Where We've Been

New Security Concerns and Approaches
Public workshop by the International Network of Engineers and Scientists (INES) for Global Responsibility
July 23-24, 1998
Boston Research Center for the 21st Century, Cambridge, MA

Alternative Visions: Paths in the Global Village
Luncheon dialogue with Professor Fred Dallmayr, University of Notre Dame
August 13, 1998
Boston Research Center for the 21st Century, Cambridge, MA

The Buddhist Outlook on Birth and Death
Lecture by Dr. Yoichi Kawada, director of the Institute of Oriental Philosophy
August 17, 1998
Boston Research Center for the 21st Century, Cambridge, MA

Boston Pan-African Forum Roundtable Discussion
September 11, 1998
Boston Research Center for the 21st Century, Cambridge, MA

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: A Powerful Vision for Change
September 15, 1998
Boston Research Center for the 21st Century, Cambridge, MA
(Cosponsored with Coalition for a Strong UN and Cambridge Forum)

Education as Transformation: Religious Pluralism, Spirituality, and Higher Education
September 27-28, 1998
Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
(Boston Research Center was a cosponsor)

Fourth Annual Global Citizen Awards Ceremony
October 8, 1998
Boston Research Center for the 21st Century, Cambridge, MA

American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting
November 21-24, 1998
Orlando, FL
(BRC hosted a publications booth and a reception on the Wellesley College "Education as Transformation" project)

"Creating Connections" - Women's Leadership Forum
December 2, 1998
Boston Research Center for the 21st Century, Cambridge, MA
(Cosponsored with a network of women's organizations; see article)

Where We're Going

From War Culture to Cultures of Peace: Challenges for Civil Society
1999 Boston Research Center three-part Conference Series:

• Creating Cultures of Peace: Family Life and Education, February 5-6, 1999
  
• Cultures of Peace in the Global Marketplace, March 5-6, 1999
  
• Practices of Peace in Religious Communities, March 26-27, 1999

• Buddhism Seen from the East: Rethinking Buddhist Studies from the Vantage Point of the Nichiren and Pure Land Traditions of Japan, March 19, 1999
  
• Teaching the Uses of Manuscripts in Buddhist Studies, April 30-May 2, 1999
  Cambridge, MA
  (Boston Research Center is a cosponsor)