February 6, 1997 Contact: Jennifer McNulty (408) 459-2495; mcnulty@ua.ucsc.edu

UC SANTA CRUZ HOSTS WORKSHOP ON PEACEMAKING AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SANTA CRUZ, CA--The recent signing of the Guatemalan peace accords ended one of this century's bloodiest civil wars. Susanne Jonas of the Latin American and Latino studies program at UC Santa Cruz is a leading U.S. authority on the war in Guatemala, and she will be participating in a two-day workshop on peacemaking at UCSC on February 27-28.

The event, titled "Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution at Home and Abroad," will focus on peace efforts in Guatemala, Bosnia, the Middle East, Northern Ireland, South Africa, and the urban United States.

"Given the number of conflicts and wars that we've seen around the world since the end of the Cold War, it's important for us to figure out how to end them," says Ronnie Lipschutz, associate professor of politics at UCSC and organizer of the event. "We'll be looking at these cases for ideas that can be generalized to other places."

The workshop is free and open to the public. It will be held in the Fireside Lounge at UCSC's Stevenson College; a detailed schedule follows. The event is sponsored by the Stevenson Program on Global Security and the Center for Global, International, and Regional Studies. The workshop is being funded by the University of California's Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation at UC San Diego. For more information, call (408) 459-2833.

Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution at Home and Abroad February 27-28, 1997 Fireside Lounge, Stevenson College, UC Santa Cruz

Thursday, February 27

2:30 Welcoming Remarks Susanne Jonas, lecturer, Latin American and Latino studies, UCSC Ronnie Lipschutz, associate professor of politics, UCSC

3-4:00 The Middle East Joel Beinen, professor of history, Stanford University

4:00 Coffee break

4:15-5:00 Comments & discussion

7:30 "The Role of the International Community in the Bosnian Peace Efforts: Achievements and Failures"

Tore Bogh, Norwegian diplomat involved in the Bosnian peace process; followed by reception

Friday, February 28

9-10:30 Northern Ireland & South Africa Elizabeth Crighton, professor of political science, Pomona College

Dr. Pearl-Alice Marsh, research director, Gorbachev Foundation

10:30 Coffee break

10:45-12:30 Comments & discussion

12:30-1:30 Lunch break

1:30-3:00 Guatemala Susanne Jonas, lecturer, Latin American and Latino studies, UCSC

3:00 Coffee break

3:15-5:00 Insights into the process of peacemaking Barbara Walter, professor of political science, Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, UCSD John Brown Childs, professor of sociology, UCSC

5:00 Closing reception

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