Events

The Program on Negotiation joins The Harvard Law School Human Rights Program in presenting:

Iran: Veiled Appearances is a revealing portrait of a country on the eve of transition. This documentary attempts to uncover the reality behind the pervasive stereotypes that define the country in the West.

After the film, PON Visiting Scholar Nicolas Rofougaran will lead … Read Iran: Veiled Appearances

Hotel Rwanda is the true story of Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager in Rwanda who saved over 1200 people in the face of unspeakable actions that led to the deaths of over one million in only three months.

Antonia Chayes, Visiting Professor of International Policy and Law at the Fletcher School at Tufts, will lead a … Read Hotel Rwanda

Dutch Society And Possibilities For Dialogue Following the Murder of Theo Van Gogh

Co-sponsored by the Harvard Law School Islamic Legal Studies Program.

The murder of Dutch film-maker Theo Van Gogh has unsettled a country which has long prided itself on its liberal values. The cycle of violence and retaliation has many Dutch people fearful that they … Read Crisis in the Netherlands

Film followed by a discussion with:

Susan Hackley
Managing Director
Program on Negotiation

Jim Cavallaro
Associate Director
Human Rights Program

The Battle of Algiers, one of the most influential political films of all time, vividly depicts the Algerian struggle for independence from French colonial rule. The film portrays deadly attacks and counter-attacks and raises important questions about combating terrorism today.

Following the Film
Program … Read The Battle of Algiers

Professor David E. Matz (J.D. Harvard University) will discuss Bernard Mayer’s recent book, Beyond Neutrality: Confronting the Crisis in Conflict Resolution. The book has received considerable attention in the ADR community for its provocative questions about the field: What’s wrong with conflict resolution? Why aren’t more individuals and organizations using conflict resolution when they have … Learn More About This Program

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 … Learn More About This Program

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 Evolutions and Earthquakes

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. … Learn More About This Program

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 … Learn More About This Program

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 Mambo Italiano