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5 Peace Courses - Summer 2002
Dear friends,
Here are announcements for 5 courses on peace journalism, conflict
transformation, peacebuilding, development, and global change, in
Fredrikstad, Norway (20-22 June), Wienacht, Switzerland (1-13
July), Cluj, Romania (24-28 June and 8-26 July) and New York
(19-23 August 2002). Information about 10 online courses offered
by the TRANSCEND Peace University this fall, and how to order Johan
Galtung's collected essays in Peace Research, is listed at the end.
Please share this information with anyone who may be interested.
With best regards, Dietrich Fischer <dfischer@pace.edu>
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PEACE JOURNALISM, a training and lecture program on Ethical
Reporting of Conflicts and Challenges after September 11, 2001.
Institute for Journalism, Fredrikstad, Norway, June 20-22, 2002
Trainers: JAKE LYNCH and ANNABEL MCGOLDRICK, Sky News and TRANSCEND
Course Fee and Accommodation about $750
Peace journalism explores the roots of a conflict and ideas how to
resolve it, instead of only reporting about the ongoing violence.
For information and registration, see www.transcend.org or contact
John Y. Jones <jones@dis.no>, Tel +47-2245-1814
"The Peace Journalism Option" is available at www.transcend.org
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INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION, July 1-13, 2002
Landegg International University, CH-9405 Wienacht/AR, Switzerland
www.landegg.edu, info@landegg.edu, Tel +41-71-898-0505
July 1-5: Professor DIETRICH FISCHER, Pace University, New York,
Co-Director of TRANSCEND: A Peace and Development Network (author
of "Preventing War in the Nuclear Age" and "Nonmilitary Aspects of
Security", among others) will give a course on "Peace Strategies
and Nonmilitary Aspects of Security"; Mr. DIBA MAJZOUB, an
International Lawyer from Canada, will present an overview of
"International Law and Conflict Resolution"; Professor H.B. DANESH,
President of Landegg International University and author of
numerous books on conflict resolution and psychology, and Ms.
KIMBERLY SYPHRETT, formerly with the Carter Center, will present
Landegg's Conflict-Free Conflict Resolution (CFCR) model, and
lectures on various aspects of developmental and integrative
approaches to conflict resolution at the international level.
July 8-13: Professor YAACOV BAR-SIMAN-TOV, Swiss Centre for
Conflict Research, Management and Resolution at the Hebrew
University of Jerusalem will give a course on "Management and
Resolution of International Conflicts"; Prof. CHARLES LERCHE
(author of "Concepts of International Politics in Global
Perspective" and "Emergence: Dimensions of a New World Order",
among others) will speak on aspects of Peace Building and Global
Governance; and Professor H.B. DANESH and KIMBERLY SYPHRETT will
discuss the CFCR model and its application to issues on the
contemporary global agenda. The module will close with a special
two-day seminar on "Islam, Peace, and Cross-Cultural Conflict
Resolution: A Comparative Perspective," presented by Prof. ABDUL
AZIZ SAID, Professor of Peace and Conflict Resolution Studies, and
Director of the Center for Global Peace, at American University.
COSTS: $200 per week audit fee ($800 if taken for credit)
plus accommodation (from $40 per day, including 3 meals)
FOR INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION, please contact info@landegg.edu,
Tel +41-71-898-0566. Payment must be received by June 1, 2002.
You can also Apply Online at http://apply.landegg.edu/
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PEACEBUILDING, CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION AND GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT
June 24 - 28, 2002, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
a workshop with JOHAN GALTUNG and KAI FRITHJOF BRAND-JACOBSEN
Bridging theory and practice, this workshop will help understand
more deeply the difficulties and challenges of working to transform
violent and intractable conflicts towards peaceful and constructive
outcomes, linking people-centred participatory development with
empowerment for active peace work and conflict transformation.
JOHAN GALTUNG, founder of the field of peace research, author of
over 100 books, mediator in 50 international conflicts, founder and
director of TRANSCEND, an international peace and development
network, is the recipient of numerous honorary degrees, including
a Right Livelihood Award (the alternative Nobel Peace Prize).
KAI FRITHJOF BRAND-JACOBSEN, founder and Director of the Peace
Action, Training and Research Institute of Romania has given over
100 training programs in peacebuilding, development, and conflict
transformation to nearly 3000 participants in 26 countries.
