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Past Ware Lectures

Since 2007, the Center for Global Understanding and Peacemaking has brought many global leaders to campus for the Ware Lecture on Peacemaking:

  • 2012 - Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize recipient and founder of Grameen Bank
  • 2011 - Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Peace Prize recipient and founder of the Association for Support of Children's Rights in Iran
  • 2010 - Terry Waite, founder of Hostage UK and Y Care International, and U.K. Ambassador for the Freeplay Foundation
  • 2009 - Jody Williams, Nobel Peace Prize recipient and chairman of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines
  • 2008 - F.W. de Klerk, Nobel Peace Prize recipient and former president of South Africa
  • 2007 - Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland and chair of Realizing Rights: The Ethical Global Initiative

 

Past Ware Seminars

Afghanistan: Civil Society Past, Present & Future

February 26, 2013

Jonathan Rudy shares historical background on Afghanistan and his most recent visit there; Matt Southworth discusses peacemaking and development visits, the Afghan government and how Washington will relate regarding post-2014 and policy ramifications; Joyce Davis leads discussion on the importance of Afghanistan in the context of global issues of security and implications for other fragile states; and Hassina Sherjan considers the future of Afghanistan, particularly how education can shape the country's youth.

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