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UPM 6001 |
UPEACE Foundation Course
UPM 6001-UPEACE Foundation Course3CreditsThe UPEACE Foundation Course provides a critical and concise introduction to the broad field of “Peace Studies” for students in all UPEACE programmes. It initially addresses key conceptual and theoretical underpinnings of the origins and development of peace studies as an interdisciplinary area within the fields of international relations and political economy, as well as a basic understanding of conflict analysis. Based on a critical analysis of policies, strategies, policies, institutions, organizations, and movements, the course then examines a range of core issues, dimensions, perspectives, and paradigms for understanding the root causes of conflicts and violence and constructive strategies to address them and build peace in contemporary global, international, regional, national and local contexts, including conflict management, conflict resolution, and conflict transformation; alternative discourse analysis; militarization and disarmament; human rights violations and promotion; gender inequalities, gender-based violence and gender mainstreaming; structural violence, human security, development and globalization; environmental sustainability; corporate social responsibility; cultural and religious identities; media’s role in conflict and peacebuilding; strategies of nonviolence; and peace education. This Foundations course will be essential in catalyzing the awareness, understanding, and motivation of UPEACE students from diverse academic programmes to relate, ground, or intersect their specific areas of academic and practitioner interest with core theoretical, conceptual, and analytical ideas in peace studies.
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Mandatory |
UPEACE Resident Faculty()
Amr Abdalla(Egypt/United States)
Amr AbdallaEgypt/United States
Professor Emeritus, University for Peace
Dr. Abdalla is a Professor Emeritus at the University for Peace (UPEACE), and the Scholar in Residence at the Baker Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies at Juniata College, Pennsylvania. He is also the Senior Advisor on Conflict Resolution at the Washington-based organization KARAMAH (Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights).
From 2014 to 2017, he was the Senior Advisor on Policy Analysis and Research at the Institute for Peace and Security Studies (IPSS) of Addis Ababa University. In 2013-2014, he was Vice President of SALAM Institute for Peace and Justice in Washington, DC. From 2004-2013 he was Professor, Dean and Vice Rector at UPEACE. Prior to that, he was a Senior Fellow with the Peace Operations Policy Program, School of Public Policy, at George Mason University, Virginia. He was also a Professor of Conflict Analysis and Resolution at the Graduate School of Islamic and Social Sciences in Leesburg, Virginia.
Both his academic and professional careers are multi-disciplinary. He obtained a law degree in Egypt in 1977, where he practiced law as a prosecuting attorney from 1978 to 1986. From 1981-1986, he was a member of the public prosecutor team investigating the case of the assassination of President Sadat and numerous other terrorism cases. He then emigrated to the US, where he obtained a Master’s degree in Sociology and a Ph.D. in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from George Mason University. He has been teaching graduate classes in conflict analysis and resolution and has conducted training, research, and evaluation of conflict resolution and peacebuilding programs in numerous countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas.
He has been an active figure in promoting inter-faith dialogue and effective cross-cultural messages through workshops and community presentations in the United States and beyond. He pioneered the development of the first conflict resolution teaching and training manual for Muslim communities titled (“…Say Peace”).
He also founded Project LIGHT (Learning Islamic Guidance for Human Tolerance), a community peer-based anti-discrimination project funded by the National Conference for Community and Justice (NCCJ). In 2011, he established with Egyptian UPEACE graduates a program for community prevention of sectarian violence in Egypt (Ahl el Hetta). In 2018 he led the publication of the first Arabic Glossary of Terms in Peace and Conflict Studies in cooperation with UNDP-Iraq and the Iraqi Amal Association.
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3 weeks (Including one double session. Friday 15 September 2023 is a Holiday) |
28-Aug-2023 14-Sep-2023 |
8:45 a.m.-11:45 a.m. |
Council Room |
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RCPS 6000 |
Perspectives on Religion and Society
RCPS 6000-Perspectives on Religion and Society 3CreditsThe course Perspectives on Religion and Society introduces the students to the key theoretical and practical dimensions and debates related to religion as they have manifested themselves in society. It explores the ways in which religion is a strong influence in different socio-cultural contexts and the reasons behind its sustained presence and changing patterns of influence. How does religion intersect with other aspects of life, such as economics, politics, and education, among others? What issues have emerged in these intersections, and what ways of dealing with these have been proposed by scholars and practitioners? The course will facilitate students to delve into the responses to these and more questions in relation to religion and society.
