Paradigms for Peacebuilding

Next Thursday, November 10, the the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, the SSRC, and a range of other institutions will co-present a public event, “Paradigms for Peacebuilding: The Need for New Thinking,” in New York City:

After genocide, civil war, and dictatorship, what is the meaning of justice? How can peace be built? What answers do the concepts of restorative justice and reconciliation provide?

Featuring:

John Braithwaite, Australian Research Council Federation Fellow, The Australian National University

Joan Tronto, Professor of Political Science, University of Minnesota

Rajmohan Gandhi, Research Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

Nataša Kandić, Founder and Director, Humanitarian Law Center, Belgrade, Serbia

José Zalaquett , Professor of Human Rights Law, University of Chile

Moderated by:

Ruti Teitel, Ernst C. Stiefel Professor of Comparative Law, New York Law School

Time and location:

November 10, 7:00PM

Room W201, 2nd floor
New York Law School
185 West Broadway (at Leonard Street)

Jessica Polebaum

Jessica Polebaum is a contributing editor for The Immanent Frame and a J.D. candidate at Georgetown University. A former program and editorial associate at the Social Science Research Council, she holds a B.A. in religion from Middlebury College, where her undergraduate work culminated in a senior honors thesis on ijtihad---a concept from classical Islamic law---and its use in modern reform movements. Upon graduating in 2008, she received the Ann and Edward Meyers Religion Prize for exceptional ability in the understanding, expression, and integration of ideas in the area of religious studies.

Jessica Polebaum

Mobilizing social science for the public good.

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