The University of Sydney Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, Sydney, Australia
July 6 -10, 2010

• Every two years, members of the International Peace Research Association meet at their global conference.

• In 2010, Professor Kurt Schock, the ICNC academic advisor, was a co-convener of one of the panels at IPRA titled “Nonviolence Commission,” whose program is featured below.

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 Program of the Nonviolence Commission

 Tuesday, 6 July 2010

Session 1: 16:00 to 17:30

Special Session: Driving Up the Cost of Oppression: The Anti-Apartheid Movement in South Africa

Chair: Maciej Bartkowski, International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, U.S.A.
Discussant:  Stephen Zunes, Department of Politics, University of San Francisco, U.S.A.

    Screening of A Force More Powerful documentary on the anti-apartheid movement in
    South Africa followed by discussion.

Session 2: 11:00 to 12:30

Title of Session: Dynamics of Nonviolent Resistance
Chair & Discussant: Ralph Summy, Australian Centre for Peace & Conflict Studies, University of
    Queensland, Australia

• “The Interrelation of Violent & Nonviolent Resistance: An Analysis of Inter-Movement Radical Flank Effects.”
  • Kurt Schock, Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Rutgers University, U.S.A.; and
  • Erica Chenoweth, Department of Government, Wesleyan University, U.S.A.

Session 3: 16:00 to 17:30

Title of Session: Nonviolence in Comparative Perspective
Chair & Discussant: Véronique Dudouet, Berghof Conflict Research, Germany

• “The Role of Strategic Nonviolent Conflict in Bolivia’s Transition to Democracy.”
  • Stephen Zunes, Department of Politics, University of San Francisco, U.S.A.

Session 5: 16:00 to 17:30

Title of Session: Institutions & Conflict
Chair & Discussant: Brian Martin, Department of Social Sciences, Media & Communication, University of
    Wollongong, Australia

• "People Matter: How Citizen Engagement and Civic Action Challenge Corruption & Abuse."
  • Shaazka Beyerle, International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, U.S.A.

• “Framing the Green Revolution in Red: Media Coverage of Nonviolent Struggles.”
  • Cynthia Boaz, Sonoma State University, U.S.A.

Session 6: 11:00 to 12:30

Title of Session: Peace: Tactics & International Context
Chair & Discussant: Stephen Zunes, Department of Politics, University of San Francisco, U.S.A.

• “Tactics for Positive Peace.”
  • Brian Martin, Department of Social Sciences, Media & Communication, University of Wollongong, Australia

Session 7: 16:00 to 17:30

Nonviolence Commission organizational meeting.

Session 8: 14:00 to 15:30

Special Session: New Tools for Teaching and Learning about Nonviolent Resistance
Chair & Discussant: Maciej Bartkowski, International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, U.S.A.

Demonstration of the new version of A Force More Powerful video game, followed by a discussion of pedagogical issues and ideas for teaching about nonviolent resistance.