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S-CAR's Multitude of InitiativesDuring the fall semester of 2012, the S-CAR Faculty Board encountered the invitation to consider the learning and network revolution as a way to frame many of the changes that have been occurring in the School in recent years. The move from the trailer to the world has positioned the School at a very interesting juncture of knowledge and policy. From the studies of narrative, peacemaking, genocide prevention and memory to the study of gender, the School is discovering its riches not in uniformity and consensus but rather in the vitality of many explorations opening new areas of inquiry and engaging new actors and new... |
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Looking Back: 2012 Holiday PartyThe School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution is mainly known for advancing theory, practice, and research in the field of conflict analysis and resolution. However, those who attended the S-CAR Holiday Party in December 2012 witnessed that S-CAR is not only distinguished in its academic excellence but also in promoting an inclusive community through activities that help to create social cohesion. The S-CAR Dean, Andrea Bartoli, has a tradition of organizing holiday parties at the end of every fall semester for faculty, students, friends and families. However, The Student Association and the Africa Working Group (AWG) were... |
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Viewing Conflict with Different LensesLieutenant Colonel Schmidt (retired), or 'Van' as he prefers to be called these days, is new neither to conflict nor to diversity. His childhood and subsequent military duty exposed him to a series of environments that made him feel at home at the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution. As he put it, “I was so pleased with the Certificate Program, I didn't want the educational and interpersonal journey to end, [hence] the Master's program.” Van grew up in a very ethnically diverse neighborhood of the San Francisco Bay Area of California that is famous for a rebellious and... |
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Catherine Walsh, S-CAR Masters StudentCatherine Walsh is part of the exciting class of MS students that enrolled at the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution in Fall 2012. As she noted, “I was drawn to the program because of the prospects of learning about intervention techniques to use in times of conflict.” Catherine became interested in the field of conflict analysis and resolution when she spent a year traveling around Western Europe and was given a crash course on the devastating effects of the World Wars. More importantly, she realized that it was exactly because of these devastating effects that, henceforth, European conflicts ought to be resolved peacefully. “For me, this realization of a... |
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Ernest Ogbozor, S-CAR PhD StudentErnest Ogbozor is a Nigerian national with more than a decade of experience working for humanitarian organizations such as the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Nigeria. Ernest was drawn to the humanitarian sector because he wanted to help ease the burden on individuals who were fleeing conflict zones just as some humanitarian aid workers had done for his parents during the Biafra war that essentially ensured their survival. Through his dedication to his work, the Ford Foundation recognized his efforts and he gained a scholarship to attend Brandeis University to enhance his managerial skills in the humanitarian... |
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Moving Forward on BurmaIn the wake of President Obama's recent visit to Myanmar (also known as Burma), it is important for policy analysts and conflict resolution practitioners alike to reassess the United States' role in facilitating and encouraging peacebuilding in Burma. This article examines the ways in which the United States and multilateral organizations such as the UN and ASEAN can help resolve many of Burma's pressing challenges. Burma currently faces three distinct but interconnected dimensions to conflict: an armed conflict between the government and various ethnic organizations (in pursuit of ethnic federalism); communal... |