Gender, Culture, and Conflict in Humanitarian Complex Emergencies (DHP D232)
FLETCHER SCHOOL

SPRING
Instructor:
Dyan Mazurana
Friedman School of Nutrition
617-627-3203

This course examines situations of armed conflict and complex emergencies and the international and national humanitarian, human rights and military responses to these situations from a gender perspective and highlights the policy and program implications that this perspective presents. … Read More 

Evaluation of Peacebuilding (DHP 228m)
FLETCHER SCHOOL

SPRING
Instructor:
Cheyanne Church
Fletcher School
617-627-5790

For the past five years, evaluation has been a hot topic for the international peacebuilding world, and temperature continues to rise. The focus on evaluation has the potential to make or break this field. High quality, professional evaluation integrated into programming could provide the … Read More 

Corruption, Conflict, and Peacebuilding (DHP 239m)
FLETCHER SCHOOL

FALL
Instructor:
Cheyanne Church
Fletcher School
617-627-5790

Fighting corruption has become an increasingly important topic for governments of the industrialized donor nations and the institutions whose membership they dominate. As a consequence it has become an issue of concern for the rest of the world. Despite the increasing attention … Read More 

Conflict Resolution Theory (DHP D223)
FLETCHER SCHOOL

SPRING
Instructor:
Eileen Babbitt
617-627-3796

International conflict resolution is a field of practice and of theoretical study. The primary goal of international conflict resolution is to use means other than violence to settle both inter-state and intra-state disputes, and to transform the relationships of disputing parties such that violence is not likely … Read More 

Civil-Military Relations in Post-Conflict Environments (DHP P247)
FLETCHER SCHOOL OF LAW AND DIPLOMACY

SPRING 2013
Instructor:
Antonia Handler Chayes
617-627-3562

Recently, post conflict environments have entered a grey area that is neither war nor peace. Simultaneous efforts involve kinetic activity, wider peacekeeping, peace building and state building. This seminar will analyze how international interveners—both civil and military—deal with such complex environments. … Read More 

Advanced Seminar in Development and Conflict (DHP P227)
FLETCHER SCHOOL

SPRING
Instructors:
Peter Uvin
617-627-2731

Diana Chigas
617-627-5870

The aim of this seminar is to provide students with contemporary tools and understandings at the intersection of development and conflict resolution practice. This seminar is in-depth and cutting-edge, discussing in detail what it is that development and conflict resolution … Read More 

War and Possibilities of Peace (Soc 119a)
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY PEACE, CONFLICT, AND COEXISTENCE STUDIES

NOT OFFERED FALL 2012
Instructor:
Gordon Fellman
Brandeis University
781-736-2642

Ponders the possibility of a major “paradigm shift” under way from adversarialism and war to mutuality and peace. Examines war culture and peace culture and points in between, with emphases on the role of imagination in social change, … Read More 

International Environmental Conflict and Collaboration (ENVS 18b)
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

NOT OFFERED FALL 2012
Instructor:
Charles Chester
cchester@brandeis.edu

A study of the development of international environmental law and policy through a historical lens. Examines how early diplomatic initiatives have–and importantly, have not–shaped the contemporary structure of international environmental relations. (Monday and Wednesday 5:10-6:30 p.m.) … Read More 

Conflict and Peacemaking, the Middle East (Pol 164A)
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY PEACE AND CONFLICT STUDIES PROGRAM
FALL 2012

Instructor:
Shai Feldman
Brandeis University
781-736-2750

Evolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict and the efforts to resolve it. Focuses on key documents and developments with particular emphasis on the Palestinian-Israeli dimension, and the different narratives adopted by the parties on the conflict. Usually offered every third … Read More 

International Business Agreements: Negotiating, Structuring and Drafting (JD959)
BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW

FALL 2012

Instructor:
Virginia Greiman
617-353-3000

This seminar will provide an overview of the private dimensions of negotiating and drafting international business agreements, and specifically on the contractual aspects. Students will gain hands on experience in structuring, drafting and analyzing various international business agreements and documents including global … Read More