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Workshop on Identity as part of dialogue process

Modus Operandi is the European prime mover in the organisation of a workshop on “Ethnic, State and Humankind identities”. The workshop will take place 10 and 11 July in Kunming and will be co-organised with our Chinese partners at the University of Yunnan. The workshop is part of a larger dialogue process aimed at strengthening the exchange between European and Chinese civil society societies. Click here to read the topics that Modus Operandi will bring to the debate. The plenary session will take place 13 and 14 July in Hong Kong.



European Conference Tour

The international speaking tour on "La colonisation comme obstacle à la paix : Quel avenir pour la solution à deux États ?" that passes through London, Amsterdam and Paris, will in Grenoble on 17 March 2010. Representatives from the Israeli and Palestinian NGOs B'tselem and the Applied Research Institute of Jerusalem will be present. As part of this tour Modus Operandi will be facilitating a masterclass for students in conflict analysis, and for others who wish to attend there will be a public event in the evening. The speaking tour is an initiative of several European branches of the Faculty for Israeli and Palestinian Peace (FFIPP).


Online courses 2010

On 1 March 2010 is the start of a new cycle of online courses on conflict transformation, intended for professionals who work or envisage to work in areas affected with conflict or in post-conflict settings.
Read more about the course Transforming Civil Conflicts
Read more about the course Post-conflict politics: State and Society

Amnesty International at Ecole de Commerce

As part of a cycle of courses on Corporate Social Responsability in the global economy, Amnesty International France's committee on business and human rights engages with students about their campaign against Shell in the Niger Delta and more generally about human rights as a framework for making business organisations more accountable to the human rights of those affected by their activity. They will be at the Ecole de Commerce in Grenoble on 2 February 2010.
For more information read Le Monde article.

Shlomo Sand Lecture- 15 January 2010

Within the framework of a cycle of courses on Conflict Transformation at the Université Stendhal, Modus Operandi is excited to propose the opportunity to meet this gifted speaker and researcher Shlomo Sand, author of "Comment le peuple juif fut inventé?" to help us untangle the historic myths that are at the basis of the cultural justification for the Israeli and Palestinian conflict.
Co-organised with the Collectif Isérois pour la Palestine and FFIPP (Faculty for Israeli and Palestinian Peace).

Exploratory Workshop, Paris December 2009

Modus Operandi is convening an international workshop on "Post-conflict politics, building on political legitimacy" in partnership with the European Science Foudation and the Fondation Charles Léopold Mayer to be held in Paris from the 10 to 11 December 2009.
Read concept paper