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Conference Announcement "Conflict Resolution: Challenges, Successes, and Failures of Supranational and International Organizations" Peace Studies Conference Grand Rapids Community College Grand Rapids, MI (USA) 27-29 September 2010 __________________________________________________ Grand Rapids Community College is pleased to announce its second annual Peace Studies Conference, September 27-29, 2010. Experts from around the country and throughout the world will come together to share their research and expertise related to international cooperation and crises, globalization, oppression, colonialism, violent and nonviolent resistance, human rights, and the creation of sustainable peace. All events will take place in the GRCC Wisner-Bottrall Applied Technology Center (ATC) unless otherwise noted. Sources of funding for the conference include Grand Rapids Community College, Ferris State University, the Woodrick Diversity Learning Center, and the West Michigan Campaign for Love and Forgiveness, a Grant Funded Initiative of the Fetzer Institute. This conference is a special opportunity for the wider community to learn from diverse analyses of conflict and reconciliation. We hope you will join us. Registration opens August 1, 2010. More information is available on the conference website (www.grcc.edu/peace). Please feel free to contact us with any questions. The conference will feature the following speakers: Principles and Motivations Underpinning the Development of the European Union's Security and Defense Policy: from Treaties to Practice Dr. Karen Devine, Dublin City University Local Narratives and Global Security: Youth and Conflict Resolution in the Middle East Dr. Siobhan McEvoy-Levy, Butler University US Support and Participation in UN and Regional Organization Peacekeeping Operations Col. Bryan Groves, United States Army Peacekeeping & Stability Operations Institute African Politics, International Development, Democratization, and the Role of Women Dr. Virginia Beard, Hope College Religious Factors in the Israeli-Arab Conflict Brother Donald Mansir, F.S.C. St. Mary's College, Moraga, California Finding Reconciliation in an Era of Fear Avraham Burg, Peace Activist, Political Leader, Author, and the first GRCC Diversity Lecture Series Speaker of the year Contact: Dr. Robert M. Hendershot Conference Coordinator Phone: +1 (616) 234-4104 Email: [email protected] Penni Weninger Administrative Support Phone: +1 (616) 234-4547 Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.grcc.edu/peace __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
