Event Archives

James Goldsborough discusses Iraq and the election results Miria Matembe Santosh Shah discusses the role of emerging leaders in the future of Nepal Dr. Herbert York

2006 Events

Friday, Dec. 8, 12:30 - 2 p.m., Peace & Justice Theatre: "Gaza through the eyes of a Palestinian photojournalist." Mr. Mohammed Omar shared images and videos shot while on assignment. Sponsored by the University of San Diego's Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice, the Provost Office’s Internationalization Initiative, Department of Art and Social Issues Committee. Details.

Monday, Nov. 13, Tuesday, Nov. 21: 17th Annual Social Issues Conference: "Walking Together: Paths to Peace, Justice, and Global Solidarity." For more information on the conference, log on to www.sandiego.edu/csl.

Thursday, Nov. 16, 7 p.m., IPJ Film Series: "The Invisible Mexicans of Deer Canyon." This film was created by USD alumnus John Carlos Frey. Sponsored by the Social Issues Committee, in collaboration with the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice and the Trans-Border Institute. Details. Visit the film website.

Thursday, Nov. 16, 10:45 a.m. - noon, Hahn University Center, USD: "The Fight Against AIDS: What is Being Done in Post-Conflict Liberia, What You Can Do Here At Home." This panel workshop featured Dr. Mona Lydon-Rochelle, University of Washington, Seattle, and Justin Chung, USD’07, FaceAIDS. This workshop was part of the University of San Diego’s 17th Annual Social Issues Conference: "Walking Together: Paths to Peace, Justice, and Global Solidarity", Nov. 13 – 21. Details. For more information on the conference, log on to www.sandiego.edu/csl.

Thursday, Nov. 9, 12:30 - 2 p.m., Peace & Justice Theatre: IPJ Daylight Series: "Trauma and Resilience in Gaza." Mr. Marwan Diab and Mr. Dyaa Saymah spoke. Sponsored by the University of San Diego's Social Issues Committee, Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice, Department of Psychology, and Department of Art. Details.

Thursday, Nov. 9, 7 - 8:30 p.m., Peace & Justice Theatre: "Iraq and the Election Results." Award-winning journalist James Goldsborough and University of Baghdad professor Dr. Naba Saleem Hamid spoke. Sponsored by Voices of Women in collaboration with the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice. Details.

Monday, Nov. 6, 7 - 9 p.m., Peace & Justice Theatre: "Leading the Way to Peace." Film screening of the 2004 Women PeaceMakers documentary. Details. Produced by Sun & Moon Vision Productions.

Thursday, Nov. 2, 7 - 8:30 p.m., Peace & Justice Theatre: IPJ Speaker Series: "Quo vadis Cyprus? The dynamics of unification and partition." Dr. Gerald Monk, Professor at the International Security and Conflict Resolution Program (ISCOR) at San Diego State University, moderated a panel of experts from both the Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities. This panel presentation was made possible in part by the Fred J. Hansen Institute for World Peace. Details.

Thursday, Oct. 26, 7 - 9 p.m., Peace & Justice Theatre: Annual Women PeaceMakers Panel: "Building cultures of peace with justice."

Wednesday, Oct. 18, 7 p.m., Peace & Justice Theatre: Joan B. Kroc Distinguished Lecture Series: "Women, War and Peace: The Politics of Peacebuilding." Miria Matembe, Alma Viviana Pérez and Irene Santiago addressed the importance of the involvement of women in peacebuilding. This panel marked the opening of the institute's third annual Women PeaceMakers Conference. Read booklet online.

Wednesday, Oct. 18, Friday, Oct. 20, Peace & Justice Theatre: Women PeaceMakers Conference: "Who's making policy? What difference does it make?" This international working conference examined the impact on peacemaking, peacekeeping, and peacebuilding policies when women and men are more equally engaged in decision-making. Details.

Thursday, Oct. 12, 12:30 - 2 p.m., Peace & Justice Theatre: "Mobilizing women and defending human rights under and after the Taliban in Afghanistan: a conversation with Woman PeaceMaker Palwasha Kakar." Details.

Tuesday, Oct. 10, 12:30 - 2 p.m., "Transcending history, pursuing reconciliation for a future Kosovo: a conversation with Woman PeaceMaker Shukrije Gashi." Details.

Thursday, Oct. 5, 12:30 - 2 p.m., "Fostering dialogue - woman by woman, community by community - during protracted conflict in Sudan: a conversation with Woman PeaceMaker Rebecca Joshua Okwaci." Details.

Wednesday, Oct. 4, 7 p.m., Peace & Justice Theatre: "Nuclear Power Is Not the Answer." Dr. Helen Caldicott, physician and longtime antinuclear advocate, spoke on her new book making the case against nuclear power as an alternative ("clean and green") source of energy. Co-sponsored by the Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility. Details.

Thursday, Sept. 28, 12:30 - 2 p.m., "Forging new paths to conflict transformation in Serbia and the former Yugoslavia: a conversation with Woman PeaceMaker Svetlana Kijevcanin." Details.

Monday, Sept. 25, 7 - 8:30 p.m., Peace & Justice Theatre: IPJ Film Series: "The Ambassador." This film details the life of John Dimitri Negroponte, Director of National Intelligence, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, and former U.S. Ambassador to Honduras during the height of the Central American wars in the early 1980s. Co-sponsored by the Social Issues Committee, with assistance from the Center for Christian Spirituality. Details.

