Tag: students & alumni
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Fossil Fuel Student Convergence
Over 200 people from 70 student campaigns nationwide are coming to Swarthmore for a Fossil Fuel Student Convergence organized by Swarthmore Mountain Justice. Guests include speakers from communities fighting extraction, socially responsible investment funds, and programs focused on intersectionality and environment. There are several events open to the wider community, and the organizers are excited to…
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Olivia Ensign ’12 and the Quaker United Nations Office
by Olivia Ensign ’12 As a senior I decided to take on the challenge of a double credit thesis to fulfill the requirements of my Peace and Conflict Studies honors minor. I chose to write my thesis on the evolution and intersection of the fields of …
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Adriana Popa ’12 – Blog Post
Adriana Popa ’12, honors Political Science major and Peace and Conflict studies minor from Pitesti, Romania, is heading to India after graduation, to work under the Davis Projects For Peace Award. The $10,000 Davis grant will support the efforts s…
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Ian Kysel ’04 on Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union
Ian Kysel ’04 will speak on Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union Tuesday, March 27, 2012; 5:30pm in Science Center room 183 at Swarthmore College Ian Kysel is the Aryeh Neier Fellow with Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union where he focuses on the solitary confinement of youth held…
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Peace and Conflict Studies Minor Sponsored Externship
Hello, My name is Kassandra Sparks and the Peace and Conflict Studies department recently sponsored my externship at Center for Resolutions. Jennifer Magee recommended I let you know about my experience, in case other students and alumni are inter…
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Meghan Auker Becker ’11, Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice Intern
The day I graduated from Swarthmore, I had no idea what my future would look like. I held in my hands a diploma and a plane ticket, but no solid plans as to what to do with either. Now, six months later, I am at a place in my life I never would ha…
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Student Conference on Democracy and Ethnic Conflict
Student Conference on Democracy and Ethnic Conflict Monday, November 28, 1:15-4pm, Trotter 301 The final meeting of Pols 79: Democracy and Ethnic Conflict is a conference in which students will present concrete findings from their larger research projects-in-progress. In addition to presenting evidence from a wide variety of cases of ethnic conflict, the conference will seek to…
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Peace and Conflict Studies students and alumni 2003-2011
PCS students and Swarthmore alumni apply their interests and knowledge in service, research, vocation, and further education. Nida Atshan ’12 Nida Atshan ’12 is spending her 2010 summer in Washington, D.C. working with two programs. She is partici…
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Professor Ted Herman (1913-2010) Swarthmore class of 1935
Ted Herman, an important figure in the development of Peace Studies, recently passed away. Prof. Herman lived not far from Swarthmore and was well known in the area. We would like to share this tribute from another major peace studies scholar, Dr. Ian Harris, and express our appreciation and condolences to Prof. Herman’s friends, family,…