Speaker Series to Explore New Global Realities
| by Jason Warburg
Five Middlebury Institute faculty experts will examine nationalism, terrorism and cybercrime, and language and identity as part of this spring’s WorldViews Speaker Series.
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| by Jason Warburg
Five Middlebury Institute faculty experts will examine nationalism, terrorism and cybercrime, and language and identity as part of this spring’s WorldViews Speaker Series.
| by Eva Gudbergsdottir
Participants in the three-week Center for Conflict Studies program apply the skills and knowledge they acquire to a real-world final project with mentors from the field.
The fifth annual Center for Conflict Studies conference highlighted innovative and creative approaches to transforming race relations and conflicts.
“This semester has blown my mind so far,” says Middlebury Institute student Anna Wohlrab, who is adding a certificate in conflict resolution to her degree in interpretation with an eye on combining her love for languages with a passion for social justice.
Human rights activist, poet, former Black Panther and political prisoner Ericka Huggins gave an inspirational and interactive keynote address to kick off the Middlebury Institute’s Center for Conflict Studies fourth annual conference.
Building on the strength of its field research focus areas, the Monterey Institute’s Center for Conflict Students will offer an intensive three-week Summer Peacebuilding Program in 2015.
Carmel Mayor Jason Burnett will deliver the keynote address at the Monterey Institute’s Center for Conflict Studies annual conference on November 6.
The Monterey Institute’s Center for Conflict Studies hosted a well-attended roundtable discussion on law enforcement relations with communities of color that won praise both from participants and from a local reporter covering the event.
The Monterey Institute celebrated another great year in 2013, highlighted by wonderful student achievements, strong employment numbers for graduates, and visits by the UN Secretary-General and the former president of Kyrgyzstan.
Dr. Rosa Otunbayeva, past president of the Kyrgyz Republic, shared with Monterey Institute students her experiences leading the first peaceful transition from an authoritarian state to a parliamentary democracy in Central Asia.