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Panelists discuss Ukraine-Russia conflict from a global perspective

Gabby Beechert | Friday, March 18, 2022

A panel of Notre Dame affiliates touched on themes of resilience, responsibility and restraint while discussing global implications of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in the Hesburgh Center for International Studies Wednesday afternoon. The panelists covered topics including the current situation in Ukraine, the threat of nuclear war, the refugee crisis and Ukrainian nationalism. The full

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Emeritus political science professor dies at age 75

Observer Staff Report | Sunday, May 3, 2020

Emeritus political science professor Gilburt Loescher died Tuesday of heart failure at 75, Notre Dame announced in a press release. Loescher survived a terrorist attack in Baghdad in August 2003, when he traveled to meet with U.S. ambassador Paul Brenner at the U.N. headquarters at the Canal Hotel. Minutes after Loescher arrived, a suicide bomber detonated

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Kroc Institute hosts panel on reparations, reconciliation

Trinity Reilly | Thursday, January 23, 2020

When Fr. Edward Sorin began building what would eventually be the University of Notre Dame, he began a long history of troubled relationships between the University and minority groups. Today, Notre Dame is still trying to make up for the events both in its past and its present. On Wednesday, the Mediation Program of the

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Kroc Institute monitors implementation of Colombia peace deal

Tom Naatz | Friday, November 1, 2019

In 2016, the Colombian government signed a peace agreement with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), a Marxist rebel group. The accord ended a five-decade long civil war in the South American country in which 220,000 Colombians died. While many groups have a hand in overseeing the accord’s implementation, one such group working on

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Grandson of Gandhi discusses political tensions, legacies of activists

Alvin Kraja | Wednesday, October 9, 2019

Rajmohan Gandhi, the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, gave a lecture called “Is the Dream Alive? Reflections on Race, Nationality and the Legacies of Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. King” at the Hesburgh Center for International Studies on Tuesday. The lecture was part of a joint event hosted by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and

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Panel explores presence of whiteness at Notre Dame

Thomas Murphy | Monday, January 28, 2019

A six-member panel convened Friday in the auditorium of the Hesburgh Center for International Studies for an event entitled “Confronting Whiteness at Notre Dame: Power, Identity and Exclusion.” Hosted by the Mediation Program of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, the panel was moderated by David Anderson Hooker, an associate professor of the practice

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Kroc Institute celebrates International Day of Peace

Lucy Lynch | Friday, September 21, 2018

To celebrate the 2018 International Day of Peace, the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies hosted several events Thursday and will continue its celebrations Friday, to reflect this year’s United Nations (UN) theme: “The Right to Peace: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 70.” The commemoration kicked off Thursday afternoon, as scholar Thania Paffenholz

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Kroc Institute helps Colombia implement milestone peace accord

Alexandra Park | Monday, September 17, 2018

Notre Dame prides itself on being a research institution and one of its research projects is having a direct, real-time impact on international peace affairs. The Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies has been using its academic research on peace accords to work with the nation of Colombia to monitor and track the implementation of

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Student Peace Conference strives to promote peace-building initiatives

Nicole Simon | Monday, April 16, 2018

The annual Notre Dame Student Peace Conference, a Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies sponsored event, took place Friday and Saturday at the Hesburgh Center to encourage students to have discussions about peace-building and social justice. The conference was organized by senior co-chairs Elizabeth Hascher and Erin Prestage, who said they have been planning the

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Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies to hold conference examining peace studies, psychology

Ciara Hopkinson | Thursday, March 8, 2018

In an effort to explore the relationship between psychology and conflict, the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, together with the American Psychological Association (APA) Division 48, will host the first Psychology and Peace Conference this weekend. The conference will include workshops, speeches and panels given by leading experts in the interdisciplinary field of peace

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