April 26, 2008
Hesburgh Center |
Culture, Identity, and Social Movements:
Studying Protest as if People Really Matter
This lecture featured Verta Taylor, Professor of Sociology at the
University of California, Santa Barbara, and recipient of the second McCarthy Lifetime Achievement Award. |
April 24, 2008
Hesburgh Center |
Sharpening Sanctions' Effectiveness
Francesco Giumelli, a
Ph.D. candidate in political science at the Italian Institute of Humanistic
Sciences in Florence and a visiting fellow at the Kroc Institute, is researching the goals of the European Union’s
and the United Nations’ sanctioning policies. He discussed the
conditions that lead to sanctions’ success. |
April 16, 2008
Hesburgh Center |
Colombia: The Church as Peacebuilder
 This lecture featured Archbishop Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga,
President of Episcopal Conference of Colombia, a country that has suffered from one of the world's longest running conflicts.
Video from this event is available at the following link: http://streaming.nd.edu/kroc/cpn/future08/colombia.wmv
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April 15, 2008
Hesburgh Center
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Catholic Peacebuilding in Africa
Three Church leaders who are deeply involved in peacebuilding work in Northern Uganda, Nigeria and Burundi spoke about their experiences.
Video from this event is available at this link:
http://streaming.nd.edu/kroc/cpn/future08/africa.wmv
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April 13-15, 2008
McKenna Hall
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Conference on the Future of Catholic Peacebuilding
 More than 275 participants from 28 countries attended the Conference on the Future of Catholic Peacebuilding which was sponsored by the Catholic Peacebuilding Network (CPN) and 18 co-sponsors.
For more information on the conference, presentation texts, video and audio, and a list of participants, please click here. |
April 4-5, 2008
Hesburgh Center
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2008 Student Peace Conference:
"Bringing Peace Down to Earth"
The University of Notre Dame’s annual Student Peace Conference was officially sponsored by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, and was planned and directed entirely by undergraduate peace studies students of the University. |
April 1, 2008
DeBartolo Hall
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The Sanctions Mystique: The Power and Perils of Multinational Economic Coercion
 George A. Lopez, who was just installed as the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., Professor of Peace Studies, presented this inaugural lecture on April 1, 2008. A professor at Notre Dame since 1986, Lopez is a leading scholar of repression and human rights violations, ethics and the use of force, and economic sanctions.
Click below to watch the video of the lecture:
http://streaming.nd.edu/kroc/lopez/inaugural.wmv
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March 25-26, 2008
Hesburgh Center |
The 14th Annual Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., Lectures in Ethics & Public Policy
 The 14th Annual Hesburgh Lectures featured Rev. J. Bryan Hehir, an internationally renowned theologian who specializes in Catholic social teaching and international relations.
Fr. Hehir is the Parker Gilbert Montgomery Professor of the Practice of Religion and Public Life at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.
“Beyond the ‘Challenge of Peace’: Pastoral Letter for Our Day” (March 25)
Click below to watch the video of this lecture:
http://streaming.nd.edu/kroc/hesburgh/hehir1.wmv
"The Hardest Case: The Politics and Ethics of Proliferation” (March 26)
Click below to watch the video of this lecture:
http://streaming.nd.edu/kroc/hesburgh/hehir2.wmv
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February 28, 2008
Hesburgh Center |
Transitional Justice & the Role of the Church
in the Great Lakes Region of Africa
Kroc Institute Visiting Fellow, Fr. Emmanuel Ntakarutimana is director of the Center Ubuntu, in Bujumbura, Burundi, which serves vulnerable children and families traumatized by genocide and conflict in Central Africa.
Click here for a copy of the text of this lecture. |
February 26, 2008
Hesburgh Center |
Fashion & Feminism in the Contemporary U.S. Women's Movement
 Jo Reger, Associate Professor of Sociology &
Director of Women’s Studies at
Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, spoke on fashion as one key to understanding the complex relationship between the political and the apolitical in social movements. Reger discussed how contemporary feminists embrace and reclaim aspects of femininity and sexuality through politicized dress, drawing on theories from fashion, feminism, and social movements.
