Tuesday, September 5, 3:30 p.m. (changed from 4:15)
Hesburgh Center, Room C-103

"Building Muslim Minds and Hearts: Rethinking Peace"
Lecture by Karim D. Crow, Associate Professor of Contemporary Islam at the Institute of Defence & Strategic Studies, Singapore

Born and raised in Beirut, Lebanon, of Lebanese-American parentage, Dr. Crow received his doctorate in 1996 from the Institute of Islamic Studies at McGill University in Montreal. He has published scholarly studies on Muslim hadith literature, Islamic philosophy, Islamic peace studies, contemporary Islamic intellectual currents, and Islamic values and ethics.  Dr. Crow serves as a consultant for several non-governmental programs and institutions dealing with Islamic peace issues in the Arab world and Southeast Asia.

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Thursday, September 7, 12:30 p.m.
Hesburgh Center, Room C-103

“Sorting and Suffering: Gender, Ethnicity, and Social Classification in Post-Genocide Rwanda”

Lecture by Jennie Burnet, Rockefeller Visiting Fellow

Burnet is an anthropologist who received her Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2005. Her main areas of interest include gender, ethnicity, war, genocide, and reconciliation in post-conflict societies. Her dissertation explored the dramatic transformations in Rwandan society primarily through women's experiences of violence, war, and genocide and through women's attempts to rebuild their lives.

While in residence at the Kroc Institute, Burnet will be writing a book manuscript.  Through vivid ethnographic detail, the book examines women in the aftermath of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.  The book focuses on the consequences of ethnic classification and the politics of memory and reconciliation in post-genocide Rwanda. As part of the project, she will compare local reconciliation promoted by rural women’s groups organized by the Roman Catholic Church with the government-sanctioned Gacaca jurisdictions.

Burnet came to her academic research program through her work as a student and human rights activist.

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Thursday, September 14, 7:00 p.m.
C102 DeBartolo Auditorium

Congressman Timothy J. Roemer, President, Center for National Policy

"Safeguarding America: National Security in the 21st Century"

From the floor of the U.S. Congress to the chambers of the 9/11 Commission, Tim Roemer has dedicated his professional career to strengthening national security and improving education in America.  As Congressman from the Third District of Indiana (1991-2003), Roemer was recognized for his successful leadership on legislation that helped improve America’s competitiveness by balancing the federal budget, reforming elementary and secondary public education and improving the affordability of higher education.

After the attacks of September 11th, Roemer used his position on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence to support the work of a Joint Congressional Inquiry into the nature of the attacks.  Roemer also was the key sponsor of legislation to establish the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, known as “The 9/11 Commission.”

Since leaving Congress in 2003, Roemer has continued to work on developing ways to strengthen national security as President of the Center for National Policy.   He has promoted new ideas on national security issues on NBC Nightly News, CNN, FOX, NPR and in the pages of the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, USA Today, Time Magazine, U.S. News and World Report and others. As a Distinguished Scholar at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, Roemer works with Members of Congress and staff to improve public policy outcomes by teaching on the legislative branch and policy analysis. He holds a PhD in American Government from the University of Notre Dame. Roemer also earned his MA from Notre Dame and received his B.A. from the University of California, San Diego.

Co-sponsored by the Kellogg Institute, Department of Political Science, and Young American Civics Organization

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Tuesday, September 19, 3:30 p.m.
Hesburgh Center Auditorium

"New Approaches to Peace and Conflict in Central Asia"

Panel Discussion by Kroc Visiting Fellow John Heathershaw, and Rockefeller Visiting Fellows David Montgomery and Svetlana Peshkova

"Why Has Peace Held in Tajikistan? Discourse, Politics, and Space"
Panelist John Heathershaw is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His dissertation is titled Peace as Complex Legitimacy: Politics, Space and Discourse in Tajikistan's Peacebuilding Process, 2000-2005. During his time at the Kroc Institute, John will address some of the implications of his dissertation findings, examining the role of political Islam in peace and conflict dynamics in Central Asia. In addition, he will continue his work on other academic and non-academic projects related to conflict and peacebuilding in the region. 

