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Simon Vogel | Monday, October 11, 2021
The Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies presented its Distinguished Alumni Award to Brittney Nystrom (’98) over Zoom on Friday. The award honors “Notre Dame graduates in peace studies whose careers and lives exemplify the ideals of international peacebuilding,” according to its website. In terms of Nystrom’s career and life, she has an extensive pedigree
Claire Lyons | Wednesday, September 22, 2021
The Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies is celebrating its 35th anniversary this week — September 20-24. On Tuesday, Kroc faculty held a panel of speakers and reception to honor the International Day of Peace and the institute’s history. Communications director Hannah Heinzekehr also premiered a short film honoring the last 35 years of the
Simon Vogel | Tuesday, September 14, 2021
The Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies hosted Jeffery Pugh, associate professor of conflict resolution from the University of Massachusetts Boston and executive director of the Center for Mediation, Peace and Resolution of Conflict, for a lecture covering his recently published book, “The Invisibility Bargain: Governance Networks and Migrant Human Security.” “How can we understand
Evan McKenna | Thursday, April 8, 2021
On Wednesday evening, members of the tri-campus community gathered in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart to honor the life of Notre Dame doctoral student Majd “Jude Ash” al-Shoufi through a Mass of remembrance. al-Shoufi’s death was reported to students Friday in an email from University leadership. Born in Syria, al-Shoufi grew up in the
Observer Staff Report | Friday, April 2, 2021
This report was updated April 6 at 1:22 p.m. Notre Dame graduate student Majd “Jude Ash” al-Shoufi has died, according to an email from University leadership Friday night. In a separate email to The Observer, the University declined to comment on the cause of al-Shoufi’s death. The body is currently undergoing an autopsy, Ann Kaser,
Christopher Parker | Friday, February 21, 2020
Alan Dowty, a faculty fellow at the Kroc Institute, addressed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and its roots in a discussion of his new book, “Arabs and Jews in Ottoman Palestine” on Thursday. Dowty showcased his research in the Hesburgh Center for International Studies. Dowty traces the dispute back to 1882, specifically the arrival of a strange
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
Natalie Weber | Wednesday, November 28, 2018
The month of October saw a wave of violence, with the pipe bomb scare, the Tree of Life synagogue shooting and the shooting of two African Americans in Kentucky that is “being investigated as a hate crime,” according to NPR. In response to these events, members of the Kroc Institute organized a panel Tuesday to discuss
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
Tom Naatz | Tuesday, April 10, 2018
The Kroc Institute awarded its 2018 Distinguished Alumni Award to 2003 M.A. graduate Mai Ni Ni Aung for her work regarding cultural preservation and peacebuilding in Myanmar. Aung is the founder of the Sone-Tu Cultural Preservation Project and director of the related organization Sone-Tu Backstrap Weavings. The two groups seek to preserve the cultural practices of