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Disarming Polarization: Navigating Conflict and Difference in the 21st CenturyThursday, March 5Friday, March 6Thursday, March 58:15 - 9:45 a.m. | Welcome and Introduction: Asking the Questions Panel: Michael Artime, Corey L. ook, Justin Eckstein, Mary Ellard-Ivey, Sergia Hay, and Heidi Schutz Location: Scandinavian Cultural Center 9:55 - 11:40 a.m. | Religious Divides and the Expanding Circle of Cooperation Speaker: Dr. Ara Norenzayan, Professor of Psychology, University of British Columbia

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Charles Homans in the 2011 issue of Foreign Policy, “grew out of the observation that private individuals, meeting unofficially, can find their way to common ground that official negotiators can’t.” Governments, Homans continues, “once viewed Track II as a kind of feel-good exercise at best, and at worst as a genuine threat. …Once a fringe notion, Track II is now taught in 99 conflict resolution graduate programs in American universities, and many more worldwide.”As recently as November 12, just days

Recordings: 9th Biennial Wang Center Symposium: Disarming Polarization – Navigating Conflict and DifferenceFull day recording/March 5Full day recording/March 6Individual RecordingsFull day recording/March 5This is an unedited recording of the Wang symposium on Thursday, March 5th. PLU offices closed due to COVID-19 prior to the ability to process the recordings. Start watching at the 24 minute mark and/or fast-forward to the speaker you are interested in seeing.Full day recording/March 6This is

International AffairsInteraction on an international scale raises complex issues that are best analyzed from multiple disciplinary perspectives. Diplomacy and political relations require understanding not just of political relationships, but also of economic interactions. Conflict resolution at both domestic (such as in Rwanda) and international (such as between Israel and Palestine) levels requires diplomacy, but also deep cultural understandings. This concentration is designed to provide

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Mycal Ford Mycal standing on a bridge in Taiwan PLU Class of 2012 Chinese Studies and Political Science Double Major Studied away in Hamar, Norway and Chengdu, China; Wang Grant in China Completed Fulbright in Kaohsiung, Taiwan Will begin Masters of International Affairs in Global Governance, Politics, and Security I graduated in 2012 with a Bachelor of Arts in Chinese Studies and Political Science. In Fall 2009, I studied conflict resolution abroad in Hamar, Norway under Nobel Peace Prize

new policyAdoption of new university Grievance Policy & Procedures and a revised Grievance Committee structure to support and promote effective conflict resolution on campus. 1998 New policiesNew university policies on Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action, ADA and Sexual Misconduct approved by the Board of Regents. Leadership workshopUniversity Diversity Committee members participate in three-day workshop on “Developing Leadership for Campus Diversity” at the Institute for Intercultural Relations