"Understanding Everyday Religious Life in Kyrgyzstan: The Acquisition of Religious Knowledge and Its Implications for Expression"
Panelist David W. Montgomery is a doctoral candidate in religion at Boston University and is finishing his dissertation on how the transmission of religious and cultural knowledge influences the practice of religion. While at the Kroc Institute, he will be completing his dissertation and revising it for publication; analyzing data on religious practice in Kyrgyzstan; and continuing his work on religion and civil society in Central Asia and the Balkans.

"Islamic Education and Critical Thinking: Educational Practice of Otinchalar in the Ferghana Valley of Uzbekistan"
Panelist Svetlana Peshkova received her doctorate from the Department of Anthropology at Syracuse University (Syracuse, New York) in 2006. Her dissertation, “Otinchalar in the Ferghana Valley: Islam, Gender and Power,” discusses Muslim female religious practitioners and leaders and their role in social transformation. Peshkova’s geographic expertise is Central Asia and the Caucasus. Her research interests focus on questions of conflict, gender, religion and power. While she is at the Kroc Institute, Peshkova will focus on ways in which socio-religious movements in the Ferghana Valley, Central Asia, take part in transformation of the socio-political situation in the region by shaping the discourse on human rights. Her project seeks to contrast and compare socio-political activism and discourse of the three local movements: the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU), Hizb-ut-Tahrir (The Party of Liberation) and the networks of female religious leaders and teachers known as otinchalar.

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Thursday, September 21, 12:30 p.m.
Hesburgh Center, Room C-103

“Identity Formation and Resistance through the Sacred: The Case of Maqam (holy place) Abu al-Hija in Israel”

Lecture by Dr. Nimrod Luz, Lecturer, Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Western Galilee College, Acre Israel.

Dr. Luz is engaged in intra-disciplinary research in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies, past and present. Geographer and Middle Eastern scholar by trade, he explores the relationships among society, culture and the built environment. Since 2000 he has been engaged in a project which focuses on sacred places of Palestinian communities in Israel and the politics of the scared and landscapes of fundamentalism.

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Friday, September 22, 11:00 a.m.
Hesburgh Center Auditorium

The John Howard Yoder Dialogues on Religion, Nonviolence and Peace

“Principled Non-Violence: Options for Action”

Gene Sharp, Senior Scholar, Albert Einstein Institution and founder of the Institution in 1983

View this lecture:Dialup (28K-56K) | Broadband (100+K)

What are the options in acute conflicts for believers in principled nonviolence? Believers in nonviolence on a moral or religious basis face the problem of how to practice their belief in acute conflicts.  Is their belief only for individuals or also for society and politics?  Should they support violence? Is not the issue a three-way relationship with the individual, principle, and society?  Are the options only between “just war” and pacifism? What role does pragmatic strategic nonviolent struggle potentially play in answering the dilemma?

Sharp holds a B.A. and an M.A. from Ohio State University and a D.Phil. in political theory from Oxford University. He is also Professor Emeritus of political science at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. For nearly thirty years he held a research appointment at Harvard University's Center for International Affairs.

He is the author of various books, including The Politics of Nonviolent Action (1973), Gandhi as a Political Strategist (1979), Social Power and Political Freedom (1980), Making Europe Unconquerable (1985), Civilian-Based Defense (1990), and From Dictatorship to Democracy (1993, 2002, and 2003). His most recent book is Waging Nonviolent Struggle: Twentieth Century Practice and Twenty-First Century Potential. His writings have been published in more than thirty languages.

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Wednesday, September 27, 12:30 p.m.
Hesburgh Center, Room C-103

"Politics and Security in Central Asia: Opportunities for Peacebuilding"

Anna Matveeva, Associate Fellow, Crisis States Research Centre, London School of Economics

For much of the 1990s, the distant and complex regionof Central Asiawasnot on the international radar screens. Since the region remained largely peaceful, it got scarce publicity and alarm bells did not ring with urgency. Lately, however, this has started to change. The events in Andijan in Uzbekistan, the turbulent change of power in Kyrgyzstan and violent incidents in the Ferghana Valley - all of these highlight a region in movement. The lecture would first examine the domestic potential for instability, deriving from poor governance and state fragility, and discuss trans-regional threats, such as the rise of Islamism and the drug trade. It will then outline policies of international actors in conflict prevention and security field, with an emphasis on the European Union, and conclude with reflections upon what is working or not, and what are the opportunities and constraints on international engagement in peacebuilding.