Cost: US$ 1000, including accommodation. Apply by April 28.
For more information: www.transcend.org or training@transcend.org
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SUMMER PEACE INSTITUTE (SPI)
Peacebuilding, Globalisation and Social Justice
July 8 - 26, 2002, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
The SPI 2002 brings together some of the world's leading activists,
practitioners and critical scholars involved in grassroots movement
to overcome global injustice and inequality, sharing experiences,
ideas, skills and knowledge, and working to come up with strategies
and therapy to transform conflicts constructively, building
alliances and people's movements for social justice and peace.
Trainers: JOHAN GALTUNG, Director TRANSCEND (see above)
WALDEN BELLO, Director of Focus on the Global South in Bangkok. His
most recent books are Dark Victory: The United States and Global
Poverty (updated 2nd edition; TNI/Food First/Pluto 1999) and A
Siamese Tragedy: Development and Disintegration in Modern Thailand
(Food First/Zed 1998).
SUSAN GEORGE, Associate Director of the Transnational Institute in
Amsterdam and author, among many other books, of "How the Other
Half Dies: The Real Reasons for World Hunger" (Penguin 1976)
DOT KEET, Research Associate with the Alternative Information and
Development Center (AIDC) headquartered in South Africa.
ALEJANDRO BENDANA is Founder (1990) and President of the Centro de
Estudios Internacionales, Managua, Nicaragua, a consultant to
UNESCO, and former Deputy Foreign Minister. He has written widely
on issues relating to peacebuilding, conflict resolution and
transformation, demobilisation, democratisation, transition,
empowerment, globalisation, world order, civil society, and debt.
KAI FRITHJOF BRAND-JACOBSEN, Co-Director, TRANSCEND (see above)
COST: US$1500 (incl. course fees + accommodation for 3 weeks)
A reduced rate of US$1000 is available for participants from
developing and war torn countries. Some scholarships and course
fee reductions are available. Participants are requested to send
in a copy of their CV and the completed Application Form by May 25.
FOR INFORMATION: training@transcend.org or www.transcend.org
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DESIGNING AND IMPLEMENTING INTERVENTIONS FOR GLOBAL CHANGE
19-23 August 2002, United Nations, New York
Dedicated to the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and
Nonviolence for the Children of the World (2001-2010)
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Institute for Global Leadership, Box 20044,
Worcester, MA 01602. Tel 508-753-7683, vswain@global-leader.org,
www.global-leader.org
PATRON AND KEY PRESENTER: Ambassador ANWARUL K. CHOWDHURY,
Under-Secretary General and High Representative for Least Developed
Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island
Developing States. Ambassador Chowdhury is a past President of the
Security Council and the initiator of the Culture of Peace
Programme and the International Year (2000) and the Decade of a
Culture of Peace of the United Nations General Assembly.
INSTRUCTOR: VIRGINIA SWAIN, Director, Institute for Global
Leadership. President, Center for Global Community and World Law
(a TRANSCEND Partner)
KEY PRESENTERS:
Professor PATRICE BRODEUR, Connecticut College, New London, CT:
"Coexistence and Reconciliation Approaches to Terrorism".
Professor DIETRICH FISCHER, Pace University and Co-Director,
TRANSCEND, a Peace and Development Network: "Strengthening the
United Nations as a Non-Governmental Organization Partner".
Mr. GEORG KELL, Executive Head of the Global Compact, Office of the
UN Secretary General: "The Relationship of Business to the United
Nations" (invited)
This course is for those who are searching for a new way to address
global problems that emphasizes respect for human rights, peaceful
settlement of disputes, global ethics, values and systems that will
secure greater ecological integrity, economic and social well
being. Participants will learn an intervention process for a civil
society response to complement and strengthen the United Nations'
initiatives for meeting global challenges.
This course will be taught from the perspective of Reconciliation
Leadership, developed by Virginia Swain and dedicated to the
International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Nonviolence for the
Children of the World (2001-2010). UN Secretary-General Kofi
Annan's programmes will be addressed on implementing the Millennium
Development Goals of 189 Heads of State and the Global Compact--the
relationship of business to the United Nations. Terrorism will be
addressed from a coexistence and reconciliation perspective. Each
day will begin with meditation in the Dag Hammarjskold Meditation
Room at the UN, designed for people of all religions.
