University Curriculum
Secondary Education Course
Summer Faculty Institute on World Security Affairs

"As our children learn, incredulous and appalled, about the horrifying mass violence through the ages, we hope to be able to say that at the beginning of the third millennium, the communities of the world planted seeds of cooperation and reconciliation that grew into a system in which mass violence became rare or nonexistent. Perhaps this Commission can envision, however dimly, such a precious legacy for future generations."

David A. Hamburg and Cyrus R. Vance
Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict

 

University Curriculum (Current as of September 13,1999)

This syllabus grows out of the work of the Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict and outlines a course that focuses on conflict prevention. The course goals are 1) to understand the phenomenon of deadly violence; 2) to develop understandings of ways to prevent such violence; and 3) to examine resources that exist in the international community to undertake preventive action.

Summer Faculty Institute on World Security Affairs
Violent Conflict in the 21st Century: Causes, Dynamics, and Prevention

In June, the Five College Program in Peace and World Security Studies (PAWSS) and the Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict Summer Faculty Institute on World Security Affairs sponsored the Summer Faculty Institute on World Security Affairs.

The theme of this year's Institute was "Violent Conflict in the 21st Century: Causes, Dynamics, and Prevention. Participants explored the nature and dynamics of contemporary conflicts and their implications for international security.

The Institute also explored the various instruments for the prevention and resolution of these conflicts. They examined such themes as: globalization and the state, ethnicity and conflict, the humanitarian consequences of conflict,the trade in light weapons and conflict prevention from the perspective of global institutions and actors.

Participants discuss themes
raised in a presentation.
David Gold, Chief, Economic Analysis Section of the United Nations and
Michael Klares, director of PAWSS.
Kevin Clements, secretary general of International Alert, looks
over some of the Commission publications.

Video tapes of the speakers' presentations are available free of charge. To order a copy of a specific discussion, please contact the Five College Program in Peace and World Security Studies (PAWSS) at:
PAWSS, School of Social Science
Hampshire College
Amherst, MA 01002
Telephone: (413) 559-5519 or (413) 559-5367
Fax: (413) 559-5611
email: pawss@hampshire.edu
web site: http://pawss.hampshire.edu

 

 

Secondary Education Course

The Carnegie Commission, in conjunction with the Hopewell Valley Central High School Social Studies Department, has developed a unit on preventing deadly conflict that will educate students about the causes, essential elements of and solutions to the problem of deadly conflict. This three-week unit aims to better prepare students to make decisions about international conflict in the post-Cold War world.