International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution

Dr. Gene Sharp is one of the world's leading scholars on nonviolent struggle. He founded the Albert Einstein Institution in 1983, where he remains a Senior Scholar today. He is also Professor Emeritus of political science at the University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth. For nearly thirty years he held a research appointment at Harvard University's Center for International Affairs. He is the author of various books, including Social Power and Political Freedom (1980), Making Europe Unconquerable (1985), Civilian-Based Defense (1990), From Dictatorship to Democracy (1993, 2002, and 2003), and Waging Nonviolent Struggle: Twentieth Century Practice and Twenty-First Century Potential (2005). His most recent book is Sharp?s Dictionary of Power and Struggle: Vocabulary of Civil Resistance in Conflict (2012). His writings have been published in more than 40 languages. He holds a B.A. and an M.A. from Ohio State University and a D.Phil. in political theory from Oxford University. Dr. Sharp will discuss his life?s work at the 8th Annual Morton Deutsch Awards Ceremony.

Join the International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution (ICCCR) in celebrating the life and legacy of E.L. Thorndike professor emeritus of psychology, Morton Deutsch!

The International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution (ICCCR) celebrates the life and legacy of E.L. Thorndike professor emeritus of psychology, Morton Deutsch! Several contributors of the recently released book, Conflict, Interdependence, and Justice: The Intellectual Legacy of Morton Deutsch, along with Morton Deutsch himself, will each say a few words.

Ervin Staub is Founding Director of the Psychology of Peace and Violence Doctoral Program at the University of Massachusetts. His latest book is Overcoming Evil: Genocide, violent conflict and terrorism (2011). He will talk about humanizing the ?other,? creating constructive ideologies, promoting active bystandership by individuals and nations to prevent the evolution of increasing hostility and violence, and constructive leadership. He will discuss interventions in Rwanda and elsewhere to help people heal from past violence and reconcile, and research evaluating their effects. He will talk about rescuers, resisting evil, and ways to develops inclusive caring and moral courage.

One in every twenty difficult conflicts ends up grinding to a halt. That's fully five percent of not just the diplomatic and political clashes we read about in the newspaper, but disputations and arguments from our everyday lives as well. Once we get pulled into these self-perpetuating conflicts it is near impossible to escape. The 5% rule us. So what can we do when we find ourselves ensnared? According to Dr. Peter T. Coleman, the solution is in seeing our conflict anew. Applying lessons from complexity theory to examples from both American domestic politics and international diplomacy--from abortion debates to the enmity between Israelis and Palestinians--Coleman provides innovative new strategies for dealing with intractable disputes. A timely, paradigm-shifting look at conflict, The Five Percent is an invaluable guide to preventing even the most fractious negotiations from foundering.