Hello all,

Since many have been asking about World Peace Academy and Peace Studies in general, I thought to share with you the announcement of the following 2 lectures. Admission is free. If you are thinking to attend, make sure you come at least 5 minutes earlier.

Johan Galtung, founder of peace studies, gives two public lectures:
24 March 19:00-20:30: Peace as a Personal Way of Life.
31 March, 19:00-20:30: Structural Peace.
World Peace Academy, Güterstrasse 81, Basel.
Admission is free, all are welcome.
If you need more information, please call 061 315 85 95.

I think Ill make it to the one on the 24th!


Thanks for posting!

Thank you for posting! I will attend one of them!
Marz

Excellent Information!

MakeABigWish

Brilliant - thank you so much!

Hello all,

Thank you for those who came yesterday, there were many new faces, and I hope you enjoyed the lecture.

The topic for the lecture on March 31 changed to "Afghanistan Now - Is Peace Possible". 19:00-20:30 (please be on time!)



The Wednesdays' seminars will always be open to public (during the semester). I will try to update info here, but don't be shy to call at the phone no. above for more info

An interview with Prof. Galtung by Riz Khan on Al Jazeera, aired today:
http://english.aljazeera.net/program...415403979.html

Dear all, 6 July 2010

We wish to invite you to the Wednesday Seminars at the World Peace
Academy in Basel. Here is the schedule for the remainder of the year.
Please share this with anyone who may be interested. Thank you.
Best regards, Dietrich Fischer and the WPA team

Remaining Seminars in 2010 at the World Peace Academy, Gueterstr. 81,
4053 Basel (behind the SBB railway station, 200 meters to the right)

EVERY WEDNESDAY 18:15-19:45, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, ADMISSION IS FREE

No registration is required. For more information, please see
www.world-peace-academy.ch or call 061-315-8595. Topics may change.

7 July Naghmeh Sobhani, MA, Burkina Faso/Belgium, Director of
Education for Peace Institute of the Balkans (EFP-Balkans) /
Consultant in Collaborative Negotation/Post-Conflict
Peacebuilding and Trainer in Collaborative Negotiation at
the UN in New York and Geneva: "Country-Wide Integration
for a Culture of Peace Perspective in the School System:
The Case of Bosnia and Herzegovina"

14 July Prof. Dr. Dietrich Fischer, Academic Director of the World
Peace Academy, Basel: "Twelve Mathods of Peaceful Conflict
Transformation"

21 July Dr. Jan Oberg, Director, Transnational Foundation for
Peace and Future Research, Lund, Sweden: "The Dissolution
of Yugoslavia: Lessons to Be Learned"

28 July Prof. Jorgen Johansen, Centre for Peace and Reconciliation
Studies, Coventry University: "The Power of Nonviolence"

4 August Dr. Rudolf Rechsteiner, former Member of the Swiss
Parliament, author, Basel: "Renewable Energy as a
Contribution to Peace"

11 August Stewart Jensen, President of Toastmasters International
Basel, "The Art of Public Speaking"

18 August Bill Burns, former CEO of Roche, "How Can Business
Contribute to a Culture of Peace?"

8 Sept. Dr. Jen” Staehelin, former Swiss Ambassador to the United
Nations: "Mediation: Its Role and Its Impact"

15 Sept. Dr. Gal Harmat, Kibbutzim College of Education and Israel-
Palestine Center for Reconciliation, Jerusalem and
Bethlehem: "Peace Movements in Israel and Palestine"

22 Sept. Ruedi Patt, Major in the Swiss Army, "Invulnerability
Without Threat: Switzerland's Peace and Security Policy"

29 Sept. Prof. Dr. Johan Galtung, Founder, TRANSCEND: A Peace-
Development-Environment Network (Topic to be announced)

6 Oct. Dr. Udo E. Simonis, Research Professor, Environmental
Policy Studies, Science Center Berlin: "Ecological
Commitment: A Call to Action"

13 Oct. Dr. Branislav Gosovic, former Head of the South Centre
Secretariat, Geneva (Topic to be announced)

20 Oct. Prof. Fred Dubee, United Nations Global Compact: "What is
Peace Business?"

27 Oct. Prof. Dr. Johan Galtung (Topic to be announced)

3 Nov. Dr. Ursula Krattiger, Lecturer on Art and Philosophy:
"Jean Gebser and His History of Consciousness from Archaic
Beginnings to Integral Wholeness - a Peace-Creating
Device"

10 Nov. Prof. Dr. Ueli Maeder, Director, Institute for Sociology,
University of Basel: "Global Social Inequality vs
Distributive Justice. On the Interdependence Between
Poverty and War"

17 Nov. Dr. Richard Friedli, Professor Emeritus of the Study of
Religions, University of Fribourg: "What Religions Can
Contribute to Peace"

24 Nov. Dr. Dorothy J. Maver, Co-Director of the National Peace
Academy, San Mateo, California: "Creating Infrastructures
of Peace: the Shift from Living in a Violent Culture to a
Culture of Peace"