February 3, 1997

UCSC hosts workshop on peacemaking and conflict resolution

By Jennifer McNulty

Each day brings new headlines about conflict, negotiation, and civil unrest around the world. To learn more about these clashes and efforts to resolve them, UCSC is hosting a two-day workshop on peacemaking on February 27Ð28.

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."

Susanne Jonas, lecturer in UCSC's Latin American and Latino studies program and a leading U.S. authority on the civil war in Guatemala, will discuss that conflict and Guatemala's chances of achieving a lasting peace.

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.

Thursday, February 27

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

3-4 p.m.
The Middle East
Joel Beinen, professor of history, Stanford University

4 p.m.
Coffee break

4:15-5 p.m.
Comments and discussion

7:30 p.m.
"The Role of the International Community in the Bosnian Peace Efforts: Achievements and Failures"
Tore Bogh, Norwegian diplomat involved in the Bosnian peace process
Reception follows.

Friday, February 28

9-10:30 a.m.
Northern Ireland and South Africa
Elizabeth Crighton, professor of political science, Pomona College
Dr. Pearl-Alice Marsh, research director, Gorbachev Foundation

10:30 a.m.
Coffee break

10:45-12:30 p.m.
Comments and discussion

12:30-1:30 p.m.
Lunch break

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

3 p.m.
Coffee break

3:15-5 p.m.
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 p.m.
Closing reception

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