College and University Faculty Seminars
The Education Program annually conducts regional seminars and workshops around the country that are geared to faculty at the college, university, and community college levels. While the seminars are aimed at both a substantive and pedagogical discussion of incorporating conflict studies in the classroom, each seminar is tailored to the needs and interests of the participating faculty and educational institutions.
Some of the topics for these seminars include: the nature and sources of international conflict in the post-Cold War world; new approaches to managing these conflicts; effective ways to teach about conflict and peacemaking; and research agendas on international conflict management that cut across disciplines and enhance teaching.
Below is a list of upcoming and past seminars.
Upcoming Seminars
Global Peace and Security in Community Colleges and the Communities They Serve
June 3–June 7, 2009
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This annual seminar for community college faculty and administrators provides an opportunity for participants to carefully examine the nature of international peace and security and to address how community colleges can relate this to the constituencies they serve. It focuses specifically on strategies that faculty and administrators can use to teach about global peacebuilding and conflict resolution. The application deadline was March 20, 2009.
Past Seminars
Strategies for Peace, Global Sustainability & Conflict Transformation: Teaching Peace Across Disciplines
April 3, 2009 | Central Connecticut State University (New Britain, CT)
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USIP sponsored a faculty seminar titled "Strategies for Peace, Global Sustainability & Conflict Transformation: Teaching Peace Across Disciplines" with the Hartford Consortium for Peace Education, World Affairs Council, Pax Educare, Central Connecticut State University, University of Hartford, and St. Joseph College on April 3, 2009. Held at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, CT the seminar focused on supporting faculty in their efforts in teaching peace across a spectrum of fields including media, public health, human rights, business/economics, and gender. The seminar featured several Institute specialists including Nadia Gerspacher, Raymond Gilpin, and Scott Carlson. Vladimir Bratic from Hollins University also presented. Jennings Randolph Senior Fellow Leonard R. Rubenstein gave a keynote talk on "The Paradoxes of Protection of Health in War." David J. Smith from the Education and Training Center/Domestic worked with faculty from the Hartford Consortium to coordinate the event.
Infusing Understanding of Peace and Conflict in the Muslim World into the Curriculum
June 17-20, 2008
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USIP co-sponsored a three-day faculty development program at Madison Area Technical College from June 18-20, 2008, focusing on promoting strategies for teaching about the Muslim world. The program was supported by a Title VI grant from the Department of Education. Other sponsors included the Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, the Illinois Consortium for International Studies and Programs, and the Wisconsin Technical College System Standing Committee on International Education. College and secondary school faculty from Wisconsin, Kansas, Illinois, Virginia, New Mexico and other states participated. Qamar-ul Huda, John Voll from Georgetown University, Manoucher Khosrowshahi from Tyler Junior College, Safiya Ghori from the Muslim Public Affairs Council, and Nader Ayish from American University and Fairfax County Public Schools presented. The program was coordinated by Geoff Bradshaw from Madison Area Technical College and David Smith.
Global Peace and Security in Community Colleges and the Communities They Serve
May 27-June 1, 2008
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This seminar gave community college faculty and administrators an opportunity to carefully examine the nature of international peace and security and to address how community colleges can relate this to the constituencies they serve.
Building Bridges of Understanding and Peace with the Muslim World
October 11-13, 2007
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USIP sponsored a series of three events with Education for Global Learning, a consortium of Minnesota state universities and community colleges, from October 11-13, 2007 in the Minneapolis area. The first program was a forum theatre production at Minneapolis Community and Technical College which centered on cultural and religious conflict. This was followed by an academic conference at Century College. John Voll of Georgetown University, Safiya Ghori and Aalaa Abuzaakouk of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, Dina Shehata of the Al Ahram Center for Political and Strategies Studies, and Mona Yacoubian of USIP presented. A simulation activity with 30 students from Century College focusing on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict concluded the events. The programs were coordinated by David Smith.
Global Peace and Security from Multiple Perspectives
July 10-15, 2007
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This seminar focused on global peace and security from multiple perspectives for college and university faculty. Participants were given the opportunity to reflect on the new international security environment, approaches to managing conflict, and new ways of teaching global peace and security.
Note: This seminar will not be held in 2008.
Global Peace and Security in Community Colleges and the Communities They Serve
May 29-June 3, 2007
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This seminar gave community college faculty and administrators an opportunity to carefully examine the nature of international peace and security and how community colleges can relate this to the constituencies they serve.
