Schedule at a Glance
2010 Symposium on Global Conflicts
Pre-Symposium Events
August 9 - October 25
Traveling Exhibit: "Overcoming Intolerance" Children's Museum
10am-4pm, National Churchill Museum
Monday, September 13
Symposium Film Series - Paths of Glory (1957)
7pm, Coulter Science Center Lecture Hall
Tuesday, September 14
Book Discussion of Good Omens
4pm, Hazel 112
Saturday, September 18
Museum Children's Program: "Overcoming Intolerance" Exhibit
11am-Noon, National Churchill Museum
Monday, September 20
Student Debate on Global Conflicts:
The United States as World Police: Pro or Con
4pm, Coulter Science Center Lecture Hall
Symposium Film Series - Sometimes in April (2005)
7pm, Coulter Science Center Lecture Hall
Tuesday, September 21
Opening Keynote/Plenary Session I
Brigadier General MacFarland, Deputy Commanding
War: An Inevitable Evil
9‐10:15am, Champ Auditorium
Breakout Sessions I
10:30‐11:30am, Coulter Science Center
- Why Muslims Matter to the Past and the Present of the United States
- Strategic Environmental Security and Climate Change: What in the World is Worth Fighting Over?
- Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: WC Alumni Reflecting on Their Peace Corps Volunteer Experiences
- Using Intelligence Intelligently
- Media and Conflict
- Macedonia: Transcending Conflict, Transforming Identity
- Creating a Vision for the Future Using an Appreciative Inquiry Process: A Role Play Based on Israeli-Palestinian Youth
- Engaging Women in Peacebuilding Efforts by U.S. Institute of Peace
Lunch
11:30am-1pm, Mueller Leadership Hall
Plenary Session II
Dr. Sean Gourley
14 Key Features that Define a Successful Insurgency
1-2pm, Champ Auditorium
Breakout Sessions II
2:15‐3:15pm, Coulter Science Center
- Middle East Today: History, Politics, and Conflict
- Religion and Global Violence
- Conservation and Conflict: The Role Natural Resources Play in Conflict and Peace
- Teaching Global Peacebuilding: Approaches Used by the United States Institute of Peace
- Being a Soldier: Westminster Students Talk About Their Military Experiences
- Three Generations of International Criminal Courts and Tribunals: The Evolution of International Criminal Justice
- The Threat of High-Alert Nuclear Forces: How Safe are We?
- Q & A with Sean Gourley
Plenary Session III
Antoine Rutayisire
The Rwanda 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsis: A Study on Conflict Genesis and Resolution
3:30-4:30pm, Champ Auditorium
National Churchill Museum Speaker Series:
"WWII Home Front Posters"
6-7pm, National Churchill Museum
Wednesday, September 22
Plenary Session IV
Carolyn Forche
Literature of Witness to War and Conflict
9:30-10:30am, Champ Auditorium
Breakout Sessions III
10:45-11:45am, Coulter Science Center
- Environmental Factors Leading to Conflict
- Conflict in Historical Perspective: The Post-First World War Settlement in the Middle East
- Student Refugee Panel
- Developing a National Policy for Reconciliation and How to Implement It
- Ethiopian Children's Library for a Peaceful and Prosperous Generation
- On Poetry of Witness: Reading the Lyric Art of Extremity
- Teaching Conflict In the Secondary Classroom
Lunch
11:45am-1pm, Mueller Leadership Hall
John Findley Green Lecture
The Honorable James A. Baker, III, America's 61st Secretary of State
"The Case for Pragmatic Idealism"
2pm, Champ Auditorium - Tickets required
Post-Symposium Events
Monday, September 27
Symposium Film Series - Europa, Europa (1990)
7pm, Coulter Science Center Lecture Hall