Where We've Been
Dialogue on Hague Peace Conference:
Results & Next Steps
Organized by Coalition for a Strong United Nations
May 22, 1999
Boston Research Center, Cambridge, MA
(Boston Research Center was a cosponsor)
National Earth Charter Training Conference
June 20-21, 1999
Center for Respect of Life and Environment,
Alexandria, VA
National Summit on Africa—
New England Regional Meeting
July 16-17, 1999
Boston, MA
News for a New Century
Conflict and Peace Forum's summer Peace Journalism course
September 2-5, 1999
Taplow Court, Buckinghamshire, UK
Luncheon Seminar on Local Peace Studies Programs
with Professor David Little
September 14, 1999
Boston Research Center, Cambridge, MA
The New Jerusalem:
Can We Live Together?
Symposium sponsored by the Center for the Study of Values in Public Life September 29, 1999
Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, MA
(BRC executive director Virginia Straus was a panelist)
Doing Justice and Loving Mercy:
Human Rights in the Context of Reconciliation
Brandeis University's International Center for Ethics, Justice, and Public Life
November 15-19, 1999
Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
(Boston Research Center was a cosponsor of public lectures by Dr. Hizkias Assefa on November 15 and 16)
American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting
November 19-23, 1999
Boston, MA
(BRC hosted a publications booth and a reception to introduce “Buddhist Peacework”)
Women and War:
New Views for a New Century
WAND Education Fund's 8th Annual Speaker Event
December 8, 1999
Boston Research Center, Cambridge, MA
Where We're Going
Dialogue Among Civilizations:
A New Peace Agenda for a New Millennium
Sponsored by the Toda Institute for Global Peace and Policy Research February 11-14, 2000
Okinawa, Japan
(Boston Research Center is a cosponsor)
Bridging Borders
Concurrent annual conference of the Peace Studies Association and the Consortium on Peace Research, Education, and Development
March 30-April 2, 2000
University of Texas at Austin
(Boston Research Center is cosponsoring a plenary session on “Religions Building a Culture of Peace”)
Creating Connections 2000:
Peace with Self, Sister, and Society
A women's leadership forum cosponsored with 15 Boston-area women's and youth groups
Friday evening, April 28 and Saturday, April 29, 2000
Boston Research Center, Cambridge, MA
Working to Build a Culture of Peace and Nonviolence:
Peace Is in Our Hands
Conference cosponsored with the Coalition for a Strong United Nations June, 2000 —watch for flyers!
Boston Research Center, Cambridge, MA
Cultures of Peace: The Hidden Side of History
As part of the June, 2000 conference at the BRC (see above), renowned sociologist Elise Boulding will discuss highlights of her study of civil society over the past 50 years. Book-signing follows the presentation.