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The life and work of the late Dr. Herb Addo will once again be featured as the second instalment of the Herb Addo Memorial Lecture series is carded to take place on Friday 23^rd November, 2007 at The University of the West Indies Institute for Critical Thinking from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. Dr. Herb Addo was Reader at the Institute of International Relations from 1975-1996. He lectured in International Relations Theory and Methodology and Global Political Economy of Development. He was well known internationally for his contribution to critical theories on imperialism, social transformation and the global development problématique.  Addo was a collaborator with renowned International Relations scholars such as Galtung, Wallerstein, Andre Gunder Frank and George Aseniero. Addo’s writings include: Transforming the World Economy? Nine Critical Essays on the New International Economic Order (1984); Development as Social Transformation: Reflections on the Global Problématique (1985) and Imperialism (1986).The feature speaker will be Norwegian Professor Johan Galtung, a leading advocate of non-violent solutions to resolving conflicts. Professor Galtung is also founder and director of Transcend, a global network for conflict resolution and founder of the International Peace Research Institute and the Journal of Peace Research. Among his many books are Choose Peace (1995), Peace by Peaceful Means (1996) and Transcend and Transform (2004). He is also the winner of the Right Livelihood Award, also known as the Alternative Nobel Prize.For further information please contact Mrs. Gale Rigobert at gale.rigobert@sta.uwi.edu or Ext 3646 or visit http://sta.uwi.edu/herbaddomemorial/pressrelease.asp