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Ask Me Anything about Careers in Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Thursday, February 13
Interested in a career that makes the world a better place? Come to this Ask Me Anything event with conflict resolution expert Stacia George.
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The Truth about Immigration: Why Successful Societies Welcome Newcomers

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Thursday, April 10
Wharton's Zeke Hernandez lectures as part of our winter 2025 lecture series, "Building and Brokering Peace."
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Handel’s Messiah as a Global Peace Anthem

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Wednesday, April 09
Luke Howard of BYU's School of Music lectures as part of our winter 2025 lecture series, "Building and Brokering Peace."
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Peacemaking in Africa

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Wednesday, April 02
Cecily Brewer of the United States Institute of Peace lectures as part of our winter 2025 lecture series, "Building and Brokering Peace."
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Ending Civil Wars

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Wednesday, March 26
Tufts University's Monica Duffy Toft lectures as part of our winter 2025 lecture series, "Building and Brokering Peace."
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To Fight or To Bargain? Ukrainian Public Opinion on Prospects for Peace

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Wednesday, March 19
Celeste Beesley from BYU's Political Science department lectures as part of our winter 2025 lecture series, "Building and Brokering Peace."
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Gender and Cultural Rights in Afghanistan

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Thursday, March 13
Karima Bennoune of the University of Michigan Law School lectures as part of our winter 2025 lecture series, "Building and Brokering Peace."
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The Citizen as a Democratic Safeguard

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Wednesday, March 12
Milan Svolik of Yale University lectures as part of our winter 2025 lecture series, "Building and Brokering Peace."
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How Misperceptions Lead to International Conflict

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Friday, March 07
Harvard's Joshua Kertzer lectures as part of our winter 2025 lecture series, "Building and Brokering Peace."
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Unwalling Citizenship

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Wednesday, March 05
Come hear from Fonna Forman, professor of political science and director of the Center on Global Justice at the University of California, San Diego. Part of our winter 2025 lecture series, "Building and Brokering Peace."
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Mediating Dangerously: How to Transform the World’s Most Intractable Conflicts

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Wednesday, February 26
Chad Ford, professor at USU and author of Dangerous Love: Transforming Fear and Conflict at Home, at Work, and in the World, lectures as part of our winter 2025 lecture series, "Building and Brokering Peace."
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Faith in Peacebuilding: The Promise of Covenantal Pluralism

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Wednesday, February 19
Come hear from Judd Birdsall, assistant professor at Georgetown University and senior adviser at the U.S. Institute of Peace. Part of our winter 2025 lecture series, "Building and Brokering Peace."
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Finding Common Ground in a Polarized Society

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Wednesday, February 12
How can we break the polarization cycle? Learn practical lessons from national and international conflicts that you can apply to your own life and communities in this lecture from Stacia George, CEO of Endurance Solutions. Part of our winter 2025 lecture series, "Building and Brokering Peace."
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