Dr. Matveeva has previously worked as a UNDP Regional Adviser on Peace and Development in Central Asia, and as a Research Fellow at the Royal Institute of International Affairs. She has published extensively, including a Chaillot Paper for the EU Institute for Security Studies on the 'EU Stakes in Central Asia',  and a recent report for International Alert on 'Central Asia: Strategic Framework for Peacebuilding'.

Co-sponsored by the Kellogg Institute for International Studies

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Thursday, September 28, 12:30 p.m.
Hesburgh Center Auditorium

"The War in Iraq: What now?"

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 will consider whether the United States should plan to withdraw, stay the course, or engage more deeply?

Moderated by Heather Hurlburt, foreign policy consultant and speech writer for President Bill Clinton.

Keir Lieber, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
Dan Lindley, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
George Lopez, Senior Fellow, Kroc Institute
Gerard Powers, Director of Policy Studies, Kroc Institute

Ms. Hurlburt is a writer, foreign policy consultant and former presidential speech writer.  She was the U.S. deputy director of the International Crisis Group, an international non-profit working to prevent and end conflicts.  From 1996 to 2001, she served in the Clinton Administration as a State Department speechwriter and later as a Special Assistant and speech writer to President Clinton.  In 2002, Hurlburt helped lead the start-up of DATA (Debt AIDS and Trade in Africa), a non-profit formed to bring celebrities, experts and grassroots citizens together to press for a stronger response to the twin crises of AIDS and poverty in Africa.  Hurlburt writes and speaks extensively on foreign policy and security issues.

Co-sponsored by the Center for Social Concerns' Democracy Matters Series

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October 3-4
McKenna Hall

Africa Faith & Justice Network 2006 Annual Conference

"Africa’s Children: Peril & Promise”

Co-sponsored with the Institute for Educational Initiatives, Kellogg Institute for International Studies, Theology Department/Institute for Church Life, Department of Africana Studies, Center for Social Concerns, and Campus Ministry

 

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Thursday, October 5, 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Hesburgh Center Auditorium

"Guantanamo: How should we respond?"

A virtual teach-in which will be simulcast to over 300 participating colleges and universities around the country from Seton Hall Law School.

Join the nations top journalists, legal experts, and released detainees to discuss the implications of Extraordinary Rendition, CIA & Military Detention, Military Commissions, Medical Ethics and interrogations, U.S. Foreign Policy and more...

Speakers include:

Joseph Margulies, author of the recent and acclaimed, Guantánamo and the Abuse of Presidential Power.
William H. Taft, IV, former Chief Legal Adviser, U.S. State Department
Lieutenant-Commander Charles Swift, who launched Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, as military defense counsel to Mr. Hamdan two years ago.
Captain James Yee, former Chaplain at Guantánamo and author of For God and Country: Faith and Patriotism Under Fire. …and many more, including journalists from The New York Times, The New Yorker, Washington Post, and Time Magazine.

Please feel free to come and go as your schedule permits.

Co-sponsored by the Center for Civil and Human Rights, Center for Social Concerns, American Constitution Society, Notre Dame Amnesty International, Progressive Student Alliance, and the International Human Rights Society

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October 10-12, 2006

Professor Naomi Chazan is the N.D. Provost's Distinguished Woman Lecturer. She is a renowned Professor of Political Science and African Studies and heads the School of Government and Society, Academic College of Tel Aviv.  A leader of the Meretz party, she served as a member of the Israeli Knesset from 1992-2003 eventually becoming deputy speaker. An author and editor of numerous publications including Politics and Society, in Contemporary Africa, she has lectured all over the world. Professor Chazan served as director of the Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace at the Hebrew University. She received the Freedom and Human Rights Prize from the Foundation for Freedom and Human Rights in Switzerland in 2005.

Tuesday, October 10, 4:00 p.m.
Hesburgh Center Auditorium

"Can the World Afford to Abandon Africa?"

Independent Africa has suffered from a curious mixture of exploitation and neglect.  The result, with a few notable exceptions, is widespread human, economic and political deterioration which threatens not only African futures, but global stability. Africa constitutes the primary challenge to the world in the coming decade.

Wednesday, October 11, 8:00 p.m.
McKenna Auditorium, reception to follow

"Options for an Israeli-Palestinian Peace: Thinking Out of the Box"

Why have the prospects for an Israeli-Palestinian peace dimmed despite the fact that there is almost universal consensus on a two-state solution? What can be done in the post-Lebanese crisis months to finally secure a viable peace?  Some thoughts on urgent measures to resolve the most intractable conflict of the last century.