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Mandatory |
Stephanie Knox Steiner(United States)
Stephanie Knox SteinerUnited States
Assistant Professor and Academic Coordinator of Peace Education Programme, Department of Peace and Conflict Studies
Stephanie Marie Knox Steiner, PhD (she/her) is Assistant Professor and Academic Coordinator of the Peace Education programme at the University for Peace (UPEACE), established by the UN General Assembly. She earned her doctorate in the Community, Liberation, Indigenous, and Ecopsychologies specialization from Pacifica Graduate Institute and holds a masters in Peace Education from the University for Peace. She has taught college-level courses on peace and conflict studies and developed peace and nonviolence education programmes for organizations such as Teachers Without Borders and the Metta Center for Nonviolence. She co-founded and coordinates the Jill Knox Humor for Peace Fellowship programme, which offers professional development to peace studies scholars through the Humor Academy of the Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor with the intention of building peace through humor. She is a student of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, an ordained member of the Order of Interbeing, and a member of the Earth Holder Community caretaking council. Her teaching and research interests currently lie at the intersection of peace education, decolonial pedagogies, and unschooling/deschooling/self-directed education.
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3 |
3 weeks |
20-Sep-2023 10-Oct-2023 |
8:45 a.m.-11:45 a.m. |
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UPM 6003 |
The United Nations System and...
UPM 6003-The United Nations System and UPMUNC (Part I)2CreditsThe course is intended to familiarize students with the creation, objectives, evolution, main entities, and principal areas of work of the United Nations system. The course will look in some detail at the United Nations Charter and the functions of the UN’s principal organs before delving into the UN’s work in spurring cooperation to address a number of key contemporary global challenges, such as those in the areas of sustainable development, international migration and large-scale refugee flows, and climate change and environmental degradation.
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Mandatory |
Mihir Kanade(India)
Dr. Mihir Kanade (India) is the Academic Coordinator of UPEACE, the Head of its Department of International Law, and the Director of the UPEACE Human Rights Centre. He is also the academic co-coordinator of the LLM programme in Transnational Crime and Justice offered jointly by UPEACE and UNICRI in Turin, Italy. He holds an LL.B. from Nagpur University (India) and a Master degree and Doctorate from UPEACE. He is an adjunct/visiting faculty at Universidad Alfonso X El Sabio (Spain), Cheikh Anta Diop University (Senegal), Universidad de Los Andes (Colombia) and Long Island University (United States). His principal area of academic research and study is International Law, Human Rights and Globalization, covering several themes within that interface including armed conflicts, trade and investment, sustainable development, forced migration, indigenous peoples’ rights, public health, amongst others. He currently serves as a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council's Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development in representation of the Asia-Pacific region. He also chairs the group of international experts mandated to elaborate the draft convention on the right to development. He has previously served on the International Advisory Board of the International Bar Association on the topic of Business and Human Rights. He leads an e-learning project of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on promoting the Right to Development. Prior to his pursuit in academia, Mihir practiced as a lawyer at the Bombay High Court and at the Supreme Court of India.
Guest Speakers()
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2 |
2 weeks |
16-Oct-2023 27-Oct-2023 |
8:45 a.m.-11:45 a.m. |
Council Room |
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RCPS 6002 |
Religion, Culture, and Ecology
RCPS 6002-Religion, Culture, and Ecology3Credits
The course on Religion, Culture, and Ecology facilitates students into engaging with the major religions and cultural traditions of the world and the symbolic, ritualistic, and philosophical connections that exist in the nexus of religion, culture, and ecology. The course explores how religious and cultural understandings can contribute meaningfully to addressing ecological concerns. How is climate change conceptualized within the frameworks of the major religions of the world? How are the relationships between humans and their environment shaped considering the influences of religious thought on these processes? What are the intersections of environmental issues and indigenous ways of engaging with the world? How can religious and cultural traditions be considered in responding to current ecological needs? These questions will be considered through the work of scholars within the areas of religion, culture, and ecology.
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Mandatory |
Matthew John Trew(Canada)
Matthew J. Trew, PhD is a cultural anthropologist who works primarily in Battambang, Cambodia and is interested in tourism studies, urban development, and narratology. His research focuses specifically on thematic tourism as a strategy for establishing competitive symbolic economies in smaller urban areas of the developing world. He also engages with scholarship about themed spaces, theme park design and strategy, and the Disneyization process. Other interests include cultural heritage management, postcolonial space, dark tourism (the tourism of death and tragedy), religious tourism, performance and circus, and visual anthropology/ethnographic film.
