Category Archives: Public Education

USIP’s Weekly Bulletin, 9/29/17: Visit by President Sirleaf of Liberia, Fears from the Kurdistan vote, Reconciliation and Sri Lanka, and Colombia’s Peace Accord

The U.S. Institute of Peace’s Weekly Bulletin is a good roundup of activities from the previous week at the Institute as well as global topics. Click here or below for this week’s edition

Advancing Peace in Shared Working Class and International Educational Settings: A Visit to the University of Massachusetts/Lowell

Yesterday I had the opportunity to visit the University of Massachusetts/Lowell (UML) in Lowell, MA.  I presented to about 30 students studying in the undergraduate and graduate programs in peace and conflict studies.   The university is the only one in New England to support both graduate and undergraduate programs in the field.   It was the firstContinueContinue reading “Advancing Peace in Shared Working Class and International Educational Settings: A Visit to the University of Massachusetts/Lowell”

3 Upcoming Conferences Where Discussions on Defining the Field and Challenges Faced Will Take Place

By: David J. Smith, September 25, 2017 I’ll written before about the process that began at Point of View in Virginia in June to better define the field and consider challenges we now face. During the upcoming Association for Conflict Resolution (Dallas, TX, October 11-14), Alliance for Peacebuilding (Washington, DC, October 11-13), and Peace andContinueContinue reading “3 Upcoming Conferences Where Discussions on Defining the Field and Challenges Faced Will Take Place”