Tag: war
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Iraq Afterwar(d)s: Epistemic Violence and Collateral Damage
The Peace and Conflict Studies Department is pleased to be a co-sponsor of this talk, featuring Iraqi Novelist and Poet Sinan Antoon, taking place at Swarthmore College. Title: Iraq Afterwar(d)s: Epistemic Violence and Collateral DamageSpeaker: Sinan Antoon, Iraqi novelist and poet.Date & Time : April 25th, Tuesday, 4:30 – 6:30 pmLocation: Kohlberg Scheuer Room*This event is open to the public. This talk…
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Prof. Margaret MacMillan to offer Cooper Series Lecture: “Friend or foe? War and Society” – September 7, 2022
We are excited to be a co-sponsor of this Cooper Series event featuring Professor Margaret MacMillan, emeritus Professor of International History at the University of Oxford. Read more about the event below, and we hope to see you there. “Friend or Foe? War and Society”Wednesday 7th September 20227:00-8:30 p.m. in the Science Center’s Chang Hou…
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Prof. Wilson Becerril Brings New Courses in Fall 2022
In a recent blog post, we announced the arrival of Prof. Mike Wilson Becerril, who will offer TWO NEW COURSES in Peace and Conflict Studies for the fall semester 2022. We hope you will check them out and share with your friends: PEAC 030: War in Lived Experience PEAC 045: Peace and Conflict in Latin…
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Bill Ehrhart ’73 and Soldiers for Peace
This morning, I listened to a radio documentary titled “Soldiers for Peace” by Kate Ellis and Stephen Smith via APM reports. The documentary (accessible below) details the participation of veterans and active duty soldiers in the anti-war movement during the Vietnam War. You can find a rich didactic page with photos and excerpts on the APM…
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Nationalism, Class, and Activism in Lebanon in the Shadow of Syrian Civil War
Nationalism, Class, and Activism in Lebanon in the Shadow of Syrian Civil War Yasemin Ipek, Assistant Professor in the Global Affairs Program, George Mason University Monday, April 1, 2019, 4:30-6 p.m. Scheuer Room, Kohlberg Hall Between 2011 and 2014, more than a million registered Syrian refugees came to Lebanon, making the tiny country host to…
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Exhibit: The War to End All Wars: Devastation, Resistance, and Relief in World War I
Exhibit: The War to End All Wars: Devastation, Resistance, and Relief in World War I Atrium, McCabe Library November 5 – December 1, 2018 Open to the public November 11, 2018 is the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. To commemorate this event the Swarthmore College Libraries is sponsoring an exhibition of…
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War on Humanity: Healthcare under Attack in the Syrian Conflict
The Arabic Section of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, the Islamic Studies Program, the Peace and Conflict Studies Program, and the the Health & Societies Program at the Lang Center for Civic and Social Responsibility are pleased to present: A lecture by Dr. Hani Mowafi, Yale University War on Humanity: Healthcare under Attack in the Syrian Conflict Tuesday, March…
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Fixing the Jericho Road
By Lee Smithey I hope everyone finds an opportunity to reflect and take some sort of action (or preparation for action) in pursuit of justice and peace on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. While the nation focuses on service, I am usually drawn on this day to Dr. King’s speech, “Beyond Vietnam.” Public schools are…
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Reflections on covering war and crime
“From the streets of Kabul to the streets of New York: Reflections on covering war and crime” A conversation with New York Times reporter, Joseph Goldstein Friday, April 7th @ 4:30 PM Science Center 105 Swarthmore College Joseph Goldstein’s first newspaper job was at the 6,000-circulation Daily Citizen in Searcy, Ark, where he wrote, among…