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 Columnist Discusses Future of Middle East
Examining the strategies behind past terrorist attacks offers clues to what will happen in the Middle East after the withdrawal of the U.S. military, said syndicated columnist, broadcaster and historian Gwynne Dyer, speaking at Notre Dame's Hesburgh Center.
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 Scholar Retells Story of Amish Forgiveness
Donald Kraybill spoke on September 26 about the Amish community's forgiveness after the 2006 shooting of 10 schoolgirls in Pennsylvania. Kraybill was the featured speaker for the annual John Howard Yoder Dialogues on Nonviolence, Religion and Peace.
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Author Examines History of Peace
Kroc research fellow David Cortright has written a definitive history of the human striving for peace and an analysis of its religious and intellectual roots. Peace is a "crowning achievement by a distinguished scholar and social activist," says Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C.
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 Activist Urges Action Against Genocide
All of us can help end the genocide in Sudan's Darfur region if we take time to voice our opposition through a few simple acts, said human rights activist and bestselling author John Prendergast, speaking to a standing-room only crowd in Notre Dame's Hesburgh Center.
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 Meet the Class of 2010 — Master's in Peace Studies
The Kroc Institute welcomed a new class of 17 peace studies master's students. The students come from Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Indonesia, Kenya, Macedonia, Nepal, the Philippines, Tajikistan, Uganda, and the U.S.A.
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 Social Movements for Global Democracy
A new book by Kroc professor Jackie Smith is described as “a groundbreaking study
that sheds new light on the struggle to define the course of globalization." Smith argues that "democratic globalizers" could be more effective if they directly engaged governments and the United Nations. More...
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 Fighting for Peace
This
compelling two-minute video produced by NBC highlights the work of Kroc professor John Paul Lederach in Colombia. The video also features Kroc alum Maria Lucia Zapata. Watch now... |
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The
Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies,
University of Notre Dame