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Peace Forum 2006
The Peace Forum is a meeting place for students, both first and second year, enrolled in the Master's in Peace and Conflict Transformation (MPCT) and for other interested people in the University of Tromsø.
The Peace Forum will serve as a place for academically formal and informal discussions on a broad range of topics that are relevant to Peace Studies. On occasions, the presentations in Peace Forum will be complemented with Peace Film on Tuesdays where there is no Peace Forum programmed. This will be informed to students by e-mail.
Time: Fortnightly on Tuesdays 12.00-14.00
Place: The Auditorium in Nedre Lysthus
Coordinator: Alberto Valiente Thoresen, Executive officer MPCT
e-mail: albtho@sv.uit.no
Spring 2006 Calendar
18.01.2006 (special date)
Special Time: 14.15
Speaker: Sturla Stålsett
Institution: Centre for Development and the Environment, Oslo
Topic: Security and Vulnerability: Ethical and Theological Perspecitves on Contemporary Challenges in Security Policy and Peace Building.More...
19.01.2006 (special date)
Special Time: 14:15
Speaker: Ole Kopreitan
Institution: Nei til Atomvåpen
Topic: Situasjonen i den Internasjonale Atomvåpenpolitikken. Kopreitan informerer også om situasjonen i Vanunu-saken, og diskuterer hva folk i Tromsø kan gjøre. (Special Peace Forum in Norwegian)
31.01.2006
12.15-14.00
Speaker: Álvaro Cedeño
Institution: Montejo & Associates, San José
Topic: The Difference Between Negotiation and Arbitration. A Legal Perspective.
16.02.2006 (special date)
12.15-14.00
Speaker: Mauricio Gaborit
Institution: Universidad Centroamericana, San Salvador
Topic: Doing Research in a Post-War Society. Universidad Centroamericana and the Salvadoran Context.
28.02.2006
12.15-14.00
Topic: Art, Truth and Politics. Harold Pinter's Nobel Lecture.
14.03.2006
12.15-14.00
Speaker: Kirsten Myhr
Institution: University Hospital, Oslo
Topic: Access to Medicines. A Requirement for Peace. (Common Arrangement with Centre for International Health for the elective topic HEL 3011 Peace, Health and Medical Work)
28.03.2006
14.15-16.00
Speaker: Holger Pötzsch
Institution: Centre for Peace Studies
Topic: Constructing Cultures of War in Film
02.05.2006
12.15-14.00
Speaker: Tromsø choir singers
Topic: Report on their visit to the Nelson Mandela Metropole (Port Elizabeth), South Africa and the yearly cultural festival financed by NORAD.
Postponed
12.15-14.00
Speaker: Hallvard Tjelmeland
Topic: The History of Worker Movements in Norway. A case of Succesful Conflict Resolution?
16.05.2006
12.15-14.00
Speaker: Heidi Isaksen
Topic: How to create possibilities for change? Introductory reflections on prevention of social and cultural reproduction. Based on theories of the sociologist Pierre Bourdieu and the therapist Jesper Juul.
19.05.2006
14.15-16.00
Speakers: Dr. Abdurahman Moallin Abdullahi and Dr Abdullahi Farah Asseyr
Topic: News from Somalia are often about fighting fractions in a war-torn country. Yet in the capital city of Mogadishu with 1 million inhabitants, many are engaged in bringing hope and building a new society. Mogadishu University is such an institution, and two personal representantives of the President of the University, (Dr Ali Sheikh Ahmed), will visit Tromsø May 18 and 19. You may meet the two delegates for an updated report about the situation in Somalia and especially Mogadishu.
23.05.2006
Special Time: 13.15 - 15.00
Speaker: Mette Røkke, former MPCT student 2002 -2004
Institution: Team of artists for social change. A Local Sri Lankan based organisation / Norwegian Development Fund (Utviklingsfondet).
Topic: 'Youth and peacebuilding in Sri Lanka'. Mette Røkke will share her working experiences on psyosocial issues, and peacebuilding with multiethnic youth in Trincomalee, eastern Sri Lanka. She will also present a photo and drawing exhibition called "Seen through the eyes of children", made by Sri lankan children and youth.
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