Featuring:
George A. Lopez
The Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., Chair in Peace Studies
Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies

“The Sanctions Mystique: The Power and Perils of Multilateral Economic Coercion”

Tuesday, April 1, 2008
4:15 – 6 p.m.
155 DeBartolo Hall
with reception to follow

Lecture Responses from:
Joy Gordon, Professor of Philosophy, Fairfield University
Andrew Mack, Director of the Human Security Report Project,
School for international Studies, Simon Fraser University

Video from the lecture is available at the link below:
http://streaming.nd.edu/kroc/lopez/inaugural.wmv

George A. Lopez is one of the most prominent voices in peace research and education in the United States.  An expert on state violence and coercion, ethics and the use of force, and counter-terrorism, he has served as an advisor to the U.N. Security Council, the European Union, and governments, foundations, and organizations involved in human rights, international affairs, and peace research.  

During the 1980s and ‘90s, Professor Lopez became recognized as a leading scholar of repression and human rights violations. With Michael Stohl, he edited and contributed to five books and numerous journal articles on repression and state terror.  He and David Cortright became the dominant scholarly voice on United Nations sanctions, publishing five books and more than twenty-five articles and book chapters. In 2002, the Lopez-Cortright team became particularly influential among those seeking an alternative to war with Iraq.  Their research detailing the unlikely presence of WMDs in Iraq was published before the war in Arms Control Today and later in Foreign Affairs.

A popular speaker, teacher, and media commentator, Professor Lopez has twice won Notre Dame’s Kaneb Teaching Award. He is a founding faculty member of the Kroc Institute.

The Hesburgh chair is named in honor of the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., president emeritus of the University of Notre Dame and a founder, with philanthropist Joan B. Kroc, of the Kroc Institute.

The lecture and reception are open to the public.

 

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