In addition to his research, he has worked closely with Cambodia's Phare Ponleu Selpak Fine Arts School and Circus, most recently collaborating with their performance school to write a circus show based on his historical research.
His teaching interests include tourism and cultural management; history, culture, and gender in Southeast Asia; the art of ethnography; ethnographic film/visual anthropology; and public speaking and technical communications.
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3 |
3 weeks |
30-Oct-2023 17-Nov-2023 |
8:45 a.m.-11:45 a.m. |
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PCS 6011 |
Tools for Conflict Resolution and...
PCS 6011-Tools for Conflict Resolution and Transformation3CreditsAs far as historical and archaeological records indicate, armed violence has been a feature of human social life, and so have been efforts at resolving violent conflict. Since the end of the Second World War, the overwhelming majority of wars have been fought within the internationally recognised boundaries of sovereign states – so-called internal armed conflicts, low-intensity conflicts, or, simply, civil wars. The causes of these conflicts, as well as the political goals pursued by the parties, have been diverse, and the conflicts themselves are often highly complex and protracted. The need to bring these conflicts to an end has inspired a large body of research and practical work.
Tools for Conflict Resolution and Transformation is a practice-oriented course with a pronounced theoretical foundation. After a brief overview of the history of the field, the primary focus of the course will be on conflict transformation, particularly in the context of internal armed conflicts and post-conflict situations.
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Mandatory |
Balázs Kovács(Hungary)
Balázs Áron Kovács is an independent peace-building consultant. Earlier he was the Country Director in the Philippines of forumZFD – Forum Civil Peace Service, a German NGO working in the field of conflict transformation. He completed his PhD at the University of New England, Australia in Peace Studies/Politics and International Studies. Prior to this he worked as an instructor at the Department of Peace and Conflict Studies at the UN-mandated University for Peace, as a programme officer at Freedom House Europe, a Washington DC-based NGO, and a civil servant at the Hungarian Ministry of Justice. He also holds a Juris Doctorate from the Faculty of Law and Political Science, Eötvös Loránd University of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary, and a Master’s Degree in International Peace Studies from the University for Peace.
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3 |
3 weeks (Including one double session. Friday 1 December 2023 is a Holiday) |
20-Nov-2023 08-Dec-2023 |
8:45 a.m.-11:45 a.m. |
Council Room |
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PCS 6008 |
Research Methodology
PCS 6008-Research Methodology3CreditsThis course introduces students to research methods and aims to equip them with the knowledge and skills required to undertake, design, and execute a research project in the field of Peace and Conflict Studies. Starting with an examination of the meaning and purpose of research itself, the course focuses on how existing literature can be explored to identify research topics and what the research design entails. Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed designs will be considered, along with the data collection tools and data analysis techniques that could be used.
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Mandatory |
Uzma Rashid(Pakistan)
Associate Professor, Department of Peace and Conflict Studies and Academic Coordinator of MA in Gender and Peacebuilding, MA in Gender and Development and MA in Religion, Culture, and Peace Studies Programmes
Dr. Uzma Rashid serves as Associate Professor, Department of Peace and Conflict Studies, and Academic Coordinator for the Gender and Peacebuilding; Gender and Development; and Religion, Culture, and Peace Studies Masters programmes at the University for Peace (established by the UN General Assembly), Costa Rica. Prior to joining UPEACE, she worked as Chair at the Department of Sociology, and Associate Dean for Research of the School of Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan. Dr. Rashid has done her PhD as a Fulbright scholar from the interdisciplinary Language, Literacy, and Culture program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA, and has extensive teaching, training, and research experience in a variety of contexts. Her academic work and research interests have consistently been interdisciplinary in nature, with the aim of working towards equity and justice by furthering an understanding of power relations in the intersections of gender, sexuality, religion, race, ethnicity, caste, ability, and class at the multiple levels on which they operate. She is also a certified trainer for conducting self-defense trainings with a holistic view of tackling violence, especially sexual and gender based violence. Currently, she is also a KAICIID International Fellow for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue, implementing a project for capacity building towards ensuring that interfaith dialogue spaces can be made more inclusive and nonviolent for queer communities. She is always open to ideas for collaborations that are aimed at creating such just futures for all. She can be reached at urashid@upeace.org
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3 |
3 weeks |
08-Jan-2024 26-Jan-2024 |
8:45 a.m.-11:45 a.m. |
Earth Charter Auditorium |
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PEP 6046 |
Restorative Justice
PEP 6046-Restorative Justice3CreditsRestorative justice is more than a series of practices; it incorporates values and principles than run counter to the retributive practices that have been common in justice and educational systems. Restorative justice explores the needs of key actors in a conflict or situation of harm, and seeks to hold actors responsible to each other and to the community. The focus is on creating or re-establishing positive relationships amongst all community members, be they victim, offender or community stakeholder. Students in this course will explore the various cultural traditions of restorative justice, and its current practices in the judicial and educational systems. Students will be able to apply the values and principles of restorative justice to their respective contexts.