VIRGINIA SWAIN is Founder and Director of the Institute for Global
Leadership, an organization providing services and resources for
emerging and existing leaders in a post-September 11 world.
Virginia has work experience on five continents and ten years
experience in the United Nations community. The Institute, in its
consultation and training services, provides support for the
personal and professional goals of leaders committed to a just,
sustainable, intercultural and multiethnic peace: mentoring high
performance teams, career and life directions, conflict
transformation training, and culturally sensitive dispute and
reconciliation services. In a unique post-graduate leadership
certificate program, participants are trained in personal,
interpersonal, systemic and global competencies. The website is
www.global-leader.org. Virginia Swain's email address is
vswain@global-leader.org. Phone 508-753-7683, Fax 508-753-4172.
TUITION: $500.00. Deposit of $100.00 is due by June 30, Remainder
of $400.00 by Aug. 1. Materials fee of $100 due at start of course.
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TRANSCEND PEACE UNIVERSITY (TPU) OFFERS FIRST ON-LINE COURSES
TRANSCEND: A Peace and Development Network with 200 members in
56 countries, has since 1996 given on-site courses in conflict
transformation, peacebuilding, reconciliation, deep culture etc. in
more than 20 countries with more than 4,000 participants. The
manual "Conflict Transformation by Peaceful Means" was published by
the United Nations in six languages; a "maxi-version" in English
(freely available at www.transcend.org). Based on this experience,
on-line courses, each lasting 15 weeks, will begin in Fall 2002.
TPU is aiming at government and nongovernment practitioners
and students at any level. There will be certificates for single
courses, diplomas for clusters of courses and eventually BA, MA and
PhD degrees. Participants may combine on-line and on-site courses.
Ten on-line courses are planned for fall 2002 (Fee $400):
- Conflict Transformation Resource Person: Johan Galtung
- Geopolitical Conflicts Compared Resource Person: Jorgen Johansen*
- Peacebuilding and Empowerment Resource Person: Kai Jacobsen
- Peacekeeping/Violence Control Resource Person: Patrick Rechner
- Reconciliation Resource Person: Jan Oeberg**
- India-Pakistan Reconciliation Resource Person: S P Udayakumar
- Peace Journalism Jake Lynch & Annabel McGoldrick
- Food Assistance in Disasters Resource Person: George Kent
- Arts and Peace Resource Person: Olivier Urbain
- Nonmilitary Aspects of Security Resource Person: Dietrich Fischer
* A comparative study of Hawaii-Pacific, Colombia, Northern
Ireland, Basque, Kosovo/a, Somalia, Middle East, Afghanistan,
Kashmir, Korea and the USA/Eurasia Configuration, building on
TRANSCEND's experience around the world.
**AFTER VIOLENCE: 3R, RECONSTRUCTION, RECONCILIATION, RESOLUTION:
Coping With Visible and Invisible Effects of War and Violence
by Johan Galtung can be downloaded for free from www.transcend.org
For information contact Jorgen Johansen, Centre for Peace Education
Tromsoe University, Norway <jorgenj@peace.uit.no>, www.peace.uit.no
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COLLECTED ESSAYS IN PEACE RESEARCH AND METHODOLOGY by Johan Galtung
(9 volumes) published by Christian Ejlers in Copenhagen are
available at the special rate of $200 per set (including postage):
Essays in Peace Research:
Vol I (1975, 405 pp.) Peace: research - education - action
Vol II (1976, 471 pp.) Peace, war and defense
Vol III (1978, 564 pp.) Peace and social structure
Vol IV (1980, 736 pp.) Peace and world structure
Vol V (1980, 491 pp.) Peace problems: some case studies
Vol VI (1988, 433 pp.) Transarmament and the cold war
Essays in Methodology:
Vol 1 (1977, 271 pp.) Methodology and ideology
Vol 2 (1979, 251 pp.) Papers on methodology
Vol 3 (1988, 260 pp.) Methodology and development
You can also ask your library to order this essential reference
work. To order a set, send a $200 check drawn on a U.S. bank made
out to "TRANSCEND" to Dietrich Fischer, 114 Conover Road, Princeton
Junction, NJ 08550, USA. <dfischer@pace.edu>, www.transcend.org
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