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2001 Summer Institute for
Secondary School Social Studies Teachers

 

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Agenda
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Friday
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LINKING LOCAL & GLOBAL
INTERNATIONAL PEACE, SECURITY, AND
CONFLICT MANAGEMENT

 

Agenda for July 30 - August 4, 2001
 

Monday, July 30

3:00-4:00 PM
Registration
U.S. Institute of Peace
Washington, DC


4:00 PM- 4:30 PM
Seminar Overview

  • Jeff Helsing (Program Officer, Education Program, U.S. Institute of Peace)


4:30-5:30 PM
Welcome and Opening Remarks

  • Dr. Richard H. Solomon, President, U.S. Institute of Peace

 

5:30-6:00 PM
Participant Introductions

6:00-7:00 PM
Reception


Tuesday, July 31

9:00-11:00 AM
Land mine Curriculum Project
U.S. Institute of Peace
Washington, DC

  • Dave Rabadan (Office of the President's Special Representative for Global Humanitarian Demining, U.S. Department of State)

 

11:00 AM- 12:00 PM
Human Rights: War Crimes & the Issue of Accountability
  • David Scheffer (USIP Senior Fellow & former U.S. Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues)

 

12:00-2:00 PM
Lunch & Free Time

 

2:00 PM- 4:00 PM
The Challenges Facing Macedonia

The Political Context

  • Kurt Bassuener (Director, The Democratization Policy Institute)

Multicultural Education in Macedonia

  • Violeta Petroska-Beska ( USIP Senior Fellow & Professor University of Skopje)

 

4:00 PM- 5:00 PM
The Nature of International Conflict
  • Jeff Helsing (Program Officer, Education Program, U.S. Institute of Peace)

 


Wednesday, August 1

9:00 AM- 2:00 PM
Free Time

2:00 PM- 3:30 PM
China and Asian Politics
U.S. Institute of Peace
Washington, DC

  • Alan Tidwell - Moderator (Program Officer, Education Program, U.S. Institute of Peace)

Democratization in Asia

  • Eric Bjornlund (Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars)

U.S. Engagement with China and Asia

  • Derek Mitchell (Former special assistant for Asian and Pacific Affairs, Office of the Secretary of Defense)

The Challenge of Korea

  • Bill Drennan (Program Officer, Research and Studies Program, U.S. Institute of Peace)

 

3:30-5:00 PM
The Future of Serbia
  • Sonja Biserko (Senior Fellow & Head of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia)

 

5:00-7:00 PM
Teaching American Citizens: The Role of Controversial Issues
  • John Rossi (School of Education, Virginia Commonwealth University)


Thursday, August 2

9:00-11:00 AM
The Changing Role of the Military
U.S. Institute of Peace
Washington, DC

  • Dana Priest (USIP Guest Scholar, Senior Reporter and former Pentagon Correspondent, The Washington Post)

  • Michele Fluornoy (Senior Advisor for International Security Programs, Center for Strategic and International Studies, and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy )

 

11:00 AM- 12:30 PM
Teaching Controversial Issues: An Advocate Decision Making Activity on Cross Strait Relations
  • John Rossi (School of Education, Virginia Commonwealth University)

 

12:30- 2:30 PM
Lunch & Free Time

2:30 PM- 4:00 PM
Teaching About Peacemaking: Israeli-Palestinian Relations Session I

  • John Rossi (School of Education, Virginia Commonwealth University)

 

4:00-5:30 PM
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
  • David Makovsky (Senior Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Affairs; Contributing Editor of U.S. News and World Report; and former Executive Editor of The Jerusalem Post and diplomatic correspondent for Ha'aretz.) 


Friday, August 3

9:00-11:00 AM
Teaching About Peacemaking: Israeli-Palestinian Relations Session II
U.S. Institute of Peace
Washington, DC

  • John Rossi (School of Education, Virginia Commonwealth University)

11:00 AM- 12:30 PM
Electronic Resources for Teaching

  • Jim Cornelius (Information Services Librarian, Rankin Library Program, U.S. Institute of Peace)

  • Ellen Ensel (Computer Services Librarian, Rankin Library Program, U.S. Institute of Peace)

 

12:30 -2:30 PM
Lunch & Free Time

2:30- 4:00 PM
Post-Conflict Reconstruction

  • Louis Aucoin (Program Officer, Rule of Law Program, U.S. Institute of Peace)

  • Frank Sieverts (Assistant to the Head of the Delegation, International Committee of the Red Cross)

 

4:00-5:30 PM
Teaching About Peacemaking: Planning for Thoughtful and Engaging Units

  • John Rossi (School of Education, Virginia Commonwealth University)


Saturday, August 4

9:00-11:00 AM
Teaching about Conflict in Context: The Links Between Local and Global Conflict
U.S. Institute of Peace
Washington, DC

  • Carol Miller Lieber (Educators for Social Responsibility)

 

11:30 AM- 1:00 PM
Lunch & Free Time

 

1:00 -2:00 PM
The Triumph of Evil (video presentation on Rwanda)

2:00- 3:30 PM
Post-Conflict Reconciliation

  • Wendy Lambourne (University of Sydney)

 

3:30-5:00 PM
Summary & Concluding Session

  • Jeff Helsing (Program Officer, Education Program, U.S. Institute of Peace)

 


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