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February 1-3, 2008
Browning Cinema, DPAC |
ScreenPeace Film Festival
 The ScreenPeace Film Festival featured recent, critically acclaimed films and documentaries that present positive, thoughtful models of peacebuilding in situations of injustice and violent conflict.
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December 7 , 2007
Browning Cinema, DPAC
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Body of War, a film by Ellen Spiro & Phil Donahue
Phil Donahue, former talk-show host and Notre Dame graduate ('57), introduced the film and was available to answer questions meet audience members at a public reception between film showings. |
November 27 , 2007
Hesburgh Center |
Can Iraq Be Stabilzed?
Larry Diamond, professor of political science and sociology at Stanford University, addressed the political implications and prospects of the current situation in Iraq, and why achieving a national political bargain is vital to stabilizing Iraq and preventing a descent into a much larger and bloodier civil war.
Video from the lecture can be downloaded here: http://streaming.nd.edu/kellogg/diamond.wmv |
November 16 , 2007
Hesburgh Center |
Nuclear Abolition in 1986--and Now
Jonathan Schell, author of The Fate of the Earth, explained why nuclear weapons are still the first and greatest danger to the world. Describing the 1987 summit in Reykjavik, Iceland, during which Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev came close to abolishing nuclear weapons, Schell said it's time to work again toward a nuclear-free world. |
November 6 , 2007
Hesburgh Center |
The State of Women Internationally: Where are We and Where are We Going?
Gillian Sorensen, Senior Advisor at the United Nations Foundation and
former Assistant Secretary-General for External Relations,spoke about the current state of women worldwide and the UN's work to promote female empowerment internationally.
To watch the lecture, click on the link below: http://streaming.nd.edu/kroc/sorensen.wmv |
November 1 , 2007
Hesburgh Center |
Interreligious Dialogue and the Politics of Peoplehood
Reina Neufeldt, a 2007-08 Kroc Institute Visiting Fellow, focused on her work as a scholar-practitioner at the intersection of religious and ethnic identity in conflict, peacebuilding, and development. |
October 30 , 2007
Hesburgh Center |
Accounting for Evil: A Theory of Modern Genocide
Ernesto Verdeja, 2007-08 Kroc Institute Postdoctoral Scholar, presented a theory of the causes of modern genocide, looking at societal cleavages, radical political ideologies, profound crises, and the role of “moral bystanders.” He examined four cases: Armenia, the Holocaust, Cambodia, and Rwanda. |
October 18 , 2007
Hesburgh Center |
Surrendering Consent: The Political Consequences of Genocide Trials in Rwanda
Anuradha Chakravarty, 2007-08 Kroc Institute Visiting Fellow, described the results of her research in Rwanda, where she recently spent 18 months studying state-initiated community-based trials for genocide crimes. |
Sept. 28 , 2007
Hesburgh Center |
The John Howard Yoder Dialogues on Nonviolence, Religion & Peace:
When Religion Makes Peace, not War
Featuring David Smock, United States Institute of Peace
To watch the lecture from the 2007 Yoder Dialogues, please click the following video link: http://streaming.nd.edu/kroc/yoder_07.wmv |
Sept. 25 , 2007
Hesburgh Center |
Another World is Possible, Another U.S. is Necessary
Report from the U.S. Social Forum
The Notre Dame team members who attended the first U.S. Social Forum in Atlanta, GA, in 2007, reported on their experiences and discussed the implications of the forum for peacebuilding and social change. |
Sept. 21 , 2007
Hesburgh Center |
"My Hands Came Away Red": Book Reading & Discussion
Lisa McKay, a 2003 graduate of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, read from her new novel, “My Hands Came Away Red." |
Sept. 18 , 2007
Hesburgh Center |
Exit or No Exit? Morality & Withdrawal from Iraq
Four ethicists with different perspectives--Michael Walzer, Sohail Hashmi, Jean Bethke Elshtain, and
Gerard Powers--framed the choices the nation faces. Trudy Rubin, veteran foreign affairs columnist
for the Philadelphia Inquirer, moderated the session.