Tuesday, Sept. 12, 7 - 8:30 p.m., Peace & Justice Theatre: IPJ Speaker Series: "Seven Minutes to Midnight: Nuclear Weapons after 9/11." Dr. Ronald Bee, Director of the Charles Hostler Institute on World Affairs at San Diego State University, spoke on the topic of his recent book. Details.

Friday, Sept. 8, 2:30 - 7:30 p.m., Peace & Justice Theatre: "Working Towards Lasting Peace in the Ogaden." The Ogaden Voice for Peace and the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice hosted a working conference. This public event examined the current political and humanitarian situation in the Ogaden - a disputed region in Eastern Ethiopia. Details.

Thursday, Sept. 7, 7 p.m., Special Joint Presentation of the Joan B. Kroc Distinguished Lecture Series and the Jane Ellen Bergman Memorial Lecture Series: "Iran Awakening: Human Rights, Women and Islam." 2003 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi spoke. Details.
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Tuesday, Aug. 8, 12:30 - 1:45 p.m., IPJ Daylight Series: "Can Nepalis Build a Peaceful Democracy? A Young Journalist's Perspective." Santosh Shah, youth activist and journalist, presented a brief political analysis and discuss the role of emerging leaders in shaping the budding democracy in Nepal. Details.

Friday, July 7, 7 p.m., Voices of Women: "Focus on Iraq: Insight and Direction." Speakers Dr. Farouk Al-Nasser and Marjorie Cohn, a frequent contributor to "Truthout.org," discussed Iraq. This event was sponsored by Voices of Women in collaboration with The Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice at USD. Details.

Wednesday, June 14, 12:30 - 1:45 p.m., IPJ Daylight Series: "Constructing Peace: Lessons from UN Peacebuilding Operations in El Salvador and Cambodia." Dr. Lisa Mac Leod, assistant professor of international studies at Soka University of America, spoke on her new book, Constructing Peace. Details.

Thursday, June 8, 12:30 - 1:45 p.m., IPJ Daylight Series: "When People Take Power: The Pro-Democracy Movement in Nepal." Dee Aker, Deputy Director, and Laura Taylor, Program Officer/Grant Manager, reported on their recent work in Nepal and on the challenges that lie ahead for a democratic transition and durable peace in Nepal. Details.

Wednesday, April 26, 7 p.m., "Occupation Dreamland." This documentary was created by Garrett Scott and Ian Olds and was cosponsored by the USD Social Issues Committee (SIC) and the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice. Details.

Tuesday, April 11, 7 p.m., IPJ Speaker Series Special Event: "Saving Our Children from the Scourge of War." Olara Otunnu gave a presentation. Details.

Monday, April 10, 12:30 - 1:30 p.m., IPJ Daylight Series: "Nonviolence in Action." Nick Mele spoke about the nongovernmental organization, Nonviolent Peaceforce, whose mission is to build a trained, international civilian nonviolent peace force. Mele, a former U.S. career foreign service officer, is presently the International Director of Communications for the Nonviolent Peaceforce and helped set up its pilot project in Sri Lanka. Details.

Wednesday, March 29, 7 p.m., Voices of Women presented "Afghanistan Unveiled." This documentary was produced by several young women in an Afghan journalism program, and was followed by a discussion on the current status of Afghan women with Professor Huma Ahmed-Ghosh and Flouran Wali. Details.

Monday, March 27, 7 p.m., "Extraordinary Rendition: Outsourcing Torture." This event featured a dramatic reading of the play The Sort of Happy Ending to the Sad Sad Tale of Mr. Ali Ali, Or: The Lighter Sad of Outsourcing Torture by Craig Abernethy. Details.

Tuesday, March 21, 7 p.m., Peace & Justice Theatre: IPJ Speaker Series: "Making Sanctions Effective: Lessons from Iraq." Dr. Peter Wallensteen, Dag Hammarskjöld Professor of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala Universit, spoke. Details.

Thursday, March 9, 7 - 8:30 p.m., Peace & Justice Theatre: Joan B. Kroc Distinguished Lecture Series: "Tainted Legacy: 9/11 and the Ruin of Human Rights." Details.
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Wednesday, March 8, 7:30 a.m., Second Annual International Women's Day Celebration Breakfast. Details.

Tuesday, March 7, 7 p.m., "America's National Security: The View from Space." Michael Krepon spoke. Details.

Thursday, Feb. 23, 7 p.m., Conference Rooms C & D: "Fighting for What's Right." Carol Welch gave a presentation. Details.

Thursday, Feb. 23, 4 p.m., IPJ Speaker Series: "Why Peace and Politicians Don't Always Mix." Details.

Thursday, Feb. 2, 7 p.m., IPJ Speaker Series: "Hiroshima to Geneva: Reflections of a Nuclear Physicist." Donald Gragg, president of the Continuing Education Center at Rancho Bernardo and a past President of the San Diego World Affairs Council interviewed Herbert York. Details.

Friday, Jan. 27, 7 p.m., Joan B. Kroc Distinguished Lecture Series: "U.S. Policy in East Asia and the Pacific." This lecture was presented by Ambassador Christopher R. Hill. Details.
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Wednesday, Jan. 25, A day-long event, WorldLink 9th Annual Youth Town Hall Meeting: "Protection of the Rights of the Child." Details.

Thursday, Jan. 19, 12:30 - 2 p.m., Conference Room D: IPJ Daylight Series: "A Briefing on North Korea." Details.