Programs
Joan B. Kroc Distinguished Lecture Series
The Joan B. Kroc Distinguished Lecture Series is a forum for high-level national and international leaders and policy makers to share their knowledge and perspectives on issues related to peace and justice. Designed to broaden our understanding and thinking about how to prevent and resolve conflict and promote peace with justice, the series is made possible by a generous endowment from the late Joan B. Kroc.
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Recent Lectures
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2011 Nobel Peace Laureate Former Executive Director of Women Peace and Security Network Africa |
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U.S. Senate Majority Leader (1989-1995) |
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Former Chair of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan "Walking Together for Freedom" |
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His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama Spiritual Leader of Tibet 1989 Nobel Peace Laureate "Cultivating Peace and Justice" |
Past Lectures
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Louise Arbour |
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Hanan Ashrawi Secretary General, Palestinian Initiative for Global Dialogue and Democracy "Concept, Context and Process in Peacemaking: The Palestinian-Israeli Experience" |
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Lloyd Axworthy President of the University of Winnipeg and Former Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs "The Responsibility to Protect: Prescription for a Global Public Domain" |
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Helen Caldicott President, Nuclear Policy Research Institute "New Nuclear Danger" |
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U.N. Under-Secretary-General, Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict |
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Shirin Ebadi 2003 Nobel Peace Laureate "Iran Awakening: Human Rights, Women and Islam" |
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Robert Edgar General Secretary, National Council of Churches "The Role of the Church in U.S. Foreign Policy Today" |
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Jan Egeland Former Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator for the United Nations "War, Peace and Climate Change: A Billion Lives in the Balance" |
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Ambassador Jan Eliasson Former Special Envoy of the U.N. Secretary-General for Darfur and Former U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs "Armed Conflict: The Cost to Civilians" |
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Gareth Evans President and CEO of the International Crisis Group and Former Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia "Preventing Mass Atrocities: Making 'Never Again' a Reality" |
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Co-founder of Partners In Health and U.N. Deputy Special Envoy to Haiti "Development: Creating Sustainable Justice" |
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Founder, International Peace Research Institute |
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Richard Goldstone Former Chief Prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda "Preventing Deadly Conflict" |
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Jane Goodall Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and U.N. Messenger of Peace "Reason for Hope" |
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Priscilla Hayner Co-founder, International Center for Transitional Justice "International Strides for Inclusive Peacebuilding" |
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Noeleen Heyzer Executive Director, U.N. Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) "Women, War and Peace: Mobilizing for Security and Justice in the 21st Century" |
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Ambassador Christopher R. Hill Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State "U.S. Policy in East Asia and the Pacific" |
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Professor of International Peacebuilding, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame |
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His Excellency Ketumile Masire Former President of the Republic of Botswana "Perspective into the Conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Contemporary Peacebuilding Efforts" |
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Miria Matembe Co-founder, Action for Development "Women, War and Peace: The Politics in Peacebuilding" |
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Chief Commissioner, Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission "From Peace Talks to Gender Justice" |
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Raymond C. Offenheiser President, Oxfam America "Aid That Works: Creating a 21st Century Vision for U.S. Development Assistance" |
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Lieutenant General Joseph Olorungbon Owonibi Former Force Commander of the U.N. Mission in Liberia "International Strides for Inclusive Peacebuilding" |
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Alma Viviana Pérez Consultant to the Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs "Women, War and Peace: The Politics in Peacebuilding" |
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Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, U.S. Department of State |
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Mary Robinson Former President of Ireland and U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights "Human Rights and Ethical Globalization" |
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Kenneth Roth Executive Director, Human Rights Watch "The Dynamics of Human Rights and the Environment" |
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Founder, Women for Women International |
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Irene Santiago Chair and CEO of the Mindanao Commission on Women and Co-founder of the Mothers for Peace Movement in the Philippines "Women, War and Peace: The Politics in Peacebuilding" |
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William F. Schulz Executive Director, Amnesty International USA "Tainted Legacy: 9/11 and the Ruin of Human Rights" |
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Ambassador Donald K. Steinberg Director of the Joint Policy Council, U.S. Department of State "Conflict, Gender and Human Rights: Lessons from the Field" |
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William Ury Co-author of Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In |
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General Anthony C. Zinni United States Marine Corps (retired) "From the Battlefield to the Negotiating Table: Preventing Deadly Conflict" |
