Moakley Chair of Peace and Reconciliation
Padraig O'Malley was born in Dublin. He was founder and editor of the McCormack Graduate School's New England Journal of Public Policy for over 20 years and has authored many books, among them the award-winning Uncivil Wars: Ireland Today, Biting at the Grave, and Shades of Difference, about South Africa and the apartheid struggle. He is recipient of the International Association of University Presidents Peace Award (1985), the Chancellor's Award for Distinguished Scholars (1985), the Eire Society's Gold Medal (2008), and the Liberal International Freedom Prize (2008).
O'Malley is the John Joseph Moakley Distinguished Professor for Peace and Reconciliation at the McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston.(short bio) (download CV)
Joe Moakley was born in South Boston on April 27, 1927. He was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives the year that Tip O'Neil was elected to the U.S. House and John Kennedy was elected to the Senate: 1952. In 1973, Joe became a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and served until his death in 2001. As chairman of the House Rules Committee, he was one of the most powerful members of Congress. His investigation of the murder of six Jesuits in El Salvador opened the way to a peaceful settlement between the rebels and the Salvadoran government.
In 2002, the John Joseph Moakley Chair for Peace and Reconciliation was established in his memory at the McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies. O'Malley is the first to hold the chair.
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BREAKING NEWS Nov. 2009 BBC Nov. 20
Dr. Ayad Al Samarria, Presdent of the Iraq Council of Representative, has convened a conference THE HELSINKI AGREEMENT AND THE FUTURE OF KIRKUK, Bagdad, Nov. 19 to 21, 2009. Members of the Iraqi Parliament, Kirkuk Provincial Council., and a delegation from the Kurdistan Parliament are in attendance.
Vison Statement Agenda Conf Committee Press Advisory
Professor Padraig O'Malley meeting with President of Iraq, Jalal Talabani on the second anniversary of the Helsinki meetings in Finland (Sept. 3 to 6 2007). O'Malley was in Iraq to discuss the next phase of the Helsinki process.
Padraig O'Malley laid a wreath today (15 July 2009) at the site of a bombing in the Kirkuk region of Iraq that killed at least 72 people last month. He offered condolences of those who hosted and attended the Forum for Cities in Transition. Boston Globe , ThePoint
Minister Sadri Ferati, Padraig O'Malley, Chancellor Motley, and Dragan Spasojevic.
Chancellor's Medal awarded to two from Mitrovica for work at Forum for Cities in Transition.
The Forum for Cities in Transition conference packet and agenda. The Forum concluded with a panel discussion "Divided Cities: Common & Uncommon." April 16 (Press Release). Help make it a success!
And click here to read about the Forum for Cities in Transition in the Global Post. Or listen to this report from Chicago Public Radio or Albanian BBC.
O'Malley Rallies Iraq's Political Leaders as They Announce the Helsinki II Agreement in Baghdad.
Dec. 4, 2008, O'Malley wins Liberal International Freedom Prize Award
April 2008, O"Malley is Eire Society of Boston Gold Medalist
The Helsinki II process was the subject of a congressional hearing sponsored by William Delahunt on Wednesday, Oct. 8 at 9 am, room 2172, Rayburn Office Building.
above: Mac Maharaj, South Africa; Lord John Alderdice, United Kingdom; Martin McGuinness, Northern Ireland; President Jalal Talabani, Iraq; one of Iraq's two vice presidents, Abd al-Mahdi; Padraig O'Malley, and Robert Bendetson of Massachusetts - UMass Reporter
IN THE NEWS
March 22, Stars and Stripes
O'Malley March 15 Globe Op-Ed: Back to the Past in Northern Ireland
Interview Chicago Public Radio on the situation in Gaza
O'Malley wins Liberal International Freedom Prize
Fueding Iraqis Reach Agreement - Boston Globe
O'Malley Op-Ed, A Matter of Loyalty in Iraq - Boston Globe
Iraqi Parties, After Meetings in Finland, Agree on Principles to Guide Further Talks - NYTimes
Padraig O'Malley at the Kennedy LibraryTuesday, 23 September 2008
"The Helsinki Principles, Framing the Debate in Iraq."
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Thursday, 25 September O'Malley at Brattle Theater in Cambridge at CCAE