The following events were sponsored, co-sponsored, or hosted by the Kroc Institute. Videos, agendas and/or proceedings of major past events can be found at http://kroc.nd.edu/events.

September 7 – Faculty seminar featuring research fellow David Cortright, “The History of Pacifism”

September 9 – Distinguished Alumni Lecture by Emil Bolongaita (‘89), “The Enemy Within: Challenging Corruption in Post-Conflict Countries”

October 7 – Seminar featuring Haley Duschinski, Rockefeller Visiting Fellow, “Inconstant Homelands: Political Storytelling among Kashmiri Hindu Migrants in New Delhi, India”

October 8 – Lecture by Randall Collins, professor of sociology, University of Pennsylvania, “How Many People are Violent, and When? A Situational Theory”; co-sponsored with the Department of Sociology, DuBois Center for Advanced Study of Religion and Race, and the Institute for Scholarship in Liberal Arts

October 26 – Faculty seminar featuring Robert Johansen on the proposed establishment of a UN emergency peace service

October 29 – Yoder Dialogues on Nonviolence, Religion and Peace, “The War on Terrorism and the Gandhian Ethic,” featuring Rajmohan Gandhi, visiting professor at the University of Illinois and grandson of Mahatma Gandhi

November 3 – Lecture by Kanchan Chandra, associate professor of government, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, “Why Ethnic Parties Succeed”; co-sponsored with the Kellogg Institute for International Studies

November 4 – Seminar featuring Patrice Brodeur, Rockefeller Visiting Fellow, “Constructing a Curriculum on Interreligious Dialogue and Conflict Resolution”

November 5 – Lecture by Ala Talabani, co-founder of the Iraqi Women’s High Council. “Women Building Peace in Iraq”

November 9 – Current events panel, “Iraq: What Now? Should the U.S. withdraw, stay the course, or engage more deeply?,” featuring Notre Dame faculty members Dan Lindley, George A. Lopez, Gary Masapollo, and Martha Merritt

November 11 – Seminar featuring Jennifer Connolly, Rockefeller Visiting Fellow; “Peace is Beautiful: Defusing Ethnic and Religious Violence in East Kalimantan, Indonesia”

November 12 – Lecture by former ambassador Thomas E. McNamara, “Terrorist Rogue No More: Understanding the Libyan Case”

November 16 – Lecture by Carol Pollack, Kroc visiting fellow and a specialist in public international law, “How Strictly Should Corporations be Held Accountable for Human Rights Abuses?”

November 18 – Faculty seminar featuring Dan Lindley, assistant professor of political science and Kroc faculty fellow, “Is War Rational?”

February 2 – Lecture by Todd Whitmore, associate professor of theology, “Catholic Social Teaching and Interreligious Dialogue”

February 7 – Lecture by Etienne De Jonghe, International Secretary, Pax Christi International, “The Role of Religious NGOs in Peacebuilding”

February 9 – Lecture by Elliot Bartky, adjunct associate professor, Program of Liberal Studies, “The Social Ethics of Judaism”; co-sponsored with the Program in Catholic Social Teaching

February 14-17 – Human Rights Watch International Film Festival; co-sponsored with The Center for Women’s Inter-Cultural Leadership at Saint Mary’s College

February 15 – Film: “The Battle of Algiers,” with discussion moderated by Dan Lindley, assistant professor of political science

February 17 – Lecture by Gerhard Beestermoeller of the Institut fur Theologie und Frieden in Germany, “The Just War Doctrine: Bedrock of Unilateral Actions?”

February 23 – Sudan Symposium, organized by Notre Dame students, featuring John Prendergast of the International Crisis Group, Larry Minear of the Humanitarianism and War Project at Tufts University, and Francis M. Deng of the Center for Displacement Studies at Johns Hopkins University

March 18-19 – Conference: “Building Peace through Interreligious Encounters” Organized by the Kroc Institute’s Program in Religion, Conflict and Peacebuilding

March 21 – Conference: “The Ethics of Exit: The Morality of Withdrawal from Iraq” (at Fordham University, New York City); co-sponsored with the Fordham Center on Religion and Culture, and the Fourth Freedom Forum

March 22-23 – Hesburgh Lectures on Ethics and Public Policy, “Fighting Terrorism” and “How to Use American Power” by Lee Hamilton, former member of the 9-11 Commission and director of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

March 30 – Lecture by Asma Afsaruddin, associate professor of the classics, “The Social Ethics of Islam”; co-sponsored with the Program in Catholic Social Teaching

March 31-April 1 – Conference: “Contemporary Catholicism, Religious Pluralism, and Democracy in Latin America: Challenges, Responses, and Impact”; co-sponsored with the Coca-Cola Co., Catholic Relief Services, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Erasmus Institute, the Institute for Scholarship in Liberal Arts

April 1-2 – Annual student conference: “Crossing Boundaries in the Name of Peace”

April 6 – Lecture by Lionel Jensen, associate professor of East Asian languages and civilizations, “The Social Ethics of Buddhism and Confucianism”; co-sponsored with the Program in Catholic Social Teaching

April 12 – Panel presentation: “Jerusalem Women Speak: Three Women, Three Faiths, One Shared Vision”

April 14 – Lecture in honor of professor emeritus Denis Goulet, featuring Adela Cortina, professor, University of Valencia, Spain, “Development Ethics: A Road to Peace”

April 20 – Lecture by Amitava Dutt, professor of economics and policy studies, “The Social Ethics of Hinduism”; co-sponsored with the Program in Catholic Social Teaching

April 21 – Lecture by Michelle Parlevliet, alumni visiting fellow, “Valuing Synergy: An Exploration of the Relationship Between Human Rights and Conflict Management”

May 22-27 – Catholic Relief Services Summer Institute in Peacebuilding

July 11-15 – Catholic Peacebuilding Network conference (Mindanao, the Philippines)

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