Spring Events Calendar
icar.gmu.edu/Events
Thursday, February 8 - ICAR Brown Bag Presentation
Community Stabilisation Support Programme (CSSP) Efforts in Kosovo
Speaker: Dr. Diaz, Juan Armando
12:00 - 1: 30pm, Room 555, Truland Building
Contact: Erin Ogilvie, 703.993.1300
Thursday, February 8 - Identity, Morality and Threat: Studies in Violent Conflict
Book Launch Party
5:30 - 7:30 pm, Room 555, Truland Building
Contact: Erin Ogilvie, 703-993-1310
Friday, February 16 - Prejudice Reduction Workshop
Graduate Students in Conflict Studies (GSCS)/Multicultural Resource and Research Center National Coalition Building Institute (NCBI)
9am - 4pm, Room 555 Truland Building
Contact: L. Gabriel Rojo, 202.557.6951
Friday, February 23 - ICAR Africa Working Group Event
Beyond Multidimensional Peacekeeping
8:30 am - 4:00 pm
Room 244, Original Building, GMU Arlington Campus
Contact: Erin Rose Feeley to RSVP
Tuesday, February 27 - Point of View Seminar on International Conflict
The Evolution of Israeli Public Opinion Regarding the Arab-Israeli Conflict since 1967
Speaker: Dr. Neta Oren, ICAR Visiting Scholar
4:30 - 6:30 pm, Room 555, Truland Building
Contact and RSVP: Jennifer Meltzer
Monday, March 5 - ICAR Presentation
The World Peace Index Initiative - A significant milestone in the study of peace
Speaker: Steve Killelea
4:30 pm, Room 555, Truland Building
Contact: Jennifer Lock, 703.993.1301
Tuesday, March 6 - CRDC Event
The Legacy and Future Potential of Peaceful Coexistence Between the Three Faiths
Speaker: Dr. Zachary Karabell, author of, “Peace Be Upon You: The Story of Muslim, Christian, and Jewish Coexistence”
12:00-1:30 pm, Truland Building, Room 555
Contact: Alfred Farrugia, [email protected]
Wednesday, March 7 - ICAR Brown Bag Presentation
Donor organizations and their impact on relief and development, monitoring and evaluation methods for peace-building, the internal politics of evaluation and the impact and quality of work being done in the CR field today.
Speaker: Lee Briggs, ICAR Alumni
12:00 - 1:30 pm, Room 555 - Truland
Contact: Jennifer Lock, [email protected], 703.993.1301
Wednesday, March 7 - CRDC Event
Conflict Prevention Initiatives in Israel/Palestine- reflections on past experiments and future alternatives
Speaker: Professor Yehezkel Landau,
7:15 pm, Truland Building, Room 555
Contact: Alfred Farrugia, [email protected]
Wednesday, March 8 - East Asia Working Group Presentation
ICAR student discusses a recent trip to India for the 50th anniversary of Ambedkar’s conversion to Buddhism
Speaker: Jeremy Rinker, ICAR Ph.D. Candidate
12:00 - 1:30 pm, Truland Building, Room 555
Contact: Jennifer Lock, [email protected], 703.993.1301
Thursday, March 8 - Africa and Gender Working Group Event
Peacekeepers or Perpetrators? Sexual Exploitation & Abuse by UN Peacekeeping Missions
Speaker: Sarah Martin, Advocate for Refugees International
11:00 am - 12:00 pm, Truland Building Room 666A
Contact: Jennifer Lock, [email protected], 703.993.1301
Thursday, March 22 - A Celebration of Scholarship
Honoring the Contribution of ICAR Authors to Understanding the Pressing Issues of Our Time
Busboys and Poets - 2020 14th St. N.W., Washington D.C. 20009 Reception 5:30pm until 7:30pm
Friday, March 23 - Student Leadership Conference
Innovations in Student Leadership Conference Connecting DC student leaders, groups, practitioners, and local NGO’s interested in CR/ID
Co-sponsored by the Institute for Conflict Analysis & Resolution
9am-5pm, American University
Contact: L.Gabriel Rojo, [email protected]
Thursday, March 29 - ICAR Presentation
Conflict Analysis through the Exploration of Alternative Futures: A Scenario-Based Approach
Speaker: Andrew Blum, Director of the ICONS Project at the Center for International Development and Conflict Management at UMD
5:30-7:00 pm, Truland Building, Room 555
Contact: Jennifer Lock, 703.993.1301
Thursday, April 12 - Information Session
Prospective Student Information Session
6:00 - 7:30 pm, Truland, Room 555
Contact: Erin Ogilvie, 703-993-1310
Thursday, April 26 - Ph.D. Dissertation Defense
Candidate: Pushpa Iyer
Title: Coming to the Table: Decisions and Decision-Making in a Non- State Armed Group, The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
10:00 am - 12:00 pm, Truland, Room 530
Contact: Erin Ogilvie, 703-993-1310
Friday, April 27 - ICAR Brown Bag Presentation
Bosnia Applied Practice Team Presentation
12:00 - 1:00 pm, Truland, Room 555
Contact: Jennifer Lock, [email protected], 703.993.1301
Saturday, May 19 - Commencement/Convocation
2:00 - 5:00 pm, Harris Theater
GMU Fairfax Campus
Contact: Jennifer Lock, [email protected], 703-993-1301
*To view the complete ICAR calendar of events, go to icar.gmu.edu/events. The online calendar is updated daily.