Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi called on scholars, students, people of faith, elected officials, and citizens everywhere to stand up for human rights in Iran, the US, and around the world.

The Kroc Institute has named Mary Ellen O’Connell as its Research Professor of International Dispute Resolution.

In response to burgeoning interest in peace studies, the Kroc Institute is offering its first Faculty Summer Institute in Peace Studies Program Development.

Shirin Ebadi, a lawyer, human rights activist, and recipient of the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize, will deliver the 15th annual Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., Lectures in Ethics and Public Policy at 12:30 p.m. on April 23. Please note new date.

Bringing peace to Gaza and Israel requires a new way of thinking about the conflict, says Atalia Omer, a scholar at Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies.

Big changes are coming in the Middle East, says Gwynne Dyer. But how big? And how bad? Dyer, a journalist, broadcaster and historian of international affairs, will address these questions in his presentation, “After Iraq,” at 7 p.m. Oct. 6 (Monday) in the auditorium of the University of Notre Dame’s...

Catholic bishops from war-torn regions around the world who are deeply involved in peacebuilding will speak April 13, 15 and 16 at the University of Notre Dame. Several of the bishops have been directly involved as mediators between warring parties, including governments and rebel groups.