Online Lecture Series hosted by the University of Graz with the authors of the publication “Shifting Protracted Conflict Systems Through Local Interactions Extending Kelman’s Legacy,” which draws on the HKI’s series of conferences held with Herb Kelman at Harvard’s Weatherhead Centre for International Affairs. The conferences and the publication were made possible by the support and collaboration of the Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation.
Online Lecture Series
Peace through Dialogue: Transforming Protracted Conflicts through Local Interactions
Starting on 8 April 2024 (MO), 18:00 to 20:00 Central European Time
Attend via Zoom: https://uni-graz.zoom.us/j/63667145982?pwd=RnM3TXNVUldJTkVZcEZLUG10Y3BoZz09
More information at https://global-governance.uni-graz.at/de/lehre/ringvorlesung/
Programme
8 April 2024 (MO), 18:00 to 20:00 CET
Individual Agency in Interactive Peacemaking: Insights from Georgian–South Ossetian Experience
Susan Allen (George Mason University)
Discussion: Benedikt Harzl (University of Graz)
Moderation: Tamra Pearson d’Estrée (University of Denver)
15 April 2024 (MO), 18:00 to 20:00 CET
Engaging in the Face of Non–Negotiability: From Resolution to Transformation
Ofer Zalzberg (Herbert C. Kelman Institute)
Acknowledging, Understanding, and Adapting to the Complexity of Radical Disagreement
Oliver Ramsbotham (Bradford University)
Discussion: Susan Allen (George Mason University)
Moderation: Werner Wintersteiner (University of Klagenfurt)
22 April 2024 (MO) 18:00 to 20:00 CET
Critical Realism and Interactive Conflict Transformation: Connecting Integrative Metatheory, Multi–dimensional Social Theory, and Transformative PracticePresentation, moderation, and discussion: Oliver Fink, Wilfried Graf, and Gudrun Kramer (Herbert C. Kelman Institute)
29 April 2024 (MO) 18.00 to 20.00 CET
Addressing Persistent Fault Lines in Multi–Ethnic States: Using Inter- and Intra-group Dialogues on Widening Identities and Narratives, Commemoration and Minority Rights
Jürgen Pirker (University of Graz)
Discussion: Oliver Fink (Herbert C. Kelman Institute)
Moderation: Tamra Pearson d’Estrée (University of Denver)
6 May 2024 (MO) 18:00 to 20:00 CET
Broadening the Use of Interactive Problem Solving
Christopher Mitchell (George Mason University)
Moderation and discussion: Oliver Fink (Herbert C. Kelman Institute)
13 May 2024 (MO) 18:00 to 20:00 CET
Building a Human Infrastructure Across Conflict Lines for Reconciliation and Coexistence: The Case of Cyprus
Maria Hadjipavlou (University of Cyprus)
Discussion: Joseph Marko (University of Graz)
Moderation: Tamra Pearson d’Estrée (University of Denver)
27 May 2024 (MO) 18:00 to 20:00 CET 0
‘Conceptualizing Change in the World System’: Towards a More Complex and Comprehensive Understanding of Peace and Conflict Research
Werner Wintersteiner (University of Klagenfurt)
Discussion: Wilfried Graf (Herbert C. Kelman Institute)
Moderation: Jürgen Pirker (University of Graz)
3 June 2024 (MO) 18:00 to 20:00 CET
Exploring Reconciliation’s Identity Paradoxes
Tamra Pearson d’Estrée (University of Denver)
Discussion: Lusine Kharatyan (Yerevan State University)
Moderation: Jürgen Pirker (University of Graz)
10 June 2024 (MO) 18:00 to 20:00 CET
Learning to Accommodate Others’ Worldviews
Jeff Seul (Harvard University)
Moderation and discussion: Oliver Fink (Herbert C. Kelman Institute)
17 June 2024 (MO) 18:00 to 20:00 CET
Moving Beyond Dichotomies of Narratives and Identity: The Transformative Process of Dialogue
Maya Kahanoff (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Moderation and discussion: Oliver Fink (Herbert C. Kelman Institute)
24 June 2024 (MO) 18:00 to 20:00 CET
Panel Discussion with Tamra Pearson d’Estrée (University of Denver), Wolfgang Petritsch (Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation), Sokol Kondi (United Nations Peac ebuilding Liaison Office Vienna), Farida Amiri (Peace Activist)
At the University of Graz, RESOWI center, SZ 15.21
