Category: Courses
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Prof. Sa’ed Atshan’s Book, Queer Palestine, Awarded Honorable Mention for the 2021 Benedict Prize
The Ruth Benedict Prize Committee of the Association for Queer Anthropology has awarded Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique, written by Peace and Conflict Studies Associate Professor Sa’ed Atshan, an honorable mention for the 2021 Benedict Prize. The Association for Queer Anthropology (AQA) website provides more information about the prize: “The Ruth Benedict Prize…
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Professors Will Gardner and Denise Crossan Teach Class on Environment, Cultural Memory, and Social Change in Japan
This semester, professors Gardner and Crossan have been teaching a new course offering that lies at the intersection of Peace and Conflict Studies, Environmental Science, and Japanese history. From nuclear fallouts to natural disasters and the respective social movements they spawned, the class provides a comprehensive overview of the past and present traumas grappled with…
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Grace Dumdaw ’21 Goes Behind the Scenes with Television Academy Foundation Fellowship
Grace Dumdaw ’21 aspires to one day steal scenes as an actor on television or film. This summer, she got a glimpse behind those scenes through the Television Academy Foundation’s prestigious Summer Fellows Program. Sponsored by the charitable arm of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences — best known as the organization behind the…
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Radical Humanization
Students who have taken Prof. Atshan’s courses talk about radical humanization.
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Dr. Amy Kapit to Join Faculty in Peace and Conflict Studies
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Amy Kapit will join the Peace and Conflict Studies program, starting Fall 2019. Professor Kapit will offer a range of exciting new courses:! Humanitarianism: Education and Conflict Afghanistan: Where Central and South Asia Meet Peace Education Senior Capstone Seminar (Scroll down to the bottom of this post for…
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Webinar on the Paradox of Repression and Nonviolent Movements
On November 15, 2018, Prof. Lee Smithey joined his co-editor and colleague, Prof. Lester Kurtz (George Mason University) to talk about their new edited book, The Paradox of Repression and Nonviolent Movements (Syracuse University Press). The webinar was recorded, and you are welcome to view it here. The Communications Office, also published a piece on…
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Course Alert: Spots open for PEAC094: Special Topics – Friends, Peace and Sanctuary
Interested in co-creating a graphic novel about migration with a small group of faculty/staff and individuals resettled to Philadelphia from Syria and/or Iraq? Then consider taking PEAC:094 Friends, Peace, and Sanctuary. In addition to the course, which will meet at McCabe Library on Wednesdays 1:15-4:00 for the first half of the semester, students will participate…
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Spring 2018 Course Offerings
The Peace and Conflict Studies program at Swarthmore College is happy to share its course offerings for the Spring 2018 semester. 21 courses are eligible for program credit, including 4 courses taught within the Peace and Conflict Studies program and 17 cross-listed courses. Click here to download the list of eligible courses. More information on Peace and Conflict Studies…
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Spring 2017 course: Strategy and Nonviolent Struggle
PEAC 071B / SOCI 071B / POLS 081 Strategy and Nonviolent Struggle is a research seminar and writing course that contributes to the widely recognized Global Nonviolent Action Database, which is housed at Swarthmore College. See http://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu Great news: The course will be offered during the spring semester of 2017! Got questions? Contact Prof. Lee…
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PEAC courses for Spring 2017!
Check out all the great Peace and Conflict Studies courses on offer this spring 2017! Peace and Conflict Studies Courses Spring 2017 PEAC 003. Crisis Resolution in the Middle East Eligible for POLS and ISLM credit This introductory course is designed for students without a background in Peace and Conflict Studies or Middle East Studies. Central questions include:…