Dear Colleague: The University for Peace (UPEACE), a United Nations Mandated University located in Costa Rica, is pleased to announce its second annual UPEACE INSTITUTE. The INSTITUTE consists of three-week short courses that will be given in different areas such as Media and Peace, Leadership, Culture, Politics, Conflict and Peace, War and film, Gender, Environment, Law, Development, among others. The following is the course listing: * Hunger, Famine and Food Security * Thinking the World, Changing the World: The Public-Private Distinction in Social, Legal, and Political Thought * Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector: Making it Happen * Democracia y Desarrollo en América Latina: Temas Contemporáneos * War and Film * Multiculturalism, Gender, and Migration * Media Dilemmas for UN Peacekeeping Operations * Theatre and Peace Building * Nonprofit Leadership: Maximizing your Impact All of the courses will be taught by international academicians and professionals with extensive expertise in each of these areas. Courses will run from January 8, 2007 to January 26, 2007. The UPEACE INSTITUTE presents a great opportunity to engage UPEACE students and professionals with practitioners, academicians and students of peace and conflict from allover the world, in interactive participatory classes and informal gatherings which will bring several cultures and views together. The UPEACE INSTITUTE will be offered for graduate credit, and for training purposes. This year we also offer one course in Spanish. I invite you to visit our website http://www.upeace.org/institute for Course descriptions and enrollment information, or contact us at institute@upeace.org. Welcome to the experience and training that this high level courses provide to the participants. We look forward to seeing you here in Costa Rica in January 2007. Amr Abdalla, Ph.D. Professor and Dean for Academic Programmes University for Peace United Nations Affiliated University P.O. Box 138-6100 San Jose, Costa Rica Phone: 506-205-9000 FAX: 506-249-1929 www.upeace.org ======== Global Human Rights Education listserv ======= Send mail intended for the list to < >. Archives of the list can be found at: http://www.hrea.org/lists/hr-education/ **You are welcome to reprint, copy, archive, quote or re-post this item, but please retain the original and listserv source.
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