School of Peace and Conflict Studies
A year ago, Yeonmin Kim, Ph.D., ’13, a literature professor from Chonnam National University in Gwangju, South Korea, was concluding his time as a visiting professor at Kent State University with one goal in mind: Create an exchange program between the two schools based on their historic campus tragedies.
Kent State University’s School of Peace and Conflict Studies and School of Communication Studies has organized a panel discussion to talk about free speech and protest on campus to educate students about their rights and responsibilities.
One of the many take-aways from the Dialogue and Difference program "Understanding and Combating Islamophobia" was that overcoming Islamophobia and other forms of racism and bigotry may be as simple as remembering the lessons we should have been taught as children.
As part of Kent State's Dialogue and Difference: A New Understanding" initiative, faculty members from diverse backgrounds came together in an online panel to share their personal insights in navigating the impact of conflict and cultural and religious identity.
Molly Merryman, Ph.D., associate professor in Kent State University’s School of Peace and Conflict Studies, received a double dose of prestige recently when she was invited to speak at both the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford in England in the same week.
Kent State University’s new series titled Dialogue and Difference: A New Understanding continues with upcoming programming for the university community. The next event, "Dialogue on Hatred: A Peacebuilder's Perspective," occurs on Feb. 22.
An online presentation on Dec. 14 will explore the benefits and cautions of artificial intelligence in international peacemaking.
The May 4 Reflection Gallery at Kent State University's Taylor Hall was bulging with a standing-room-only crowd of students who came out to share their feelings and gain an understanding of the Israel-Hamas War at the Nov. 16, student forum "Israel, Palestine and Me: Students' Forum for Reflection and Dialogue."
The Kent State University community came together to celebrate its values and honor fallen veterans on Daffodil Hill.