Thursday, October 12, 4:00 p.m.
Hesburgh Center Auditorium

"What Women Bring to Peace: A Comparative Look at the Role of Women in Conflict Resolution Today"

Women have been central in attempts to bring about the resolution of major conflicts and to ensure the durability of peace agreements.  What makes women so central to these efforts and why is their work too frequently ignored?  An examination of the relationship between women and peace.

Co-sponsored with the University of Notre Dame Holocaust Project and the Abrams Fund for Excellence in Jewish-Christian Studies

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Tuesday, October 24, 3:30 p.m.
Hesburgh Center, Room C-103

"Why Natural Resources Create Conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa:
A Perspective Based on Commercial Relationships"

Lecture by Joseph Adeboye Bamidele, Kroc Institute Visiting Fellow

Bamidele holds a teaching and research fellowship in the Department of Economics, Royal Holloway, University of London. He is a doctoral candidate there, with a research focus on natural resource dependence and civil conflicts in sub-Saharan Africa. He previously taught at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London.

While at the Kroc Institute, Bamidele’s research will take on a comparative analysis of the experiences of Sub-Sahara African countries where resource conflicts have occurred, including Angola, Burundi, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, The Republic of Congo, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, and Sudan. He will concentrate on different characteristics of natural resources in terms of their production and marketing, and their degrees of "lootability."

Bamidele began his academic career as a graduate assistant in economics at Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, Nigeria where he obtained a bachelor's degree. After earning a master's degree at the University of Ibadan, he was granted a Special Cambridge Commonwealth Trust Scholarship to study for masters degree in land economy. During his study at Cambridge University, he was awarded the title of Malaysian Commonwealth Scholar for outstanding ability; and at the completion of the degree, was made a fellow of the Cambridge Commonwealth Society.

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Thursday, October 26, 12:30 p.m.
Hesburgh Center, Room C-103

"Why Ruling Elites Play the 'Ethnic Card': State Violence and Multiparty Transitions"

Lecture by Linda Kirschke, Kroc Institute Visiting Fellow

Kirschke is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Politics at Princeton University.  Her project while at the Kroc Institute is called “Why Ruling Elites Play the ‘Ethnic Card’:  State Violence and Multi-party Transitions.”

Kirschke's work has appeared in The Journal of Modern African Studies, Vierteljahresschrift fur Sicherheit und Frieden (S und F) and is forthcoming in Comparative Political Studies. She has held visiting fellowships at the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University, and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC.

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November 4-7

Kroc Institute celebrates 20 years

The institute is hosting a series of public events marking its 20th anniversary, including a Peace Mass, photo exhibit reception, and lecture by a prominent peace scholar. The capstone event will be "Strategic Peacebuilding: The State of the Art," a conference exploring a concept central to the institute's programs.

Saturday, November 4, 11:00 a.m.

"The Role of Religion in Peacebuilding"
Panelists include Scott Appleby, John Paul Lederach, Rashied Omar
Annenberg Auditorium, Snite Museum
Dialup (28K-56K)
Broadband (100+K)

Sunday, November 5, 10:00 a.m.

Peace Mass
Bascilica of the Sacred Heart

Sunday, November 5, 12:30 p.m.

"Crossing Borders for Peace" Reception
Snite Museum

Sunday, November 5, 5:00 p.m., reception to follow
Hesburgh Center Auditorium

INAUGURAL LECTURE

"Strategic Peacebuilding: Issues and Actors"

Lecture by Peter Wallensteen,
The Richard G. Starmann Sr. Research Professor of Peace Studies

One of the world’s leading peace researchers, Peter Wallensteen, joined the Kroc Institute faculty this fall as Richard G. Starmann Sr. Research Professor of Peace Studies. The new chair is named in honor of an advisory council member and longtime friend of the Institute. As senior vice president of McDonalds, Starmann was in charge of worldwide communications and led the company’s global crisis management team from 1981 to 1998.

Wallensteen became the first holder of the Hammarskjöld chair in peace and conflict research in 1985, when Uppsala was recruiting its first Ph.D. candidates.

The program grew into one of the best of its kind, known for tough
competition for admittance (two to four students admitted each year) and for its focus on methodological strength. He arrives at the Kroc Institute as planning is under way for a peace studies doctoral program at the University of Notre Dame.

