<div dir="ltr"><br><div><div id="gmail-:sk" class="gmail-Ar gmail-Au gmail-Ao"><div id="gmail-:sg" class="gmail-Am gmail-Al editable gmail-LW-avf gmail-tS-tW gmail-tS-tY" aria-label="Message Body" role="textbox" aria-multiline="true" tabindex="1" style="direction:ltr;min-height:240px">Dear LASA Ecuador colleagues,<div>I encourage you to forward along to relevant students, colleagues, and networks this call for applications for the virtual Summer Institute on Conflict Transformation across Borders, a joint 2-week program this June of UMass Boston, FLACSO Ecuador, and PUC-Rio.  </div><div>Best,</div><div>Jeff Pugh</div><div><br><div><p class="gmail-x_BasicParagraph" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times-Roman;color:black;text-align:center"><b><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:8pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(79,129,189);text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:0.3pt">DEPARTMENT OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION, HUMAN SECURITY AND GLOBAL GOVERNANCE</span></b></p><p class="gmail-x_BasicParagraph" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times-Roman;color:black;text-align:center"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:8pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,104,170);text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:0.3pt">JOHN W. MCCORMACK GRADUATE SCHOOL OF POLICY AND GLOBAL STUDIES</span></p><p class="gmail-x_BasicParagraph" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times-Roman;color:black;text-align:center"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:8pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,104,170);text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:0.3pt">UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON</span></p><p class="gmail-x_BasicParagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times-Roman;color:black"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:8pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,104,170);text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:0.3pt"> </span></p><p class="gmail-x_BasicParagraph" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times-Roman;color:black;text-align:center"><b><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(247,150,70);text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:0.3pt">    </span></b><b style="font-size:12pt"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:20pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Cambria,serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Conflict Transformation Across Borders virtual summer institute</span></b></p><p class="gmail-x_BasicParagraph" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times-Roman;color:black;text-align:center"><b><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:20pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Cambria,serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">#3602</span></b></p><p class="gmail-x_BasicParagraph" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times-Roman;color:black;text-align:center"><img src="cid:ii_l3dd22o40" alt="image.png" width="286" height="160"><b><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:16pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Cambria,serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"></span></b></p><p class="gmail-x_MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(32,31,30);text-align:center"><b><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:16pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">June 20-July 1, 2022, 10:00a.m.-1:00p.m. EST each weekday, plus an additional asynchronous week through July 8 to complete projects. </span></b></p><p class="gmail-x_MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(32,31,30);text-align:center"><b><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:16pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.umb.edu%2Fsummer%2Fcourses%2Fdetail%2F3140%2F3602%2Fadvanced-intervention&data=05%7C01%7CJeffrey.Pugh%40umb.edu%7C7b83f7ad5b9245cabebf08da345c1b7f%7Cb97188711ee94425953c1ace1373eb38%7C0%7C0%7C637879867577905387%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=EsDoZCLraVj8LCxgnDF0UPcPuZTGj326UroFJz19atw%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="Original URL: https://www.umb.edu/summer/courses/detail/3140/3602/advanced-intervention. Click or tap if you trust this link." style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(5,99,193)">Register now! </a> </span></b></p><p class="gmail-x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(32,31,30)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">The University of Massachusetts Boston McCormack Graduate School of Policy & Global Studies, in collaboration with Latin American partner universities FLACSO Ecuador and PUC de Rio (Brazil), will hold their <b><span class="gmail-markcy4o29l6p" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">virtual</span> <span class="gmail-markfiplhcdd7" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Summer</span> <span class="gmail-mark0amfrkvlw" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Institute</span> on Conflict Transformation across Borders</b> from June 20-July 1, 2022, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Eastern time each weekday, plus an additional asynchronous week through July 8 to complete projects. While graduate course credit will be awarded, participants anywhere in the world are eligible to enroll and do not have to be current UMass Boston graduate students.</span></p><p class="gmail-x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(32,31,30)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> The <span class="gmail-markfiplhcdd7" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">summer</span> <span class="gmail-mark0amfrkvlw" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">institute</span> will include the analysis of concrete cases of conflict, peacebuilding, migration, refugees and border challenges, as well as practical skills training on conflict analysis, negotiation and mediation, nonviolent communication, and proposal writing, with top-level guest speakers from around the world. Cases drawn from Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Haiti, and the United States will provide concrete examples. Participants will design their own proposal for a peacebuilding intervention and will receive feedback from a panel of experienced experts in the field. The course (listed as Advanced Intervention #3602 in the <span class="gmail-markfiplhcdd7" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">summer</span> course catalogue) will be co-facilitated by <b>Dr. Jeffrey Pugh of UMass Boston's Department of Conflict Resolution, Human Security, and Global Governance, Dr. Cecile Mouly of FLACSO Ecuador, and Dr. Monica Herz of PUC de Rio</b>. </span></p><p class="gmail-x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(32,31,30)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-wei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inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:black">Center for Mediation, Peace, and Resolution of Conflict (CEMPROC)<br>Quito, Ecuador<br></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:black"><a href="http://www.cemproc.org/" target="_blank" tabindex="0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:purple"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,102,204)"></span></a></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:black"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;line-height:16pt"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:black"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;line-height:16pt"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:black">Book: <i><a href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-invisibility-bargain-9780197553916?lang=en&cc=us#" title="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-invisibility-bargain-9780197553916?lang=en&cc=us#" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">The Invisibility Bargain: Governance Networks and Migrant Human Security</a></i> (Oxford University Press, 2021)</span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>