severine Autesserre March 17, 2014 9:00pm to 9:30pm WKCR 89.9 FM NY From Harm to Home: International Rescue Committee on Refugee Rights and Resettlement March 25, 2014 12:10pm to… read more
The Washington Peace Center is a multi-issue, grassroots, anti-racist organization working for peace, justice and nonviolent social change in the metropolitan Washington D.C. area. We envision a world based on respect for people and the planet that is achieved through nonviolence, peace and social justice. Our mission is to provide education, resources, and action for… read more
The Transitional Justice Network presents: Co-sponsored by the NYLS Institute for Global Law, Justice and Policy and the International Trauma Studies Program March 17, 5pm-7pm. Email stan.schwartz@nyls.edu for more information. Get our newsletter I’d like to get more stories like this. Email address Secure and Spam free…
The Golden Horde and the Black Sea Slave Trade March 10, 2014 12:00pm to 1:00pm Columbia University Morningside Campus International Affairs Building, Room 1219 The Political Origins of Global Justice: A Talk by Samual Moyn March 11, 2014 – 7:30pm – 9:30pm Columbia University Morningside Campus Faculty House African Women’s Rights &… read more
This month’s edition of Peace and Conflict at Columbia: Conversations from the Leading-Edge with Professor Peter T. Coleman featured the work of Dr. Severine Autesserre and her latest book, Peaceland. In her new book, Dr. Autesserre suggests a new explanation for why international peace interventions often fail to reach their full potential. Based on several… read more
A continuing education conference co-sponsored by the American Psychological Association and the American Bar Association. May 1-3, 2014 ● Washington Marriott Wardman Park, Washington, D.C. APA and ABA are joining together to co-sponsor this continuing education national conference, addressing the broad range of issues related to the exposure of children, youth and families to violence… read more
Peace Is Loud: A new speakers bureau for women peacebuilders featuring Ms. Leymah Gbowee. Learn more here. Get our newsletter I’d like to get more stories like this. Email address Secure and Spam free…
Moving Beyond the Corporate Responsibility to Respect? Exploring the Human Rights Obligations of Businesses March 03, 2014 12:10pm to 1:00pm Jerome Greene Hall, Room 807, Columbia Law School “Will I be Next?: US Drone Strikes in Pakistan” with Naureen Shah, Advocacy Advisor, Amnesty International USA March 03, 2014 12:10pm to 1:00pm Jerome Greene… read more
The Syrian Civil War: Human Rights, Law, and Strategy February 24, 2014 – 6:00 – 7:00p Columbia Law – JG 103 ‘Flexible Diplomacy’ in Today’s Uncertain War and Peace: UN Envoys and the Mediation of Intrastate Conflicts February 24, 2014 – 1:00 to 2:00pm International Affairs Building, Room 1302 Protest, Police, and… read more
Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation or JASSS reviews the book Attracted to Conflict: Dynamic Foundations of Destructive Social Relations Vallacher, Robin R., Coleman, Peter T., Nowak, Andrzej, Bui-Wrzosinska, Lan, Liebovitch, Larry, Kugler, Katharina and Bartoli, Andrea Springer-Verlag: Berlin, 2013 ISBN 9783642352799 (hb) Attracted to conflict packs a big promise: “The perspective developed in… read more