Events

Presenter:
Dr. Wilfried Kerntke

Dr. Wilfried Kerntke, co-founder of “Inmedio,” a German consulting firm specializing in conflict resolution, will discuss how his firm works with large companies and governmental organizations to resolve internal conflicts and create organizational change in the process.

Dr. Kerntke will speak about Inmedio’s formula for working with such large companies as Daimler Chrysler and … Learn More About This Program

Film and Discussion with:
Robert Bordone
Lecturer on Law
Harvard Law School

IT IS IRAQ, 1991, AND THE FIRST GULF WAR IS OVER…

Amid the celebration and confusion, four United States soldiers (George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube and Spike Jonze), head off into the Iraqi desert to find millions in stolen Kuwaiti bullion. They are plunged into the heart … Read Three Kings

Conflict in Chechnya Panel
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A three-part series exploring human rights and conflict resolution in Chechnya April 16, 17 & 30 – free and open to the public.

Please join the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School and the Harvard Law School Human Rights Program for three events focusing on Chechnya and its continued … Read Negotiating Chechnya’s Future

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 … Learn More About This Program

Presenters:
Mary Rowe
Yoshiko Takahashi

Around this country, and around the world, organizational ombudspeople field many calls and questions about their profession. Some of these calls come from people who are well informed about the profession, while others are from the other extreme — those who are puzzled about the title (Ombudsman? Ombuds? Ombudsperson?) or about how … Read The Ombudsperson’s Role: The Internal Neutral

Part I
Part II
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The Harvard Negotiation Law Review, in conjunction with the Program on Negotiation and the Consortium on Global Leadership, will be presenting this Conference on Friday, February 28th, from 1:00 – 5:00 pm at Harvard Law School in Austin Hall, North Room. The Conference will specifically address and provide insight into … Learn More About This Program

Film and Discussion with
Danis Tanovic
Bosnian Director

and Harvard Law School Professor
Robert Mnookin

Set in the midst of the recent Balkan wars, No Man’s Land is a powerful account of the relationship that develops between two enemy soldiers—a Serb and a Bosnian—who are trapped together in the same trench. When the United Nations begrudgingly decides to come to … Read No Man’s Land

Film and Discussion with
Kim Campbell
Former Prime Minister of Canada

Kanehsatake is the award-winning documentary film by Native American filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin depicting the two-and-a-half month armed confrontation between Native American Mohawks and Canadian government forces.

Following the film, former Prime Minister of Canada Kim Campbell will lead a discussion with the audience. Campbell became Canada’s first female … Read KANEHSATAKE: 270 Years of Resistance

Professor Menachem Klein of Bar Ilan University, Israel

The Program on Negotiation will welcome Professor Klein of Bar Ilan University on Monday, Feb. 3. Professor Klein will present a talk, “The Israeli-Palestinian Final Status Talks: A Partial Success”.

Professor Klein will analyze the peace talks held from 1999-2001 and will discuss the relationship of the Intifada to … Learn More About This Program

Presenter:
Jeswald W. Salacuse

Cultural differences are at the root of many disputes, both international and domestic. The conflicts in the Middle East, the Congo, Nigeria, Northern Ireland, and Sri Lanka, to name but a few, all have important cultural dimensions. Within the United States, globalization and a growing multi-ethnic population have increasingly caused culture to become … Read Culture and Conflict