For a transcript of the panel proceedings, please click here.
Download audio file of the event here
(1hr:55min wav file 16.5MB)
To watch the video of the event, please follow this link: http://streaming.nd.edu/kroc/fordham/fall07/exitorno.wmv
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Sept. 14-15 , 2007
Hesburgh Center |
"What is War?" Conference
A distinguished roster of soldiers, political scientists, international lawyers, peace researchers, war correspondents, ethicists and historians gathered together for a two-day conference to discuss the legal definition of war.
Click on the link above to see the conference schedule and speaker biographies.
Click here to view the videos from the conference proceedings. |
June 24-29 , 2007
Bogota, Columbia |
4th Annual International Catholic Peacebuilding Network (CPN) Conference
"Creating a Climate of Reconciliation: Opening Space for Truth, Justice & Reparations"
Church leaders, scholars and peacebuilding practitioners from around the world gathered this past June to share wisdom and focus on solutions for achieving a just and lasting peace in Columbia. . .(more information) |
April 17-18, 2007
Hesburgh
Center |
The
13th annual Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C. Lectures
in Ethics and Public Policy
Lectures by Shashi Tharoor, Author and Former Under-Secretary-General,
United Nations
"Globalization, Terrorism and the Human Imagination" 
"The Future of the United Nations" |
| November 4, 2006
Annenberg Auditorium, Snite Museum
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 "The Role of Religion in Peacebuilding"
Panelists include Scott Appleby, John Paul Lederach, Rashied Omar
For a full conference program, click here.
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September 28, 2006
Hesburgh Center |
The War in Iraq,What now? (Audio)
The war in Iraq is one of the most pressing challenges facing the United States, and is a critical issue in the mid-term elections. This moderated discussion considered whether the United States should plan to withdraw, stay the course, or engage more deeply. |
| September 22, 2006
Hesburgh Center |
The
Annual John Howard
Yoder Dialogues on Religion, Nonviolence and Peace
“Principled Non-Violence: Options for Action”
Featuring Gene Sharp, Senior Scholar, Albert Einstein Institution
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July 24-28 , 2006
Bujumbura, Burundi |
3rd Annual International Catholic Peacebuilding Network (CPN) Conference |
March 31-April 1, 2006
Hesburgh Center |
2006 Student Peace Conference, "Voices of Today, Changes for Tomorrow" |
March
29, 2006
Hesburgh
Center |
The
12th annual Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C. Lectures
in Ethics and Public Policy
 "Just
War and Human Security"
Mary
Kaldor, Professor of Global Governance and
Director of the Centre for the Study of Global Governance,
London School of Economics
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March
28,
2006
Hesburgh Center |
The
12th annual Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C. Lectures
in Ethics and Public Policy
"The
New Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan"
Mary
Kaldor, Professor of Global Governance and
Director of the Centre for the Study of Global Governance,
London School of Economics
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February
20, 2006
Hesburgh Center
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The
Annual John Howard
Yoder Dialogues on Religion, Nonviolence and Peace
"The Kiss of Betrayal: From Family to 'Friendship
in Faith' "
Featuring Avishai Margalit, internationally known
philosopher and author.
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November
11, 2005
Georgetown University |
Colloquium:
"Ethics of War After 9/11 and Iraq"
Agenda
Speakers |
October
26, 2005
McKenna Hall |
"When
Faiths Unite: Religion and U.S. policy toward the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict"
A
panel discussion co-sponsored by the Kroc Institute.
To watch the video, click on one of the links below.
