Events

The Program on Negotiation connects the discussion of conflict resolution to current, real-world situations through a wide variety of conferences, workshops, award presentations, films, lectures, and other events. With these activities PON increases public awareness of negotiation and conflict resolution processes, and highlights the research and achievements of scholars and practitioners from different disciplines and international contexts.

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The Fire Next Time

PON Staff   •  04/20/2005   •  Filed in Events, PON Film Series

Film and Discussion with:
Lawrence Susskind, MIT-Harvard Public Disputes Program
Patrice O’Neill
Pam Calvert, The Working Group

THE FIRE NEXT TIME chronicles two years in the life of a dangerously divided town in Northwest Montana where hate and intolerance manifest themselves in a community polarized by rapid change, economic displacement and environmental issues.

Following the film, MIT and HLS Visiting … Read The Fire Next Time

Family Fundamentals

PON Staff   •  04/11/2005   •  Filed in Events, PON Film Series

Film and Discussion with Bob Bordone, HLS Lecturer

What happens when religiously conservative Christian parents have children who reveal they are gay?

Family Fundamentals attempts to answer that explosive question by taking viewers into the private and public lives of three families who have responded to gay offspring by actively opposing homosexuality.

HLS Lecturer Bob Bordone will facilitate … Read Family Fundamentals

Prime Minister Sharon’s Disengagement Plan: A Settler’s Perspective

PON Staff   •  04/06/2005   •  Filed in Events

Join PON and Yisrael Harel to discuss his critique of Prime Minister Sharon’s unilateral disengagement plan.

Yisrael Harel initiated and headed the Settler’s Council (Yesha Council) and has been a leader of the settlement movement for decades. He is a resident of Ofra in the West Bank/Samaria, directs the Institute for Zionist Strategy, and is a … Learn More About This Program

Engaging Protagonists: Community-Based Peace Initiatives in Gaza and Ramallah

PON Staff   •  03/31/2005   •  Filed in Events

Join the Program on Negotiation for a discussion with Liam Maskey about his work on community-based peace initiatives in Gaza and Ramallah.

Mr. Maskey is a former Republican prisoner who joined with a former Loyalist prisoner in Belfast to set up INTERCOMM, an organization aimed at building peace by tackling social and economic deprivation.

Bring your lunch … Learn More About This Program

Coming To Our Senses

PON Staff   •  03/22/2005   •  Filed in Events

Jon Kabat-Zinn – bestselling author of Wherever You Go, There You Are

5:30pm Doors Open + Silent Auction,
6:30pm Program, 8:30pm Booksigning

This event is a benefit for the
Harvard Negotiation Insight Initiative

$25 donation per person/free for students … Read Coming To Our Senses

The BothAnd Initiative (BAI)

PON Staff   •  03/16/2005   •  Filed in Events

Speakers:
Joshua N. Weiss

Dr. Joshua N. Weiss, Associate Director of the Global Negotiation Project at PON, will discuss an innovative ongoing project called The BothAnd Initiative (BAI). The BAI — a joint undertaking with the California-based Mainstream Media Project — seeks to start a shift in the national conversation from destructive debate to creative problem-solving by … Read The BothAnd Initiative (BAI)

Negotiating Peace In Sudan

PON Staff   •  02/26/2005   •  Filed in Events

Session 3: Political Aspects And Power-Sharing

Haile Menkerios, Director
Africa 1 Division
UN Department of Political Affairs

Join us for the third session of a year-long discussion series exploring Sudan’s interrelated political conflicts and mediation efforts. Haile Menkerios, Director of the Africa 1 Division of the UN Department of Political Affairs, joined by Alex de Waal, a Director of … Read Negotiating Peace In Sudan

The Program on Negotiation Brown Bag Lunch Series with Gershon Baskin

PON Staff   •  02/24/2005   •  Filed in Events

Gershon Baskin, Co-Director, Israeli/Palestine Center for Research and Information

Join the Program on Negotiation and Dr. Gershon Baskin for a discussion about his work promoting dialogue among Israelis and Palestinians.

Dr. Baskin is Co-Director of The Israeli/Palestine Center for Research and Information (IPCRI). Founded in Jerusalem in 1988, IPCRI is the only joint Palestinian-Israeli public policy think-tank … Learn More About This Program

Closing the ‘Golden’ Door?

PON Staff   •  02/10/2005   •  Filed in Events

Presented by the Program on Negotiation, The Harvard Law School Office of Clinical Programs, Human Rights at Harvard, The Harvard Law School Advocates for Human Rights, and The Harvard Law School Human Rights Program.

A Panel Discussion with:

Deborah Anker
Director, Harvard Immigration
and Refugee Clinical Program
Andrew Painter
UNHCR
Eleanor Acer
Human Rights First
Molly Groom
Department of Homeland Security
Torli Krua
former Liberian refugee and … Read Closing the ‘Golden’ Door?

Taliban Country

PON Staff   •  02/08/2005   •  Filed in Events, PON Film Series

The Program on Negotiation, The Harvard Law School Advocates for Human Rights, The Harvard Muslim Law Students Association, and The Harvard Law School Human Rights Program

Film and Discussion with:

Carmela Baranowska,
Habib Rahiab,
and Charles Norchi

See the award-winning TALIBAN COUNTRY, a 45-minute documentary about rural Afghanistan under the rule of US troops and local warlords, and join Australian … Read Taliban Country

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