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Peace & Conflict Studies Blog

Month: March 2016

  • Peace and Conflict Studies Student Featured

    We’re so proud to see Maria featured in this piece and proud of Swarthmore for opening its doors to undocumented students. Read the story here!

  • Discovering Abilities Week

    Global Neighbors, a student group on campus, is hosting Discovering Abilities Week! Check out their flyers for upcoming events: Discovering Abilities – Esther ad Inclusion of Youth with [Dis]abilities

  • Upcoming Lecture: Adia Benton

    Thursday March 24 4:30 PM, Kohlberg Hall 228 Join us for a lecture by Adia Benton Visiting Assistant Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard University and Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Northwestern University. The talk is entitled “Public Health in Post-Conflict African States” In this talk, Prof. Benton asks the following questions:…

  • Film Screening: Oriented

    ORIENTED Film Screening Tuesday, March 15, 2016 4:30 p.m. LPAC Cinema The documentary, “Oriented” directed and produced by Jake Witzenfeld, follows the lives of three gay Palestinian friends confronting their national and sexual identity in Tel Aviv, Israel. The documentary follows the lives of Khader Abu Seif and his friends, Fadi and Naim. All three…