Peace Education Centre: Colloquia Series Spring 2008
Dear HumanDHS network friends
Please find below information about the Peace Education Centre’s Colloquia Series for Spring 2008.
Kind regards
Brian Ward
The Peace Education Center Colloquia Series Spring 2008
Teachers College, Columbia University
21st Century Peace Education:
Discourses, Dilemmas, Practices
Free and Open to Public
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 Location: GDH 363
Bullets into Blogs, Swords into Power Points: Old & 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
DVD Showing: World Tribunal on Iraq
Monday, March 31. 12-2pm Location: TBA
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 Location: TBA
World Tribunal on Iraq (WTI): International Lawyers Meet Anti-War Activists
John Burroughs; Executive Director, Lawyer’s Committee on Nuclear Policy; Adjunct Professor of International Law, Rutgers Law School
Ayça Çubukçu, WTI Coordinator; Columbia University Doctoral Student
DVD Showing: For the Record: The World Tribunal on Iraq
Wednesday, April 16. 7-9pm Location: Cowin Center Auditorium, Horace Mann Hall
The Missing Peace: How Contemplative Teaching is Changing American Education
Mirabai Bush; Executive Director, Center for Contemplative Mind in Society
Wednesday, May 7. 12-2pm Location: TBA
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
All events held at Teachers College, Columbia University
(525 West 120th St between Broadway & Amsterdam)
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Check Website for room locations & other events: www.tc.edu/PeaceEd peace-ed[@]tc.edu