Wallensteen is the author of International Sanctions: Between Wars and Words, Understanding Conflict Resolution: Peace, War, and the Global System, and Making Targeted Sanctions Effective, among other titles. He has also led recent commissioned studies on the means of preventing genocide, international strategies for democracy, and the United Nation’s post-conflict peacebuilding capacity. His research interests also include the durability of peace agreements, and the impact of preventative measures on the dynamics of disputes and conflicts.

For more information about Peter Wallensteen, click here.

November 6-7
Hesburgh Center Auditorium

Strategic Peacebuilding: The State of the Art

For a full conference program, click here.

In celebration of the Kroc Institute’s 20th anniversary, the conference aims to define, explore and develop the concept of strategic peacebuilding, which plays a central role in the institute’s research, education, outreach, and policy programs. 
 
The conference begins with analysis of recent research initiatives on post-accord peacebuilding, the current challenges of social reconstruction, and the political and theological dilemmas of reconciliation in the wake of past injustice.  Conference panels then explore dimensions of strategic peacebuilding, including the role of religion and ethical standards, the development of international institutions and human rights norms, the challenges faced by implementing agencies and organizations, and the impact of globalization and economic reforms.  At key points throughout the conference, a panel of distinguished peace scholars will lead plenary discussions of the issues raised. 

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November 9-10, 2006

The World Social Forums began in 2001 and they are the largest political gatherings in human history.  They have generated hundreds of gatherings of hundreds of thousands of activists in local, national, and regional social forums.  Social Forums bring people together to exchange analyses and proposals for addressing the world’s most pressing problems, including poverty and inequality, environmental sustainability, and democracy.  The Social Forum process has contributed to the strengthening of global civil society, even as it continues to struggle with issues of inclusivity and equity as well as political effectiveness.  We gather a panel of scholars from across North America to consider the significance and the challenges of the World Social Forum process, including questions of how to better incorporate U.S. peace activists into this global movement.

This event and workshop is co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Social Movements and Social Change (http://www.nd.edu/~cssm/), and was made possible by support from Notre Dame's Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts of the College of Arts and Letters, the Office of Research, and the Sociology Department. 

Thursday, November 9, 4:30 p.m.
Hesburgh Center Auditorium, reception to follow

"Is Another World Possible? Learning from the World Social Forum Process"

Panel and discussion of contemporary global activism

Pascale Dufour, Department of Political Science, Université de Montréal
Alex Khasnabish, Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia
Marina Karides, Department of Sociology, Florida Atlantic University
David Cortright, President, Fourth Freedom Forum & Research Fellow, Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies

Friday, November 10, 10:30 a.m.
Hesburgh Center, Room C-103

"Studying 'Globalization from Below': Lessons from the European DEMOS Project"

Donatella Della Porta (via conference call) and Lorenzo Mosca, European University Institute

Professor Donatella della Porta has convened a group of scholars in Europe to study conceptions and practices of democracy within the Global Justice Movement in the European Union. The European Social Forums – the European regional equivalent of the World Social Forums-- are seen as important sites of innovation of new forms of democratic participation, and the DEMOS project - which has funding from the European Union - explores conceptions and practices of democracy in the organizations and activists involved in them. We are pleased to hear a report on the major findings of this research to date, and to discuss some of the challenges of doing research in a world of ever-shifting boundaries.

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November 12-14
McKenna Hall

At the founding of the United Nations in 1945, political and business leaders as well as scholars shared the conviction that commerce could play an important role in fostering peace. Half a century later, with the emergence of the interlocking global economy and the enormous new reach of business, the business community is increasingly forming partnerships with NGOs as an important new avenue for achieving social development. This conference will examine some of those partnerships focusing on what makes a successful collaboration.

This conference will be keynoted by Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations (subject to UN schedule) and will bring together academics, corporations, NGOs and government leaders. It seeks to advance the understanding of the role of business in society and to encourage new and more effective partnerships. The conference also hopes to lay the foundation for new courses in business schools on the subject of peace through commerce.

The conference is being convened by AACSB International (The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business), the United Nations Global Compact Office, the Center for Ethics and Religious Values in Business of the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame, and the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies of the University of Notre Dame.

For further information and registration details, see the website for the conference:
http://www.nd.edu/~ethics/ethicsConference/

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