Category: Events
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PCS Spring 2025 Film Series: How to Defeat an Empire: Lessons from Vietnam
Join us for the Peace and Conflict Studies Department’s Spring 2025 Film Series on Wednesday evenings between April 9th and April 30th. Our four films will explore how imperialism, militarism, and police states are normalized through Hollywood and television, who benefits and is harmed by the military industrial complex from the Cold War to the so-called “War on Terror,”…
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Dr. Fida Adely | Working Women in Jordan: Education, Migration, and Aspiration
Our Gender, Sexuality, and Social Change in the Middle East speaker series continues next Monday 4/14 with a book talk by Dr. Fida Adely from Georgetown University. Dr. Adely will be discussing her book Working Women in Jordan: Education, Migration, and Aspiration in the Scheuer Room from 7-8:30 PM. A surprising look at the meaningful…
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Dr. Lara Deeb | Love Across Difference: Mixed Marriage in Lebanon
A warm welcome to Dr. Lara Deeb from Scripps College, who will be kicking off our Gender, Sexuality, and Social Change in the Middle East series with a discussion of her book Love Across Difference: Mixed Marriage in Lebanon. Join us in the Scheuer Room next Monday 4/7 from 7-8.30pm. Lebanon may be the most…
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Spring Speaker Series: Gender, Sexuality, and Social Change in the Middle East
This spring’s PCS speaker series explores the crossroads of gender, sexuality, and social change in the Middle East. Join us in the Scheuer Room every Monday from 7-8.30pm from April 7 to April 21 for a series of book talks from three incredible scholars. APRIL 7 Love Across Difference: Mixed Marriage in Lebanon Dr. Lara…
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Announcing the keynote speakers for the 2025 Annual Conference of the Peace and Justice Studies Association
Swarthmore College and the Department of Peace and Conflict Studies are proud to host the 2025 Annual Conference of the Peace and Justice Studies Association (PJSA), to be held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from October 9-12, 2025. The conference will welcome as keynote speakers Kazu Haga, Dr. Rachel Elizabeth Harding, and Dr. Atalia Omer, each a…
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PCS Sophomore Planning Info Session
For all our undecided sophomores curious about PCS, we’re kicking off the spring semester with an info session covering major/minor requirements, honors program details, and upcoming courses. Join us on Friday, Feb 7 at 2 p.m. in Parrish W237.
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2024 Recent Alumni Panel: Reflections on Leadership
PCS graduates go on to do incredible things. Join us in the Scheuer Room on Monday, December 9, from 7.30 to 9 PM, as we welcome back recent alumni to share their insights on life and leadership since graduating from Swarthmore!
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Dr. Karam Dana on Palestine and Solidarity
The fourth and final lecture of the Fall 2024 Palestine/Israel Speaker Series will take place at 2:40 p.m. next Thursday, November 7 in the Intercultural Center. Dr. Karam Dana of the University of Washington will speak on Palestine and Solidarity.
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Citizen George Film
Join us for a screening of a new feature-length documentary, Citizen George, about the remarkable life and work of George Lakey. George served as Lang Professor and faculty member of the Peace and Conflict Studies Program at Swarthmore College from 2006-2014, and he will join us for discussion after the film concludes! Date: Monday, November…
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Reem Kassis on Food and Politics
Our annual Palestine/Israel Speaker Series continues next Tuesday, November 5 at 2:40 p.m. in the Intercultural Center. Reem Kassis, who has written for The New York Times, The Atlantic, and Serious Eats, will be speaking on Food and Politics.