Johns Hopkins University, The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) 1740 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.Washington, D.C. Thursday, February 28, 2013 at 5:30 PM (EST)
Peter Ackerman, founding chair of the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, spoke at the Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) on Thursday, February 28, 2013. The event was held in the Kenney Auditorium of the school’s Nitze Building.
Discussion with Polish anti-communist dissident Adam Michnik and Egyptian scholar and human rights activist Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim at the United States Institute of Peace
Livestream will commence Friday, December 7, 2012, 12:30pm - 2:30pm
Commemorating the 10th Anniversary of the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict
Join us for a conversation about the historic and present impact of civil resistance on the fate of nations and the rights of the people. Adam Michnik and Saad Eddin Ibrahim will discuss how they and many others helped develop nonviolent movements, organize broadbased resistance, disrupt authoritarian rule and continue the struggle for democracy after people power won.
Central European Summer University for Democracy July 9 - 13, 2012
This seminar was designed to provide an in-depth and multi-disciplinary perspective on civilian-based movements and campaigns that defend and obtain basic rights and justice around the world. 40 young and mid-level academics and professionals from around the world attended the academic seminar.
Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, Bologna, Italy July 5 - 6, 2012
This course explored the use of nonviolent force in the struggle to obtain basic rights and justice through themes such as agency and structure, strategic planning and mobilization, and negotiations and democratic transitions. It also introduced analytical concepts and practical aspects of the strategic use of civil resistance. Lectures by ICNC speakers were delivered to more than 50 young researchers, graduate students, civil society and government professionals.
Tufts University / Medford, Massachusetts June 24 -30, 2012
The seventh annual Fletcher Summer Institute for the Advanced Study of Nonviolent Conflict is an executive education program in the advanced interdisciplinary study of nonviolent conflict for representatives of the media, civil society, international organizations and the policy world.
Kindly note that FSI applications are closed for this year. However, we encourage you to keep an eye out for next year's FSI application process to open in winter or early spring 2012/2013.
Nonviolent Civil Resistance Seminar
European Peace University, Stadtschlaining, Austria June 11 - 13, 2012
The two and a half day course on civil resistance was offered to 20 graduates of the European Peace University.
Civil Resistance and the Dynamics of Nonviolent Conflict - Online Graduate Course
April 23 - June 6, 2012
An online, graduate level course offered jointly by Rutgers University and the Internatioanl Center on Nonviolent Conflict. All sessions were facilitated online through ICNC's online learning platform.
Power of Nonviolent Action: Latin America Academic Seminar
University of Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia April 17 - 20, 2012
Academic seminar held at Rosario University that brought academics, graduate students and local United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) professionals from different regions of Colombia.
International Symposium on Nonviolent Movements and the Barrier of Fear
Coventry University, United Kingdom April 10 - 13, 2012
Maciej Bartkowski provided the opening remarks and chaired the seminar discussing the concept of nonviolent "parallel institution building."
Hardy Merriman co-led a workshop group on "Strategizing and Tactical Sequencing."
2012 International Studies Association 53rd Annual Convention
San Diego, CA April 1 - 4, 2012
The 2012 annual convention was titled, Power, Principles and Participation in the Global Information Age There were 5152 participants and 1057 panels.
Maciej Bartkowski chaired a panel on nonviolent struggle titled, Now What? Consolidating the Liberal Gains of Non-Violent Social Movements in Postcommunist Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.
American University, Washington, DC March 29 - 30, 2012
Featuring Amer Bani Amer, Munir Al Mawri, Jawdat Said and Afra Said, Mary King, Maria Stephan, Maciej Bartkowski, among others. Sponsored by the Center for Peacebuilding and Development, the Mohammed Said Farsi Chair of Islamic Peace, the International Peace and Conflict Resolution Program and Nonviolence International
The School of Authentic Journalism, founded by Narco News in 2002, and financed through The Fund for Authentic Journalism (a 501c3 organization registered in Massachusetts) trains young journalists of talent and conscience from throughout the world in the skills, tools, craft and ethics of independent journalism, with an emphasis on reporting on social movements, civil resistance, nonviolent campaigns and community organizing.
In 2012, the School held its annual session on Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula. The International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC) was a partner in this session and provided presenters on themes of strategic nonviolence and civil resistance. Multiple written news stories and videos were produced from this session on these themes. A good number of participants later participated in FSI and other ICNC sponsored conferences and events.
ICNC-sponsored academic panel on civil resistance.
African Studies Association
Washington, DC November 17 - 20, 2011
ICNC-sponsored academic panel on civil resistance in Africa.
Civil Resistance and Media Workshop
United Nations, Washington, DC November 18, 2011
Introductory workshop on civil resistance and media (analyitcal frames and the role of the media in civil resistance).
Organizing Journalism and Civil Resistance
New York, NY October 21 - 23, 2012
This workshop offers training in the use of video and written and online media to help journalists and media makers report more effectively on social movements, civil resistance, nonviolent campaigns and community organizing so that the messages of those movements can cut through the clouds of mass media confusion.
Johns Hopkins University, The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
