Master of Arts Program in Conflict Resolution

Spring 2007 Lectures

January 23, 2007
12-1:30 pm
Jeanette Leino, MPA
“The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s Mediation Program: Successes and Challenges”

January 25, 2007
12-1:30 pm
Craig Zelizer, PhD
“Change the World and Make a Living: Careers in Conflict Resolution and Related Fields”

February 9, 2007
2:30-4 pm
Jacob Bercovitch, PhD, FRSNZ
“International Conflict: To Mediate or Not to Mediate”
Reception to follow

February 15, 2007
6:30-8 pm
Kimmie Weeks, founder Youth Action International
“Beating Swords into Plows: Africa's Youth Movement for Peace”

February 20, 2007
12-1:30 pm
Dominic Bryan, PhD
“War, Peace, Policing and a Shared Future in Northern Ireland"

February 21, 2007
12-3:30 pm
Dominic Bryan, PhD
“Workshop – Mediators, Parades and Human Rights: The Role of Monitors in the Northern Ireland Peace Process”

March 20, 2007
2-4 pm
“Careers in Conflict Resolution” panel discussion with Claudia Fetter, Lynn Fraser, Deborah Laufer, Raj Kumar and Elisabeth Kvitashvili

April 11, 2007
Ambassador William Hill
“Resolving the Frozen Conflicts in the former USSR: Can Russia and the U.S. Work Together?”

Fall 2006 Lectures 

September 14, 2006
12:00-1:30
Irakli Kakabadze
"Legacies of the Rose Revolution in the Republic of Georgia: Human Rights and Conflict Resolution"

October 5, 2006
11:30-1:00
Ambassador Richard Kauzlarich
"Ethnic Conflict and Its Resolution: the Former Yugoslavia and Azerbaijan"

October 19, 2006 Conflict Resolution Day
1:30-2:30
John Prendergast
"Stopping the Genocide in Darfur" (Lecture audio, Q&A audio)

October 19, 2006
1:00-4:00
"Celebrate Conflict Resolution Day"
A public event jointly sponsored by the Association for Conflict Resolution and the U.S. Institute of Peace with several speakers including Georgetown Visiting Professor of Conflict Resolution Dr. Craig Zelizer

October 26, 2006
1:00-2:30
Peter Dixon
"Track Two Diplomacy: A Relational Approach to Peace-building in Sudan and othe Intractable Conflicts"

November 9, 2006
12:00-1:30
Melanie Greenberg
"Negotiating with Killers"

Spring 2006 Lectures

January 19, 2006
12-1:30
Catherine Tinsley
"Decision Making and the Effects of Near-miss Events: Lessons from NASA"

February 16, 2006
12-1:30
Adina Friedman
"Unraveling the Right of Return: Israeli and Palestinian Discourse on and Attitudes toward the Right of Return"

March 16, 2006
12-1:30
Fathali Moghaddam, PhD
"From the Terrorist's Point of View"

April 27, 2006
12-1:30
Ambassador Michael Lemmon
"Reflections on Conflict Resolution and Shared History"

Fall 2005 Lectures

September 22, 2005
12-1:30
Carrie Menkel-Meadow, JD
"Alternative Dispute Resolution in Historical Perspective"

October 20, 2005
12-1:30
Andrew Bennett, PhD
"Prospects for Conflict Resolution in Iraq: Insights from the Study of Civil Conflicts"

October 27, 2005
12-1:30
Kathleen Mass Weigert, PhD
"Conflict Resolution and Peace Studies: An Interactive Overview of the Fields"