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2003 Events

Tuesday, Nov. 25, IPJ Film Series and International Museum of Human Rights San Diego Present: "In the Time of the Butterflies." This film tells the story of two women who challenge the ruthless dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujilo of the Dominica Republic in the 1930's and suffer the consequences. A panel discussion followed. Details.

Thursday, Nov. 20, Women PeaceMakers Program: "A Conversation with Zahra Ugaas Farah from Somalia." Details.

Tuesday, Nov. 18, IPJ and SDSU Present: "Chechnya Diary." Thomas Goltz presented his book, a War Correspondent’s Story of Surviving the War in Chechnya. Details.

Thursday, Nov. 13, Women PeaceMakers Program: "Behind the Lines with Women PeaceMakers" Forum. The four Women PeaceMakers told their stories and invited discussion. Details.

Tuesday, Nov. 11, Women PeaceMakers Program: "A Conversation with Hyun-Sook Lee from South Korea." Details.

Thursday, Nov. 6, IPJ Film Series: "Lost Boys of Sudan." This documentary follows two Sudanese refugees on an extraordinary journey from Africa to America. The film was followed by a panel discussion with Megan Mylan, film director, Dr. Joyce Neu, Executive Director of IPJ and some who lived the story. Details.

Thursday, Nov. 6, IPJ Brown Bag Series: "Peace in Sierra Leone: Transitional Justice in Practice." Natalie Pearl spoke. Details.

Wednesday, Oct. 15, Joan B. Kroc Distinguished Lecture Series: "Preventing Deadly Conflict." Justice Richard Goldstone, Former Chief Prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia & Rwanda, spoke.
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Saturday, Oct. 4, Women PeaceMakers Program: "Women Building Peace Through Efforts for Justice" Forum.

Saturday, Oct. 4, Women PeaceMakers Program: "A Conversation with Raya Kadyrova from Kyrgyzstan." Details.

Thursday, May 8, Joan B. Kroc Distinguished Lecture Series: "The New Nuclear Threat." Dr. Helen Caldicott of the Nuclear Policy Research Institute spoke.

Thursday, May 8, Noon discussion on the war in Iraq. Details.

Tuesday, May 6, Noon discussion on the war in Iraq. Details.

Thursday, May 1, Noon discussion on the war in Iraq. Details.

Tuesday, April 29, Noon discussion on the war in Iraq. Details.

Friday, April 25 - Saturday, April 26, IPJ Film Series: John Michalczyk Conflict and Resolution Film Series. Four films were featured: "Out of the Ashes: North Ireland's Fragile Peace," "Prelude to Kosovo: War and Peace in Bosnia and Croatia," "South Africa: Beyond a Miracle" and "Israel: The Peacemakers." These films were followed by a panel discussion with Director John Michalczyk, Father Raymond Helmick, SJ and other distinguished panelists. Details.

Thursday, April 24, Noon discussion on the war in Iraq. Details.

Tuesday, April 22, IPJ Brown Bag Research Colloquium: "The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY): Implications for post-conflict Iraq, Cambodia, and the ICC." Details.

Tuesday, April 22, Noon discussion on the war in Iraq. Details.

Tuesday, April 15, Joan B. Kroc Distinguished Lecture Series Inaugural Lecture: "The Role of the Church in U.S. Foreign Policy Today." Dr. Robert Edgar, General Secretary of the National Council of Churches, spoke.

Saturday, April 12, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m., Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice, Youth Forum for Global Peace: "Creating Sustainable Peace." Details.

Tuesday, April 8, History and Consequences Film Series: "Lumumba." This film tells the story of charismatic political leader Patrice Lumumba, the man who helped lead Congo to independence from Belgium in the late 1950s and then became the country's first prime minister. The film was followed by a panel discussion moderated by a MA in Peace and Justice Studies Student. Details.

Tuesday, April 8, Debate: "International Law and the Iraq War." Michael Ramsey, Professor of Law at USD, and Juame Saura Estapa, Professor of Int'l Economic Law at the University of Barcelona and a regular professor during USD's summer program in Barcelona, spoke. Details.

Wednesday, April 2, IPJ Speaker Series: "The West Against the Rest? A Buddhist Response to the Clash of Civilizations." Dr. David Loy, Professor at the Faculty of International Studies at Bunkyo University, spoke.

Thursday, March 27, IPJ Speaker Series: "Just wars, the media, and duct tape." James Goldsborough, columnist for the San Diego Union-Tribune, spoke.

Tuesday, March 25, History and Consequences Film Series: "No Man's Land." Set during the 1993 Bosnian Conflict, this is the story of two soldiers, a Bosnian and a Serb, who find themselves trapped in "No Man's Land." This film was followed by a panel discussion moderated by a MA in Peace and Justice Studies Student. Details.

Wednesday, March 19, IPJ Speaker Series: "China's Role in the North Korea Nuclear Crisis." Dr. Susan Shirk, Professor at the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at UCSD, Research Director at the Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, spoke.

Wednesday, March 5 - Friday, March 7, Kyoto Symposium. Details.

Wednesday, Feb. 19, IPJ Speaker Series: "Maasai Rights in Kenya." Samparuan Ole Koriata (Moses), co-founder of Maasai Indigenous Project (M.I.P) and Maasai Foundation of America, spoke.

Thursday, Feb. 13, IPJ Speaker Series: "The Role of Religion in the Conflict in the Philippines." Archbishop Orlando Quevedo, archbishop of Cotabato, Philippines, spoke.

Monday, Feb. 10, IPJ Speaker Series: "Religious Extremism and Global Violence: What We Knew before September 11 - and Why We Ignored It." Dr. Scott Appleby, Director of the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame, spoke.

Thursday, Feb. 6, IPJ Brown Bag Series: "Increasing the Chances for Peace with Justice in Nepal." Dr. Dee Aker & Karon Cochran spoke. Details.

Thursday, Jan. 9, IPJ Speaker Series: "Is Peace Possible in the Democratic Republic of Congo?" The Honorable Faida Mitifu, Ambassador of the Democratic Republic of Congo to the U.S., spoke.

Wednesday, Jan. 8, IPJ Speaker Series: "Where Do You Turn for Justice When War Crimes are Real?" The Honorable Pierre-Richard Prosper, Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, spoke. Details.

Wednesday, Jan. 8, WorldLink's Sixth Youth Town Meeting: "Creating a More Just and Secure World." Details.