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Politicians, Paramilitaries, And Peace in Northern Ireland – July

Post-Conflict Peacebuilding in Bosnia and Herzegovina – May

Field Work with Syrian Refugees in Jordan – March/August

Reflective Practice in Israel/Palestine – January

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Field Work with Syrian Refugees

CRDC has reached hundreds of Syrian children through Project Amal ou Salam. Each year, CRDC overseas student seminars work with Syrian children as part of its practice and educational program.

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Northern Ireland

Politicians, Paramilitaries, and Peace

CRDC’s summer 2018 course, “Politicians, Paramilitaries, and Peace,” takes students to Belfast, Northern Ireland, to learn about the linkages between the political and grassroots levels in a conflict that has evolved significantly over the last 50 years but still faces challenges of reconciliation and integration.

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Overseas seminars afford students and practitioners the rare opportunity to complement professional and educational development with practice by engaging in real interventions into complex conflicts throughout the world.

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

Post-Conflict Peacebuilding

Students will travel to Sarajevo, Mostar, and Banja Luka, where they will be guided by major heroes of Bosnian inter-religious peacebuilding, engage with extraordinary organizations, and interact with average people creatively engaged in positive change.

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Why CRDC?

What We have to offer

Deep Engagement

Our work ranges from grassroots engagement to policymaking with a focus on education, social change, and nonviolent resistance to unjust structures.

Study Abroad

Our overseas seminars bring students face to face with the reality of conflict and post-conflict environments. CRDC staff also engage in research and advocacy and provide trainings worldwide.

Connection

CRDC provides unique opportunities for Carter School students, alumni, and faculty to interact with our specialized network of peacebuilders.

Opportunity

Students engage in internships for practice and research of cutting-edge work in the field.

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Current Courses

$300
Field Work with Syrian Refugees in Jordan

This is a service-learning course that brings students face-to-face with the refugee situation and the realities of the conflict on the ground. Students study the challenges facing Syrian refugees, meet with activists and humanitarian workers, and learn from organizations attempting to mitigate the disastrous results of the conflict.

$300
Post-Conflict Peacebuilding in Bosnia

Students study the tragedy of inter-ethnic and inter-religious war, the heroic efforts to do just the opposite, and the implications for global war and global peace as they meet major figures of interreligious peacebuilding, leading organizations, and average people creatively engaged in positive change.

$300
Reflective Practice in Israel/Palestine

Students reflect on what it means to be a practitioner and encounter the integration of theory, research, and practice. The program is a combination of intensive classroom study, speakers from the local region, exploration of famous holy sites, and extensive field experience engaging communities across the spectrum of Israel and Palestine day and night.

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The goal of CRDC is to inspire and generate successful incremental steps of positive change in intractable conflict situations that can become the basis for new approaches to diplomacy and foreign policy. Paths to positive change include: civil society development through education in conflict resolution, peer mediation, innovative religious, spiritual, and cultural forms of conflict resolution, culturally effective methods of cooperation on development projects of benefit to all parties, and an integrated relationship between the world of such work and the world of policy makers and diplomats. An essential element of this is effective relationship-building across multiple sectors of enemy systems and global governance systems, with the help of extraordinary ‘connectors’.

Marc Gopin, Ph.D.
Designation: Director and James H. Laue Professor
Hind Kabawat
Designation: Director of Interfaith Peacebuilding
Michelle Gentry
Designation: Associate Director
Marilyn Feghali
Designation: Syria Program Officer
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From Previous Students

The Bosnia class helped set my interest in the importance of including the population of a post-conflict area in peace-building efforts, and not solely relying on government programs or initiatives.

Jasmine Linck

I would highly recommend CRDC's class in Bosnia to a prospective student because Dr. Gopin combined our coursework with experience within Bosnia. The post-conflict peacebuilding course can be applied to many different concentrations within conflict resolution.

Sarah Dixon

In Northern Ireland, we saw what work has to be done after the fighting stops to get to a cohesive, functioning, integrated society.

Gareth Willatt

I had a magnificent time on CRDC's class in Northern Ireland. The people we met on our journey had fascinating and relevant careers. I will recommend it to everyone in my field.

Michael Nathan
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