George Lakey has served as the college’s Lang Visiting Professor of Issues for Social Change within the Peace and Conflict Studies Program for the past three years. Faculty, students, and staff gathered on Friday, May 1, 2009 to show their appreciation and sing Broadway show tunes in Parrish Parlor. We have been privileged to have … Continue reading Appreciation of George Lakey
This announcement is belated but nonetheless exciting! This past summer, Prof. George Lakey was awarded the Martin Luther King, Jr. Peace Prize by the Fellowship of Reconiliation. Here is the college’s press release: Lang Professor George Lakey Receives Martin Luther King, Jr. Peace Prize by Alisa Giardinelli 06/27/2008 Lifelong nonviolent activist and educator George Lakey … Continue reading Lang Professor George Lakey Receives Martin Luther King, Jr. Peace Prize
Since the 2006-2007 academic year, George Lakey, author, activist, and, founder of Training for Change, has been part of the Peace and Conflict Studies program at Swarthmore and will teach PEAC 077 Peace Studies and Action, in Spring 2009. Professor Lakey’s office is located in the Lang Center for Civic and Social Responsibility.
Let’s celebrate with Professor Amy Kapit, Visiting Assistant Professor of Peace & Conflict Studies! She has won the support of the Norwegian Students’ and Academics’ International Assistance Fund for her research into the suppression of university student activism and the development of a Student Rights Watch Report. This is important work that resonates strongly (especially with a long … Continue reading Prof. Amy Kapit Wins Research Grant To Study Student Activism
Our friends nearby at the Pendle Hill Quaker center are announcing their annual Stephen G. Cary Memorial lecture, and this year’s speaker is Sarah Clarke, Director of the Quaker UN Office in New York. She will talk about “Applying Lessons from the Life of Bayard Rustin to Quaker Work at the UN.” A number of … Continue reading Applying Lessons from the Life of Bayard Rustin to Quaker Work at the UN
A few years ago, the College began celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as a holiday, so the College is closed, and classes don’t begin until tomorrow! MLK Day is always an important one for our program given our commitment to studying and understanding the powerful and nonviolent pursuit of more just and collaborative relations, … Continue reading Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2022
The video of the event announced below is now available! Our friends at the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship at Haverford College are sponsoring an exciting online event on January 21, 2022 titled “Polarization as Possibility: The Justice Strategizing of Bayard Rustin and Martin Luther King, Jr.” featuring our own George Lakey and Professor … Continue reading Polarization as Possibility: The Justice Strategizing of Bayard Rustin and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Congratulations to Layla Hazaineh ’20 from all of us in the Peace and Conflict Studies Program!! From Swarthmore News and Events By Brittni Teresi ’19 October 23rd, 2018 Layla Hazaineh ’20 recently received international recognition for her efforts on behalf of women who have been harassed and treated unfairly. The peace & conflict studies major received the Next Generation … Continue reading Layla Hazaineh ’20 Wins Next Generation Peacemaker Award
It’s an exciting fall semester of programming across Crum Woods at Pendle Hill Quaker Retreat Center. Check out these events coming up in November and December! The Quaker Indian Boarding Schools: Facing our History and Ourselves Monday, November 7, 2016 Free 7:00pm-9:00pm in the barn, livestreaming available In the 1800s, Quakers and other Christian denominations collaborated … Continue reading Quaker Indian Boarding Schools and Moral Economies at Pendle Hill
PEAC 071B. Research Seminar: Strategy and Nonviolent Struggle (Cross-listed as POLS 081 / SOCI 071B) will be offered during the Spring Semester 2015. This one-credit research seminar involves working and updating the Global Nonviolent Action Database which can be accessed by activists and scholars worldwide at http://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu. The database was built at Swarthmore College and … Continue reading For Fall 2015! Research Seminar: Strategy and Nonviolent Struggle
