Events Archive

Richard Holbrooke Receives the 2004 Great Negotiator Award

Event Date: Friday November 12, 2004
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Richard Holbrooke Receives the 2004 Great Negotiator Award
by Sally Abrahms, Harvard Law School News Office

Richard Holbrooke was the premier architect of the 1995 peace agreement that ended the war in Bosnia and a skillful negotiator credited with resolving the bitter dispute over dues owed in arrears by the United States to the United Nations. Last … Read More 

Conflict in Iraq: Report from a Grassroots Peacemaker

Mediation in the Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgendered and/or Intersexed (GLBTI) Community

Event Date: Wednesday October 20, 2004
Time: 12:30 P.M. - 1:30 P.M.
Location: Pound Hall 506, Harvard Law School
Filed in: Events

Speakers:
Sheila Provencher
Christian Peacemaker Teams

Sheila Provencher traveled to Iraq in December 2002, and again in December 2003 when she joined Christian Peacemaker Teams. She will talk about her experiences in the region seeking nonviolent solutions to situations of injustice and oppression.

Refreshments will be provided. … Read More 

Evolutions and Earthquakes

The PON Dispute Resolution Forum

Event Date: Wednesday October 20, 2004
Time: DRF: 8:30-10:00am (Continental Breakfast at 8:00) Peervision Case Conference: 10:15-11:30am
Location: Pound 335, Harvard Law School
Filed in: Events

Speakers:
Cynthia Bauman
Gail Packer
Jack Wofford

This month’s presentation, Evolutions and Earthquakes: Mediation in the GLBTI Community, will feature members of the Community Dispute Settlement Center who have pioneered developing, promoting, and delivering mediation to the GLBTI (Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgendered and/or Intersexed) community for more than a decade.

Cynthia Bauman, Court Coordinator, Gail Packer, Executive Director, and Jack … Read More 

Promotion of Peace and Human Rights in the Face of Terrorism: The Tragic Case of Beslan

Event Date: Wednesday October 13, 2004
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 P.M.
Location: 102 Pound Hall
Filed in: Events

Please join us for an informally moderated conversation with:

Katya Sokirianskaia
- Human Rights Center “Memorial” (Nazran) and Professor of Political Science, Grozny State University

Almut Rochowanski
- Director of the Chechnya Advocacy Network

Andrew Hess
- Professor of Diplomacy and Caucasus expert, Fletcher School

Adil Najam (moderator)
- Professor of International Negotiation and Diplomacy, Fletcher School

Co-sponsored by the Harvard Law School Human … Read More 

Mambo Italiano

The PON Film Series

Event Date: Thursday October 7, 2004
Time: 6:45 P.M.
Location: Langdell North, Harvard Law School
Filed in: Events, PON Film Series

The Program on Negotiation Film Series Joins Harvard Law School LAMBDA in Presenting…

Plot
An aspiring Canadian TV show writer decides to move in with his cop boyfriend and struggles to find the best way to tell his Italian immigrant parents he’s gay.

Following the Film
Robert Bordone, Thaddeus R. Beal Lecturer on Law and Deputy Director of the … Read More 

Resettling the Settlers: Laying the Foundation

The PON Dispute Resolution Forum

Event Date: Wednesday September 22, 2004
Time: DRF: 8:30-10:00am (Continental Breakfast at 8:00) Peervision Case Conference: 10:15-11:30am
Location: Pound 335, Harvard Law School
Filed in: Events

Professor Robert Mnookin, chair of the Program on Negotiation, director of the Harvard Negotiation Research Project, and Samuel Williston Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, will discuss his work in Israel laying the groundwork for a long-term dialogue process with respect to the future of the Jewish settlements in the West Bank and Gaza.

He … Read More 

Conference in Honor of Howard Raiffa

Event Date: Monday May 24, 2004
Time: 1:15 - 5:00 P.M.
Location: Spangler Hall, Williams B, Harvard Business School
Filed in: Events, Webcasts

Conference In Honor Of Howard Raiffa
RealPlayer Recommended (download here)

The Program on Negotiation is pleased to announce a conference and reception on Monday, May 24th in honor of Professor Howard Raiffa’s lifetime of work and in celebration of his 80th birthday. This event is open to the public.

Howard Raiffa is the Frank P. Ramsey Professor (Emeritus) … Read More 

The Limits of Track II Diplomacy: Early Lessons from the Geneva Initiative

The PON Dispute Resolution Forum

Event Date: Wednesday May 19, 2004
Time: DRF: 8:30-10:00am (Continental Breakfast at 8:00) Peervision Case Conference: 10:15-11:30am
Location: Pound 335, Harvard Law School
Filed in: Events

Presenter:
Brian S. Mandell

In his presentation, The Limits of Track II Diplomacy: Early Lessons from the Geneva Initiative, Brian Mandell will examine the effectiveness of Track II initiatives. In December 2003, a group of prominent Israelis and Palestinians signed the Geneva Accord, a peace initiative that was negotiated in secret for more than two years despite … Read More 

The Role of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service in Resolving Critical Labor Disputes

Event Date: Thursday May 13, 2004
Time: 12:00 - 1:30 P.M.
Location: Spangler Auditorium, Harvard Business School
Filed in: Events

Panelists

Richard Barnes – Executive Director, William J. Usery Center for the Workplace, Georgia State University

Peter J. Hurtgen – Director, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service

Chuck O’Connor – Vice President General Counsel, Maersk Inc.

Joel Schaffer – Commissioner, FMCS

Richard Trumka – Secretary/Treasurer, AFL-CIO

Moderator

Kathleen McGinn – Harvard Business School

Some labor disputes are so critical to the daily life of … Read More 

The End of the Trial

The Changing Realities of Civil Court Litigation

Event Date: Tuesday May 11, 2004
Time: 12:15 - 1:45 P.M.
Location: 16 Beacon Street, Boston
Filed in: Events

with Professor Frank Sander, Harvard Law School
Jim McGuire, Brown, Rudnick, Freed, and Gesmer

Free and open to the public. Lunch available.
Please call (617) 742-0615 to RSVP.

For more information, please contact ADR committee co-chairs Gordon Walker at (617) 348-4300, Stephen Linsky at (617) 969-9610, or Mindy Milberg at (508) 655-6800. … Read More 

Pre-Departure Workshop for Summer Interns and Researchers

Event Date: Friday April 30, 2004
Time: 12:30 P.M.
Location: Pound Hall 332, Harvard Law School
Filed in: Careers, Events, Student Events, Students

Helmut Koester
John H. Morison Research Professor of Divinity and Winn Research Professor of Ecclesiastical History, Harvard Divinity School

Students interning or conducting research in conflict resolution or negotiation this summer are invited to attend this pre-departure workshop. Special guest Brian Mandell, Lecturer in Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government, will lead a discussion on … Read More 

Young Christians Under the Nazis

Event Date: Friday April 30, 2004
Time: 6:00 P.M.
Location: Pound Hall 506, Harvard Law School
Filed in: Events

The Program on Negotiation Student Interest Group (SIG) on Religion and Conflict Resolution presents a discussion with:

Helmut Koester, John H. Morison Research Professor of Divinity and Winn Research Professor of Ecclesiastical History, Harvard Divinity School

Hear Prof. Koester discuss his childhood experiences in Germany under Nazism, his time in the German army, and the significance of … Read More