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Mandatory |
Erin Dunlevy(United States)
Erin DunlevyUnited States
Erin Dunlevy is a Restorative Justice and Equity Consultant based in New York City. Erin is a Restorative Justice practitioner and educator with nearly two decades of professional experience in schools and universities throughout the US, and she currently works on projects around the country training stakeholders from schools, districts, community organizations and for-profit companies who influence education. Her areas of focus include developing restorative justice models for peacemaking across lines of difference, truth and reconciliation and critical consciousness. Her work has also focused on developing and implementing restorative justice models for addressing equity issues within secondary and higher education classrooms, specifically as an advocate for Culturally Responsive Pedagogy, Native Language Arts Education and in-class restorative circles. Erin has written and presented extensively about evaluative measures for restorative practices in institutions cited for disproportionality and high incidences of violence. In addition to field work, Erin is a trained intimacy professional, an instructor at the New York University Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and the Transformation of Schools, and at the Institute for Democratic Education in America, is an adjunct professor at Columbia University and is Vice President at True North EDI.
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3 |
3 weeks |
29-Jan-2024 16-Feb-2024 |
8:45 a.m.-11:45 a.m. |
Classroom #2 |
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RCPS 6003 |
Religion and Diplomacy
RCPS 6003-Religion and Diplomacy1CreditsThis course on Religion and Diplomacy aims to equip students with the knowledge and skills needed to analyze processes that exist at the interface of religion, diplomacy, and foreign policy. It explores the influences of religious thought and practices on power politics in the international arena, various forms of diplomacy, including but not limited to state diplomacy, public diplomacy, cultural diplomacy, and religious diplomacy. Through this course, students will be able to delve into the nuances of the different debates on the role of religion in global politics and take informed positions on these.
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Mandatory |
David Fernandez Puyana (Spain)
David Fernandez Puyana Spain
David Fernandez Puyana is the Permanent Observer of the UN University for Peace to the UN Office in Geneva and UNESCO in Paris. He holds a Ph.D. with European Mention and the degree on Law and Philosophy and Education Science, as well as several Masters on human rights (Universities of Essex, Barcelona, Alcalá de Henares and Pompeu Fabra). He was the coordinator of the UNESCO Liaison Office at Geneva. He is Professor of International Law and European Studies at the Abat Oliba University and legal assistant of Paz sin Fronteras. He worked as a legal Counselor at the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Costa Rica to the UN in Geneva and the Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Intergovernmental Open-Ended Working Group on the Right to Peace. He served for several non-governmental organizations, as well as the Human Rights Office of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Spain. For his contribution to the attainment of peace, human rights, and gender equality, he was appointed fellow by the World Academy of Arts and Sciences, member of the Club of Rome and International Gender Champion. He received a Human Rights Award by the Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law of the American University Washington College of Law (USA). He has written several books and outstanding academic papers and articles.
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1 |
1 week |
19-Feb-2024 01-Mar-2024 |
8:45 a.m.-11:45 a.m |
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RCPS 6004 |
Countering Hate Speech
RCPS 6004-Countering Hate Speech1CreditsThe term hate speech includes diverse contents, and to counter the consequences it has in society; this course aims to explore the challenges that such speech poses and to identify mechanisms for regulating and addressing it, including but not limited to international regulations to understand the legal consequences for the creation and dissemination of hate speech. Students will review the fundamentals of the human right to freedom of expression and analyze the main instruments regulating it. Likewise, cases from different parts of the world will be analyzed and discussed to have a comprehensive understanding of the effects of hate speech and the differences that exist in its manifestation in different parts of the world.
