Events and Speaker Series

CPCS Speaker Series: ”Peacemaking in Lebanon”
November 2, 2020
Featuring: Assaad Chaftari, Co-founder and vice president at Fighters for Peace organization, Lebanon. Mr. Assaad will share his personal experience during the Lebanese civil war, his process of redemption and his advice/learning on how to meet the ‘others’. He will provide his story of change from combatant to peace fighter, and the relevance of [or] his case of believing in change when it seems least attainable.

 

 

 

All Conflict is Local Conference
October 20-21, 2020
In October 2020, the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies held its annual All Conflict is Local Conference.

 

 

 

 

 

 

CPCS Speaker Series: Leadership in Social Conflicts September 14, 2020. Featuring Mohammed Dangor. Mohammed Dangor will explore the role of leadership in times of social conflict, and how to build and transform relationships between groups in conflict. He has a long history in the Anti-Apartheid struggle in South Africa and served in the underground movement of the African National Congress. Following the end of Apartheid, Ambassador Dangor represented South Africa in Libya, Syria, and Saudi Arabia, as well as in the African Union. He was a member of the African National Congress Executive (Gauteng Province) from 1994 – 2002 and the South African Civic Association Executive (SANCO). In addition, he was Vice-President for the World Conference on Religion & Peace and has been the recipient of prominent Human Rights awards. Read more.

 

 

Religion in Conflict: Re-Imagining Mediation
December 5, 2019
The team of the CARIM program – a joint initiative of the Center for Security Studies at ETH Zurich and the Human Security Division at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) –discusses how conflicts with religious dimensions pose challenges for mediation. Drawing on experiences of the Swiss FDFA in contexts such as Tajikistan, Iraq, Morocco and Sri Lanka, the team offers ideas and suggestions for how we can “re-imagine” mediation in order to transform conflicts in these challenging contexts.

Discussion with UNDP’s Noura Hamadji
October 17, 2019
The Center for Peace and Conflict Studies welcomes Noura Hamadji, Deputy Assistant Administrator, and Deputy Regional Director of the Regional Bureau for Africa at UNDP to speak with students about the links between peacebuilding and state-building in developing contexts, drawing on comparative knowledge across Africa.

“The Art of Dialogue During War”
October 10, 2019
Professor of Practice David Wood shares experiences of supporting dialogue between groups in violent conflict, from a range of contexts including the Balkans, the Caucasus, and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).

“All Conflict is Local” Annual Conference
October 9, 2019
Join the School of Diplomacy for our upcoming conference, “All Conflict is Local: Personal Experience, Reflection, and Conflict Resolution” where students and alumni share their stories and reflections on their experiences with violent conflict.

Peacemaking Conference
September 30 – October 1, 2019
Seton Hall’s Peace Conference, which is open to the public, will use Pope Francis’s teachings as a guidepost for examining what it means to live and promote peace in the context of today’s cultural and social currents. Learn more »

Great Minds Learning Experience: Working with Conflict – Skills for Mediation and Conflict Resolution
August 18 – August 22, 2019
Current and incoming students will discuss conflicts in daily life, the workplace, and global society and learn effective skills and strategies for mediation and conflict resolution. Learn more »

“The Nexus – Peacebuilding, Humanitarianism and Development, Through Yemen.”
April 26, 2019
Peter Rice, Political Affairs Officer, Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen

“Development of the Syria process.”
April 12, 2019
Amanda Roberts, Acting Syria Team Leader in the UN’s Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs

“The U.S. Approach for Supporting Sustainable Peace in Libya.”
February 15, 2019
Ambassador Deborah K. Jones, former US Ambassador to Libya

“Perspectives from the East and West of Libya on the Present Political Conflict.”
February 1, 2019
Bashar Eltalhi, Libya Country Manager for Peaceful Change initiative; and Mohamed Eljahr, Libyan Political Analyst

“The Experience of Women Mediators and Civil Society Peacebuilders in Syria.”
September 28, 2018
Rajaa Altalli, Syrian women and civil society leader
Mr. Robert Daly, Director, Kissinger Institute on China and the United States

“What Syria Has Taught Us about Peacemaking?”
April 23, 2014
Ms. Pamela Aall
Senior Advisor for Conflict Prevention and Management, U.S. Institute of Peace

“Trends in conceptualizing and practicing reconciliation.”
April 16, 2014
Dr. Vern Neufeld Redekop
Professor, School of Conflict Studies at Saint Paul University

“Negotiating Peace: The Role of Non-Governmental Organizations.”
March 24, 2014
Dr. Andrea Bartoli
Dean, School of Diplomacy and International Relations at Seton Hall University