Summer Institutes

The 2012 Bologna, Italy Symposium on Conflict Prevention, Resolution, & Reconciliation will be held fromJune 16 – July 14 at the Johns Hopkins SAIS Bologna Center.  In addition to intensive training on international mediation, negotiation, and facilitation and transferable SAIS academic credit (M.A.), students at the Bologna Symposium will learn the nuts and bolts of strategic non-violent action, trauma healing and reconciliation, peacebuilding through social entrepreneurship, gender and conflict, program planning and design, etc. from the field’s leading academics and practitioners.  You can visit http://ipsinstitute.org/bologna2012/ to learn more and apply. 
 
The inaugural 2012 The Hague Symposium on Post-Conflict Transitions & International Justice will be held from July 21 – August 18.  The curriculum of The Hague Symposium is designed and managed by IPSI in partnership with the Clingendael Institute of International Relations and in cooperation with Leiden University’s Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, which is offering optional LLM academic credit. The course work includes modules on restorative and retributive justice, security and development as they relate to rule of law, as well as intensive case studies on the serious practical and moral dilemmas facing the field of transitional justice.  Participants will gain a broad understanding of this emerging field, including concepts, controversies, and institutions, as well as critically examine the historical and contemporary uses of different justice interventions through direct interactions with the actual decision makers.  In light of the Arab Spring and the increasing reach of the International Criminal Court, this training could not be more timely or necessary!  Please visithttp://ipsinstitute.org/the-hague-2012/ to learn more and apply.
 
IPSI is accepting reduced price Early Decision applications until February 13th.  Regular Decision applications close on April 23rd for the Bologna Symposium and on May 14th for the Hague Symposium.