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Mandatory |
David Fernandez Puyana (Spain)
David Fernandez Puyana Spain
David Fernandez Puyana is the Permanent Observer of the UN University for Peace to the UN Office in Geneva and UNESCO in Paris. He holds a Ph.D. with European Mention and the degree on Law and Philosophy and Education Science, as well as several Masters on human rights (Universities of Essex, Barcelona, Alcalá de Henares and Pompeu Fabra). He was the coordinator of the UNESCO Liaison Office at Geneva. He is Professor of International Law and European Studies at the Abat Oliba University and legal assistant of Paz sin Fronteras. He worked as a legal Counselor at the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Costa Rica to the UN in Geneva and the Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Intergovernmental Open-Ended Working Group on the Right to Peace. He served for several non-governmental organizations, as well as the Human Rights Office of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Spain. For his contribution to the attainment of peace, human rights, and gender equality, he was appointed fellow by the World Academy of Arts and Sciences, member of the Club of Rome and International Gender Champion. He received a Human Rights Award by the Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law of the American University Washington College of Law (USA). He has written several books and outstanding academic papers and articles.
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1 |
1 week |
26-Feb-2024 01-Mar-2024 |
8:45 a.m.-11:45 a.m. |
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RCPS 6005 |
Ethics and Practices of Interfaith...
RCPS 6005-Ethics and Practices of Interfaith Peacebuilding3CreditsThe course on Ethics and Practices of Interfaith Peacebuilding introduces students to the knowledge, methodologies, and tools needed to engage in the practice of interfaith peacebuilding. Students will be facilitated into identifying and exploring cases of conflict and peacebuilding related to the major religious traditions of the world, including Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Hinduism, among others. The course will also be an opportunity for students to engage in simulations to employ resources from different religions and understand the challenges that can be faced in the process and how these could be addressed.
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Mandatory |
Visiting Professor()
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3 |
3 weeks |
04-Mar-2024 22-Mar-2024 |
8:45 a.m.-11:45 a.m. |
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RCPS 6001 |
Religions, Cultures, and Peacebuilding
RCPS 6001-Religions, Cultures, and Peacebuilding 3CreditsReligious and cultural traditions have historically been used to justify violence and continue to be used as such in current times. While people have rallied for war to defend or even expand the influence of their beliefs and value systems, these varied worldviews have also been pivotal in brokering peace all over the world. It is crucial then to understand the role that these different aspects of identity can play in the process of peacebuilding. This course focuses on the intersections of religious and cultural realities with the phenomenon of peacebuilding, with the aim of cultivating nuanced insights into the ways in which the ideal of peace can be furthered through relevant resources such as those belonging to the domains of religion and culture. It will encourage students to critically analyze local and global patterns of resolving disputes and to explore strategies to enable a movement from cultures of violence to cultures of peace.
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Mandatory |
Uzma Rashid(Pakistan)
Associate Professor, Department of Peace and Conflict Studies and Academic Coordinator of MA in Gender and Peacebuilding, MA in Gender and Development and MA in Religion, Culture, and Peace Studies Programmes
Dr. Uzma Rashid serves as Associate Professor, Department of Peace and Conflict Studies, and Academic Coordinator for the Gender and Peacebuilding; Gender and Development; and Religion, Culture, and Peace Studies Masters programmes at the University for Peace (established by the UN General Assembly), Costa Rica. Prior to joining UPEACE, she worked as Chair at the Department of Sociology, and Associate Dean for Research of the School of Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan. Dr. Rashid has done her PhD as a Fulbright scholar from the interdisciplinary Language, Literacy, and Culture program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA, and has extensive teaching, training, and research experience in a variety of contexts. Her academic work and research interests have consistently been interdisciplinary in nature, with the aim of working towards equity and justice by furthering an understanding of power relations in the intersections of gender, sexuality, religion, race, ethnicity, caste, ability, and class at the multiple levels on which they operate. She is also a certified trainer for conducting self-defense trainings with a holistic view of tackling violence, especially sexual and gender based violence. Currently, she is also a KAICIID International Fellow for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue, implementing a project for capacity building towards ensuring that interfaith dialogue spaces can be made more inclusive and nonviolent for queer communities. She is always open to ideas for collaborations that are aimed at creating such just futures for all. She can be reached at urashid@upeace.org
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3 |
3 weeks |
01-Apr-2024 19-Apr-2024 |
8:45 a.m.-11:45 a.m. |
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PCS 6015 |
PeaceLab
PCS 6015-PeaceLab3CreditsThe PeaceLab is a skills-oriented seminar to build up insight into and experience with basic skills necessary for dialogue and mediation in conflict and polarized societies.
