HJ International Graduate School for Peace and Public Leadership is proud to announce the conferral of an honorary doctorate upon Dr. Sakeena Yacoobi as part of its 49th Commencement Ceremony. The event will take place on Saturday, May 31th at 2:00 pm ET at 4 West 43rd Street, New York, NY. Dr. Sakena Yacoobi, known as the mother of Afghan education, has been a pioneering and devoted educator of refugees for 24 years working under the conviction that education is key to social reconstruction. Dr. Yacoobi began educating teachers and establishing schools for boys and girls in Afghan...

On May 16 HJ International Graduate School for Peace and Public Leadership co-hosted a special program with the Research Institute for the Integration of World Thought (RIIWT) on “Does Switzerland’s neutrality have an expiration date?” Neutrality has long been part of Switzerland’s image in the world and its history spans half a millennium. It is an armed neutrality that has allowed Switzerland to remain unscathed during the two World Wars. It is also a reason why many international organizations related to the UN are headquartered in Geneva, the birthplace of the Geneva Conventions and...

HJI held an insightful Faculty Roundtable on Wednesday, April 23 at 7pm ET, hosted by Dr. Thomas Walsh, HJI President. Dr. Drissa Kone, HJI Associate Professor of Conflict Resolution and Ministry, speaks on “The Root Cause of Conflict and Violence: A Jungian Perspective.” Carl Jung’s perspective on conflict and violence is deeply rooted in his concept of the Shadow, which represents the unconscious, repressed aspects of the human psyche. According to Jung, individuals and societies often project their own denied and unacknowledged weaknesses, fears, and aggressions onto others, creating...

HJI held a Faculty Roundtable on Tuesday, March 25 at 7pm ET, hosted by HJI President Dr. Thomas Walsh. HJI Associate Provost, Dr. Keisuke Noda speaks on “Philosophers I Met in My Dreams.” Dr. Noda, Professor of Philosophy at HJI, recently published two books in Japan: The Philosophers I Met in My Dreams: From Plato to Dogen (Art Village, 2025, 522 pages, in Japanese), and The Limits of Religion and the Meaning of Life: V. Frankl’s Perspective (Art Village, 2024, 279 pages, in Japanese). At this Faculty Roundtable, Dr. Noda shares the conceptual design behind The Philosophers I Met...