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September
13, 2005
Hesburgh Center |
 Why
do we need the UN?
Kroc Institute panel discussion
"Talk
points: See written commentaries by panel
participants Jackie Smith (Making
Sense of the UN World Summit), Robert Johansen
(More or Less Global Governance),Paul
Mishler (Labor, the United
States, and the UN Millennium Goals of Abolishing
Poverty) and Ana Garcia Rodicio (Addressing
the challenges of peace-building: The 2005 World Summit
decision to establish a Peacebuilding Commission)." |
July 11-15 , 2005
Davao City, Mindanao, Philippines |
2nd Annual International Catholic Peacebuilding Network (CPN) Conference |
May
22-27, 2005
Hesburgh Center |
 Kroc
Institute/Catholic Relief Services Summer Institute
in
Peacebuilding |
April
1-2, 2005
Hesburgh Center |
 Student
peace conference
Crossing Boundaries
in the Name of Peace |
March
22-23, 2005
DeBartolo Performing Arts Center and Hesburgh Center |
 Eleventh
Annual Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C. Lectures in Ethics
and Public Policy
Featuring
Lee Hamilton
“Fighting Terrorism,”
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“How to Use American Power”
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March
21, 2005
Fordham University |
Conference:
The
Ethics of Exit: The Morality of Withdrawal from Iraq
Transcripts
posted with agenda. |
March
18-19, 2005
Hesburgh Center |
2005
PRCP Conference:
Building Peace
Through Interreligious Encounters
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October
29, 2004
Hesburgh Center |
 "The
War on Terrorism and the Gandhian Ethic," Rajmohan
Gandhi, scholar and author; grandson of Mahatma Gandhi.
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May 17-19 , 2004
University of Notre Dame
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1st Annual International Catholic Peacebuilding Network (CPN) Conference |
March
31-April 3, 2004
Jinja Nile Resort, Uganda |
2004
PRCP Conference:
Religion
in African Conflicts and Peace-building Initiatives:
Problems and Prospects for a Globalizing Africa
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March
26-27, 2004
Hesburgh Center |
Annual
Student Peace Conference
Freedom from
Fear:
The Freedom of Peace |
March
4-6, 2004
Hesburgh Center |
Conference:
Tending
the Helper’s Fire: Mitigating Trauma and Stress
in International Staff and Volunteers
(sponsored by idealist.org) |
September
11-13, 2003
McKenna Hall, Center for Continuing Education |
Conference:
Peacebuilding
After Peace Accords
September 11-13, 2003
A video of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu's keynote
address is now available on the web:
Dialup
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April
11-12, 2003
Hesburgh Center |
Conference:
Women
and the Contested State: Religion, Violence and Agency
in
South Asia
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March
28-29, 2003
Hesburgh Center |
Annual
Student Peace Conference
Shadows
of War, Visions of Peace
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September
26-28, 2002
Hesburgh Center |
Workshop
RIREC - Research Initiative for the Resolution of
Ethnic Conflict
(by invitation)
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October
18-19, 2002
Hesburgh Center |
Workshop
Globalization and Urban Violence
(by invitation)
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April
12-13, 2002
Hesburgh Center |
IN
MULTIPLE VOICES
Challenges and Opportunities for Islamic Peacebuilding
after September 11
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March
22-23, 2002
Hesburgh Center |
Annual
Student Peace Conference:
Be the Change
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October
3, 2001
Hesburgh Center |
Workshop
Globalization and Local Violence
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September
24-25, 2001
Hesburgh Center |
Workshop
RIREC - Research Initiative for the Resolution of
Ethnic ConflictRIREC
- Workshop
Report
- Keynote
Address: "Lessons from South Africa's Truth
and Reconciliation Commission" Charles Villa-Vicencio,
Executive Director of the Institute for Justice
and Reconciliation; former Research Director for
the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission
- RIREC
Project Description
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The
Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies,
University of Notre Dame