21st Century peace education: discourses, dilemmas, practices
peace education colloquia series
spring 2008
All events held at Teachers College, Columbia University
(click here for directions)

Wednesday, March 5. 12-2pm
(Private Dining Hall, Grace Dodge Hall)
The Story of the Earth Charter: connecting global and local action for a more just, sustainable and peaceful world
Dr. Brendan Mackey; Professor of environmental science; The Australian National University
Thursday, March 27. 7-9pm
(179 Grace Dodge Hall)
Bullets into Blogs, Swords into Power Points: Old and New Media in the Quest for Peace
Dr. Dee Dee Halleck; Co-Founder of Paper Tiger Television and the Deep Dish Satellite Network; Professor Emeritus, Department of Communication, University of San Diego
Monday, March 31. 12-2pm
(279 Grace Dodge Hall)
Efforts in Cyprus for Peace and Peace Education
Dr. Areti Demosthenous; Lecturer, University of Athens; Director of the Institute of Historical Research for Peace Member, Central Committee, Nicosia, Cyprus
Thursday, April 10. 7-9pm
(172 Macy Hall)
World Tribunal on Iraq: International Lawyers Meet Anti-War Activists
John Burroughs; Executive Director, Lawyer’s Committee on Nuclear Policy; Adjunct Professor of International Law, Rutgers Law School
Wednesday, April 16. 7-9pm
(179 Grace Dodge Hall)
The Missing Peace: How Contemplative Teaching is Changing American Education
Mirabai Bush; Executive Director, Center for Contemplative Mind in Society
Thursday, May 1. 7-9pm
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Location: TBA)
Public Communication, Peace Culture and Discourse: Towards an educative efficacy
Eloísa Nos Aldás; Director, International Master in Peace, Conflict and Development Studies at Universitat Jaume I, Castellón, Spain
Wednesday, May 7. 12-2pm
(277 Grace Dodge Hall)
Seeds of a New World Growing all Around Us: Environmental, Community Peace Education
Chris Carlsson; Executive Director, Shaping San Francisco; Author, Nowtopia; Editor, Processed World; Co-Founder, Critical Mass
Wednesday, May 28. 12-2pm
(Location: Room 361 Grace Dodge)
The Complementarity of Female and Male Energies for the Skillful Means of Peacemaking
Joan Campbell Whitacre; Executive Director of Whole Women Healing and a teacher in the Shambhala Buddhist tradition.
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