Identity and Global Conflict: Implications for the 21st Century
April 20-21, 2007 | Northern Virginia Community College
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Participants at this two-day seminar discussed strategies for peace and stability and ways to teach about global peacemaking and conflict. Terrence Lyons of the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University delivered the keynote address and other speakers included Anastase Shyaka, visiting Fulbright Scholar and director of the Centre for Conflict Management at the National University of Rwanda, as well as Amy Coughenour Betancourt of the Pan American Development Foundation, Nader Ayish of Fairfax County Schools, and Lena Jones and Diane Pearson from Minneapolis Community and Technical College.
Causes of Conflict, Conditions for Peace: African and Developing World Case Studies
March 30-31, 2007 | Gonzaga University
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This two-day university faculty seminar at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington featured a keynote address by Senior Fellow Betty Bigombe, who has played a key role in peace negotiations in Uganda, a student simulation based on a humanitarian relief negotiation in northern Uganda, and presentations by USIP staff.
Global Peace and Security from Multiple Perspectives
July 25-30, 2006 | View Photo Gallery | Download Agenda
This seminar focused on global peace and security from multiple perspectives for college and university faculty. Participants were given the opportunity to reflect on the new international security environment, approaches to managing conflict, and new ways of teaching global peace and security.
Global Peace and Security in Community Colleges and the Communities They Serve
July 11-16, 2006 | View Photo Gallery
The seminar gave community college faculty and administrators an opportunity to carefully examine the nature of international peace and security. It also allowed participants to learn how community colleges can relate this to the constituencies they serve.
Global Responsibility: How Educating for Peace Fosters a Better World
April 2006 | Richland College | View Photo Gallery
Held at Richland College—a community college part of the Dallas County Community College District—this two-day College Faculty Seminar
included a simulation with 60 students, a keynote address by George A. Lopez of the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, workshops, an International/Intercultural Festival, and the planting of a Peace Pole on the campus grounds.
Do Good Things Really Go Together: Assessing Human Rights and Peace in the Contemporary World
May 2001
This workshop was held in South Bend, Indiana and was sponsored jointly with Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame. The substantive focus of this workshop concerned the relationship between two important aspects of peacemaking: conflict management/resolution and human rights. Faculty members from Notre Dame, Purdue, and other Indiana institutions attended.
Violent Conflict and the Environment
2000
This workshop was held in Indianapolis, Indiana, in partnership with Indianapolis Peace and Justice Center and Butler University.
Conflict Management: Culture, Identity and Religion
2000
This workshop was held in St. Bonaventure, New York, in partnership with St. Bonaventure University. Faculty participants came from St. Bonaventure, University of Rochester, Case Western Reserve, Syracuse University, Jamestown community college, Wells College, SUNY Albany, and University of Buffalo.
Ethnic Conflict, Accountability and Reconciliation
March 2001
This faculty workshop was held in Des Moines, Iowa in partnership with Drake University. The emphasis was on the difficulties of, and need for, accountability and reconciliation in the process of healing after violent conflict and genocide. Participants came from Drake, Grinnell College and Cornell College.
Forcing Peace: Whether, When, Who, and How
May 2001
This joint symposium with the U.S. Army War College, the U.S. Army Peacekeeping Institute, the Association of the U.S. Army, Women in International Security and the Association of the U.S. Army examined the role of coercion/military force, economic sanctions, political instruments in bringing or keeping peace. It also examined three case studies: the Balkans, East Timor, and West Africa.
International Human Rights: Challenges and Opportunities for the 21st Century
2000
This seminar was held in Honolulu, Hawaii in partnership with the Hawaii Pacific University. The attendees included faculty, undergraduates, high school teachers and students, and members of the Honolulu community.
Promoting Human Security in the New Millennium
2000
This seminar, which was held in Denver, Colorado, was arranged in partnership with the Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver. Participants who attended came from University of Denver, U.S. Airforce Academy, University of Colorado at Boulder, Eastern New Mexico University, University of Colorado at Denver, University of Northern Colorado, Mesa State College, Adams State College, and the Denver community.
Teaching and Implementing Conflict Management: From Community to International Settings
2000
This seminar was held in Baltimore, Maryland in partnership with the University of Baltimore. Participants included faculty and students from University of Baltimore, Carroll Community College, University of Maryland at College Park, College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Salisbury State University, Harford Community College, Mount St. Mary's College, Towson State University, and Bowie State University.
Understanding and Teaching about Conflict
October 2000
This workshop for community college faculty was held Columbia, South Carolina in conjunction with the South Carolina International Education Consortium. The workshop contained sessions on the sources of conflict, such as ethnicity, religion, and development and the future of the Balkans. Participants came from nine community colleges and represented a diverse set of disciplines, including sociology, English and literature, teaching English as a second language, speech and communications, anthropology, political science, health sciences, business, and management.
