News & Events
The Peace Education in an Era of Crisis conference in Rwanda is underway! School of Peace and Conflict Studies faculty and students, as well as other members of the Kent State community and local educators are participating, along with delegates from 14 countries and nine…
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On July 10, Kent State students visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial, which serves as a place of remembrance and education, during the Kent State Kigali Summer Institute, a three-week education-abroad experience that includes the course Rwanda After the Genocide Against the…
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YOUTH & PEACEBUILDING IN NORTHERN IRELAND: 25 YEARS AFTER THE BELFAST/GOOD FRIDAY AGREEMENT
Tuesday, May 2, 2023 - 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm
McGilvrey Hall
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Due to scheduling conflicts and end of term issues, we have cancelled the final event of the 2023 SPCS Spring Colloquia Series originally scheduled for this Thursday, April 27, 2023, with Drs. Ashley Nickels and Shemariah Arki. Hopefully, we will be able to offer this…
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ºÚÁÏÍø’s School of Peace and Conflict Studies was created as a living memorial to the four students killed on May 4, 1970.
As the university prepares to mark the 53rd anniversary of the shootings, the school’s director says honoring the legacy of May 4 is…
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SPCS Spring 2023 Colloquium: Everyday Peacebuilding in Colombia, Student Report Back from Colombian Amazon Study Abroad
Friday, April 21 from 3:00 - 5:00 pm in 307 McGilvrey
Share the experience of Peacebuilding in modern-day Colombia with ºÚÁÏÍø…
The deadline to apply for one of the four May 4th Legacy Scholarships has been extended to April 17, 2023. Each scholarship is in the amount of $3,000.
Dr. Molly Merryman (Associate Professor at the School of Peace and Conflict Studies) recently appeared on the Flashes of DEI podcast to discuss the life and legacy of Dr. Dolores Noll.
Dr. Noll was professor in the Department of English at Kent State, and was an early…
GUEST TALK (VIA ZOOM), MONDAY APRIL 3: 11:00 am - 12:15 pm
Dr Nick Ritchie, University of York, UK: The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) and Global Nuclear Politics
This talk will examine the 2017 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons as…