Dag Hammarskjold | UN secretary general

Politics and Conscience: Dag Hammarskjöld on the Art of Ethical Leadership

This is how to lead a world that works, a world that isn't recklessly or ignorantly sliding toward disaster. This is the sound of true leadership: deeply informed, psychologically astute, principled without self-adulation, clear and quiet, inspiring. We can build for ourselves, and now, on the basis of Dag Hammarskjöld's thought and example.
PDF: the opening pages of Politics and Conscience courtesy of Shambhala Publications.

Hammarskjöld:
A LIFE

The 2013 biography by Roger Lipsey invites today’s readers to explore Hammarskjöld’s politics, his spirituality, and the life that led from Sweden to global responsibility.

Dag Hammarskjöld, second Secretary-General of the United Nations, left a legacy of acute political wisdom. Ranging from tactical insights to the psychology of leadership and peacemaking to the hopes of humanity, Hammarskjöld’s thought deserves a renewed welcome in today's world. And then there is Markings, his private journal, classic in the literature of spirituality. We'll keep it in mind here.

Hammarskjöld's
POLITICAL WISDOM

An open-ended series on Hammarskjöld's political wisdom, now with more than 50 short ‘chapters’.

Rowan Williams on Dag Hammarskjöld: Unforgettable Insights

Some thoughts and words are altogether haunting—even some years later.
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Talk by Roger Lipsey on the UN years of Dag Hammarskjöld and his troubled relations with Charles de Gaulle.

The American Library in Paris, 11 March 2020, 7:30pm (in English).
10 rue du General Camou, 75007 Paris
Tel: +33 (0) 1 53 59 12 60

UN DAY, OCTOBER 24, THE NOBEL PEACE CENTER, OSLO

"The Practice of Peace: A Lecture on Dag Hammarskjöld" was delivered by Roger Lipsey, with a thoughtful introduction by the Swedish ambassador to Norway, Mr. Axel Wernhoff, and post-lecture dialogue with Norwegian Prof. Bernt Hagtvedt and members of the audience. The audio version of the event includes the introduction and dialogue.