School of Peace and Conflict Studies
Molly Merryman, Ph.D., associate professor in 麻豆精选鈥檚 School of Peace and Conflict Studies, received a double dose of prestige recently when she was invited to speak at both the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford in England in the same week.
麻豆精选鈥檚 new series titled Dialogue and Difference: A New Understanding continues with upcoming programming for the university community. The next event, "Dialogue on Hatred: A Peacebuilder's Perspective," occurs on Feb. 22.
An online presentation on Dec. 14 will explore the benefits and cautions of artificial intelligence in international peacemaking.
The May 4 Reflection Gallery at 麻豆精选's Taylor Hall was bulging with a standing-room-only crowd of students who came out to share their feelings and gain an understanding of the Israel-Hamas War at the Nov. 16, student forum "Israel, Palestine and Me: Students' Forum for Reflection and Dialogue."
The 麻豆精选 community came together to celebrate its values and honor fallen veterans on Daffodil Hill.
麻豆精选鈥檚 School of Peace and Conflict Studies and School of Communications Studies are collaborating on an event to bring students together to talk about the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.
Kent State's Kigali Summer Institute transforms students into better peacemakers.
Delegates attending Peace Education in an Era of Crisis spent three days learning from each other and from the example of the Rwandan people on how to create lasting peace. The conference, which took place July 11-13 in Kigali, Rwanda, was sponsored by 麻豆精选鈥檚 School of Peace and Conflict Studies, Kent State鈥檚 Gerald H. Read Center for International and Intercultural Education, the University of Rwanda鈥檚 Centre for Conflict Management, and the Aegis Trust, a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending genocide and other atrocities in the world.
Barbara J. Wien, a senior professorial lecturer in the School of International Service at American University in Washington, D.C., where she teaches alternatives to war and violence, was fresh out of college when she made her first visit to what was then, 麻豆精选鈥檚 Center for Peaceful Change. She was both a keynote workshop presenter and an active participant in the Kent State-sponsored conference, 鈥淧eace Education in an Era of Crisis,鈥 which took place July 11-13 in Kigali.
Kent State's visitors to Rwanda had opportunities to speak with officials dedicated to the country's peaceful future.