Central to this seminar are communication and facilitation skills; conflict resolution, mediation, and dialogue; dealing with emotions; problem-solving and transformative approaches; acting in polarized and multi-stakeholder settings.
This challenging seminar consists of short and to-the-point inputs after which the topics will be trained using exercises, role play, and reflection.
The seminar is open only for all PCS students.
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Mandatory |
Kees Wiebering(Netherlands)
Kees WieberingNetherlands
Kees Wiebering is an independent consultant, mediator, trainer, and coach for professionals in peacebuilding. His work focuses on dialogue, civil society development, conflict resolution, and peace education.
He has been a professional practitioner in peacebuilding projects since the mid-1990s. Over the years, he designed, facilitated, implemented, and evaluated several peacebuilding projects.
He holds a Master of Science in Philosophy of Science, Technology, and Society and additional degrees in organisation development and mediation. He combines his consulting work with lecturing and research.
His research interests relate to the possibilities, roles, and formats of dialogue in peace processes.
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3 |
3 weeks (Including one double session. Wednesday 1 May 2024 is a Holiday) |
22-Apr-2024 10-May-2024 |
8:45 a.m.-11:45 a.m. |
Earth Charter Auditorium |
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RCPS 6009 |
Women, Religion, and Culture
RCPS 6009-Women, Religion, and Culture 3CreditsThis course on Women, Religion, and Culture critically examines the way religious and cultural traditions are intertwined with women’s lives. It facilitates students into exploring how various religious traditions view women, and how structural issues in the lived experiences of women can be understood from religious perspectives. The intertwining of religious and cultural guidelines for structuring individual and social experiences will be delved into, in particular for highlighting how justice can be ensured in women’s lives by effectively employing resources from within these traditions.
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Mandatory |
Uzma Rashid(Pakistan)
Associate Professor, Department of Peace and Conflict Studies and Academic Coordinator of MA in Gender and Peacebuilding, MA in Gender and Development and MA in Religion, Culture, and Peace Studies Programmes
Dr. Uzma Rashid serves as Associate Professor, Department of Peace and Conflict Studies, and Academic Coordinator for the Gender and Peacebuilding; Gender and Development; and Religion, Culture, and Peace Studies Masters programmes at the University for Peace (established by the UN General Assembly), Costa Rica. Prior to joining UPEACE, she worked as Chair at the Department of Sociology, and Associate Dean for Research of the School of Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan. Dr. Rashid has done her PhD as a Fulbright scholar from the interdisciplinary Language, Literacy, and Culture program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA, and has extensive teaching, training, and research experience in a variety of contexts. Her academic work and research interests have consistently been interdisciplinary in nature, with the aim of working towards equity and justice by furthering an understanding of power relations in the intersections of gender, sexuality, religion, race, ethnicity, caste, ability, and class at the multiple levels on which they operate. She is also a certified trainer for conducting self-defense trainings with a holistic view of tackling violence, especially sexual and gender based violence. Currently, she is also a KAICIID International Fellow for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue, implementing a project for capacity building towards ensuring that interfaith dialogue spaces can be made more inclusive and nonviolent for queer communities. She is always open to ideas for collaborations that are aimed at creating such just futures for all. She can be reached at urashid@upeace.org
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3 |
3 weeks |
13-May-2024 31-May-2024 |
8:45 a.m.-11:45 a.m. |
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RCPS 7000 / 7001 / 7002 |
Graduation Project: Thesis (8 credits)...
RCPS 7000 / 7001 / 7002-Graduation Project: Thesis (8 credits) or Internship (8 credits) or Capstone (5 credits)8CreditsThe Graduation Project is a concluding academic requirement intended to be a comprehensive and capstone outcome of the student educational performance. It is a higher academic exercise that enables the student to demonstrate the ability to identify a problem, determine an academic objective to address it, and utilize an appropriate methodology to attain such an objective. The Graduation Project is also intended to demonstrate the student’s ability to write and critically develop a professional and scholarly report. Students can fulfill their Graduation Project through one of the following modalities:
• Thesis: 8 credits
• Internship: 8 credits (3 months)
• Capstone: 5 credits*.
*NOTE: Students who choose Capstone as Graduation Project must take an additional 2-credit course. The Academic Coordinator will provide students with further information about this.
Your Academic Department will provide Graduation Project Guidelines with detailed information on each modality
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Mandatory |
UPEACE Resident Faculty()
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8 |
8 weeks |
10-Jun-2024 31-Dec-2024 |
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