Precision seems to be very important to artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude. In one of their most well-known projects, executed in in February of 2005, 7500 saffron gates were installed in Central Park. In 1991, 1340 oversize blue cloth umbrellas were installed in Japan at the same time 1760 yellow umbrellas popped up in California in … Read More 

The dynamic husband and wife artistic team of Christo and Jeanne-Claude are likely better negotiators than many foreign leaders.

The pair is best known for their massive art installations, often using nylon or woven fabric to highlight buildings or works of nature. Their most recent project (2005), “The Gates,” consisted of 7,503 16-foot-tall steel gates with … Read More 

Christo and Jeanne-Claude, two world-famous artists who have stirred controversy over the years with their large-scale projects, received a Harvard Law School award yesterday in recognition of their skill in negotiating permission for their works.

The Great Negotiator Award is given annually by the Law School’s Program on Negotiation and has historically been awarded to figures … Read More 

On Tuesday, September 23, artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude will be honored with the 2008 Great Negotiator Award by the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School. The artists will participate in a faculty-led discussion at The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, 100 Northern Avenue on Boston’s waterfront from 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. Christo and Jeanne-Claude … Read More 

The Workable Peace curriculum — a set of seven comprehensive curriculum guides for secondary schools and youth programs — is a product of The Workable Peace Project, directed by Stacie Smith and David Fairman at the Consensus Building Institute. The curriculum is designed to help students understand why intergroup conflicts begin, why some conflicts lead … Read More 

The Consensus Building Institute (CBI) and the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School (PON) have released the Workable Peace Curriculum Series.

The Workable Peace curriculum — a set of seven comprehensive curriculum guides for secondary schools and youth programs — is a product of The Workable Peace Project, directed by Stacie Smith and David Fairman … Read More 

SEPT. 11, 2001, was a haunting symptom of a much larger global challenge.

The predominant form of conflict in the world is no longer international, and the traditional tools of diplomacy are no longer as effective. So how should we deal with this new reality?

Read Dan’s op-ed at the Boston Globe.

Daniel L. Shapiro, on the faculty … Read More 

US News & World Report has ranked Dispute Resolution Programs at law schools around the country and rated the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School as #1.

PON is an interuniversity consortium involving faculty, graduate students, and administrative staff from a range of disciplines and professional schools at Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, … Read More 

A new publication by Eileen Babbitt and Kristin Williams is available from Coexistence International. This paper, Complementary Approaches
to Coexistence Work: Focus on Coexistence and Human Rights (pdf, 251KB), focuses on the potential for the fields of of coexistence and human rights to cooperate and share tools and strategies in order to mitigate both inter-group violence … Read More 

A new publication by Eileen Babbitt and Kristin Williams is available from Coexistence International. This paper, Complementary Approaches to Coexistence Work: Focus on Coexistence and Human Rights, focuses on the potential for the fields of coexistence and human rights to cooperate and share tools and strategies in order to mitigate both inter-group violence and human … Read More