Emotions

The following items are tagged Emotions.

The Handbook of Dispute Resolution

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This volume is an essential, cutting-edge reference for all practitioners, students, and teachers in the field of dispute resolution. Each chapter was written specifically for this collection and has never before been published. The contributors–drawn from a wide range of academic disciplines–are among the most prominent in dispute resolution today, including Frank E. A. Sander,

Arab and Jew: Return to the Promised Land

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Film and Discussion with
Eileen Babbitt
Assistant Professor
of International Politics
Fletcher School
of Law & Diplomacy

Behind the political events in the Middle East are the ordinary Israeli and Palestinian civilians living in the midst of violent conflict and continual uncertainty. In 1988, Baltimore filmmaker Robert Gardner and Pulitzer Prize-winning former New York Times Middle East correspondent David K. Shipler

Clearinghouse Releases New Mediation Training Video

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The Program on Negotiation Clearinghouse announces the release of a new mediation training video, produced as a collaborative venture between the Program on Negotiation and the Center for Mediation in Law. The video, entitled Saving the Last Dance: Mediation Through Understanding, demonstrates the “Mediation through Understanding” mediation model that Gary J. Friedman, Jack Himmelstein, and

Shapiro Facilitates Training for Serbian Governmental Officials

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Dr. Daniel L. Shapiro, an Associate at the Harvard Negotiation Project and a Senior Lecturer at the Sloan School of Management, M.I.T., was recently invited by the National Democratic Institute (NDI) to facilitate negotiation training in Montenegro for Serbian governmental officials. Among those represented were members of the Education, Judicial, Environment, and Labor Committees of

Gala Celebration of Roger Fisher’s 80th Birthday

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Former students, long-time colleagues, family members and friends of Roger Fisher gathered at Harvard University’s Loeb House for a recent gala dinner to celebrate Fisher’s 80th birthday. Fisher, who was born May 28, 1922, is (among many other accomplishments) the Williston Professor of Law Emeritus at Harvard Law School, co-author of the best-selling book Getting

Let’s (Not) Make a Deal: How to Build Resentment and Inspire Revenge

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Presenter:
Daniel L. Shapiro

Whether negotiating with a spouse or mediating a conflict between governmental leaders, negotiators cannot escape the influence of emotions. Yet negotiators rarely deal with emotions as well as they could — leading many negotiations to falter or fail.

This Dispute Resolution Forum workshop will focus on the role of emotions in negotiation. First, we

Must We Fight?

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Ury’s New Book Offers New Perspective on Violence.

Is war on earth inevitable? Is violence a universal and invincible fact of human nature? As our nation grapples with the reality of terrorism and military retaliation, these questions take on new relevance and urgency. William L. Ury, world-renowned bestselling author and top-level negotiator, offers surprising answers–and a

Conexistence Panel to Explore Ethnic Tension

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On Thursday, April 5, a panel titled “Does Coexistence Mean I have to Like You? Practical Wisdom for Dealing with Ethnic Tensions” will be presented in Langdell Hall South at Harvard Law School from 7:00 to 9:30 p.m. Panelists will include Darko Jordanov, a Macedonian, and Herbi Elmazi, an ethnic Albanian, who have developed a