Joan B. Kroc Distinguished Lecture Series

The Joan B. Kroc Distinguished Lecture Series is a forum for high level national and international leaders and policy makers to share their knowledge and perspectives on issues related to peace and justice. Designed to broaden our understanding and thinking about how to prevent and resolve conflict and promote peace with justice, the series is made possible by a generous endowment from the late Joan B. Kroc.

The Distinguished Lecture Series offers the community at large an opportunity to engage with today’s leaders who are working to forge new dialogues with parties in conflict and who seek to answer the question of how to create an enduring peace for tomorrow. With the world confronting a genocide in Sudan, with security concerns restricting civil rights in countries around the world, and with innocent civilians, especially women and children, facing continuing assaults on their rights as defined by the UN's Declaration of Human Rights. Distinguished speakers throughout the year will address the impact of human rights issues on conflict prevention and resolution. A set of video recordings of the Distinguished Lecture Series are available on the UCSD-TV website.

UCSD-TV is available on:

• Cox & Time Warner (Digital) Ch. 135 (24 hours/day; 7 days/week)
• Time Warner North County Ch. 18 (Daily, 4pm - midnight)
• AT&T Ch. 99 (24 hours/day; 7 days/week)
• UHF (no cable) Ch. 35 (24 hours/day; 7 days/week)
  
  

Latest Lecture

Reason for Hope with Dr. Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, wildlife conservationist and U.N. Messenger of Peace. Goodall spoke on how we can save threatened species, the planet and ultimately ourselves. Goodall is the author of Reason for Hope: A Spiritual Journey and The Ten Trusts (with Mark Bekoff).

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Past Lectures

The following lectures are organized in alphabetical order.

Hanan Ashrawi - "Concept, Context, and Process in Peacemaking: The Palestinian-Israeli Experience"
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The Honorable Lloyd Axworthy - "The Responsibility to Protect: Prescription for a Global Public Domain"
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Dr. Helen Caldicott - "New Nuclear Danger "
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Shirin Ebadi - "Iran Awakening: Human Rights, Women and Islam"
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Dr. Robert Edgar - "The Role of the Church in U.S. Foreign Policy Today"
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Jan Egeland - "War, Peace and Climate Change: A Billion Lives in the Balance"
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The Honorable Gareth Evans - "Preventing Mass Atrocities: Making 'Never Again' A Reality"
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Justice Richard Goldstone - "Preventing Deadly Conflict"
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Priscilla Hayner - "International Strides for Inclusive Peacebuilding"
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Noeleen Heyzer - "Women, War, and Peace: Mobilizing for Security and Justice in the 21st Century"
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Ambassador Christopher R. Hill - "U.S. Policy in East Asia and the Pacific"
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His Excellency Ketumile Masire - "Perspective into Conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Contemporary Peacebuilding Efforts"
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Miria Matembe - "Women, War, Peace: Politics in Peacebuilding"
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Lt. General Joseph Olorungbon Owonibi - "International Strides for Inclusive Peacebuilding"
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Alma Viviana Pérez - "Women, War, Peace: Politics in Peacebuilding"
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Mary Robinson - "Human Rights and Ethical Globalization"
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Kenneth Roth - "The Dynamics of Human Rights and the Environment"
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Irene Santiago - "Women, War, Peace: Politics in Peacebuilding"
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William F. Schulz - "Tainted Legacy: 9/11 and the Ruin of Human Rights"
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Ambassador Donald K. Steinberg - "Conflict, Gender and Human Rights: Lessons from the Field"
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General Anthony C. Zinni - "From the Battlefield to the Negotiating Table: Preventing Deadly Conflict"
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