THE ROLE OF HUMANITIES IN PEACEKEEPING by Isabel Pérez Dobarro. Pianist and representative of Sustainable Development Solutions Network initiative, SDSN Youth

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Fri, Apr 13, 2018

5:30 PM – 7 PM (GMT+2)

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Velázquez 130, 4th floor

Find us on all campuses: 5th floor at Maria de Molina 31 10th floor at the Tower Segovia Office, Madrid, 28006, Spain

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As part of the 1st IE Humanities Week, the IE School of International Relations invites you to the talk The role of humanities in peacekeeping by Isabel Pérez Dobarro. Pianist and representative of Sustainable Development Solutions Network initiative, SDSN Youth. 

The lecture will explore the crucial role of humanities in peacebuilding. Pérez Dobarro will analyze the existing research on the topic and will show particular examples as case studies (from the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra to the program Arts Twenty Thirty that she manages, among others). The lecturer will discuss related contemporary perspectives and themes and link them to the evolving definition of peacebuilding and the current activity of international organizations such as the UN. 
 

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Velázquez 130, 4th floor

Find us on all campuses: 5th floor at Maria de Molina 31 10th floor at the Tower Segovia Office, Madrid, 28006, Spain

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Isabel Pérez Dobarro

Pianist and representative of Sustainable Development Solutions Network initiative,

SDSN Youth

Isabel Pérez Dobarro. Pianist and representative of Sustainable Development Solutions Network initiative, SDSN Youth. “The role of humanities in peacekeeping”.

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Isabel Pérez Dobarro is the UN-Focal Point and Arts Twenty Thirty Project Lead at UNSDSN-Youth, an organization that works globally to empower young people in the SDG´s implementation. Isabel has received a J.D. in Law in Spain (UNED), a Master´s Degree at New York University, and is currently completing her Ph.D. at New York University (where she started serving as an Adjunct Instructor at age 19), an International Relations Certificate at Harvard University and the Harvard Business School HBX Core Program.

Pérez Dobarro has been a speaker, panelist, and moderator at several high-level conferences related to sustainable development and arts, including the ECOSOC Youth Forum, Nobel Peace Prize Forum, the Winter and the Summer Youth Assembly at the United Nations, the Vatican Youth Symposium, the Conferencia Universidad y Cooperación al Desarrollo, and the European Arts Forum at the European Parliament, among others. She has given lectures at New York University, University of Michigan, Columbia University, and University of Vechta (Germany). In addition to her involvement in UNSDSN-Youth, Pérez Dobarro is the Western European Representative of the Fair Air Coalition organization and the President of the Kappa Delta Pi´s International Society of Education Beta Pi Chapter. She is also one of the leading concert pianists of her generation. She has performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Tchaikovsky Conservatory Moscow, receiving numerous awards such as the Grande Prize Virtuoso and the American Protegé Prize.