Sentences with phrase «as peace studies»

Peace should be taken as peace studies as a subject.

There is a dubious link between genuine scholarship and such fashionable courses as peace studies, feminist literature, seminars in social activism, consciousness raising, semiotics, and a host of other current preoccupations.

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As you consider your home office space, I recommend adding easy - to - grow office plants like Pothos, Peace Lilies, and Parlor Palms which can help to purify the air, add depth and beauty to your workspace, and which may increase productivity by up to 14 % according to this study.

The rule of law is one, according to studies from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the law firm Hogan Lovells; in countries with strong rule of law, government officials as well as individuals and private entities are predictable, reliable, and held to account.

It noted that it was «work paper number four,» prepared as a study document for the peace section of the Mennonite Central Committee.

It is one thing to list such obvious topics as war and peace, poverty and prosperity, and exploitation and social justice and to call for more studies and more understanding.

Justice and peace, social service, awareness of and care for the environment, volunteer work; or liberal arts, discriminating inquiry, courses in professional ethics, gender studies: these are presented as the contemporary surrogates for faith.

Though I haven't studied other world religions as extensively as you have, Jesus is the only option for me, as well; everything about Jesus attracts and compels me... thanks and peace!

«While state policies and the actions of extremist groups often mask the high levels of tolerance in the minds of ordinary Arabs, the typical citizen in this region expresses a great deal of support for tolerant policies,» said Michael Hoffman, who studied religious minorities as part of the Religious Freedom Project at Georgetown's Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs.

A consultant to the Fund for the Republic's study of Religion in a Democratic Society, Mr. Clancy also serves as Education Director of the Church Peace Union, an interfaith organization with headquarters in New York City.

Fox tells the story from beginning to end: childhood in the German - American parsonage; nine grades of school followed by three years in a denominational «college» that was not yet a college and three year's in Eden Seminary, with graduation at 21; a five - month pastorate due to his father's death; Yale Divinity School, where despite academic probation because he had no accredited degree, he earned the B.D. and M.A.; the Detroit pastorate (1915 - 1918) in which he encountered industrial America and the race problem; his growing reputation as lecturer and writer (especially for The Christian Century); the teaching career at Union Theological Seminary (1928 - 1960); marriage and family; the landmark books Moral Man and Immoral Society and The Nature and Destiny of Man; the founding of the Fellowship of Socialist Christians and its journal Radical Religion; the gradual move from Socialist to liberal Democratic politics, and from leader of the Fellowship of Reconciliation to critic of pacifism; the break with Charles Clayton Morrison's Christian Century and the inauguration of Christianity and Crisis; the founding of the Union for Democratic Action, then later of Americans for Democratic Action; participation in the ecumenical movement, especially the Oxford Conference and the Amsterdam Assembly; increasing friendship with government officials and service with George Kennan's policy - planning group in the State Department; the first stroke in 1952 and the subsequent struggles with ill health; retirement from Union in 1960, followed by short appointments at Harvard, at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, and at Columbia's Institute of War and Peace Studies; intense suffering from ill health; and death in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, in 1971.

She has a degree in Sociology and Feminist, Gender and Sexuality studies from Wesleyan University and developed her passion for the field while working as a Peace Corps volunteer at a maternity clinic in Benin, West Africa.

Also at 9:30 a.m., the Lehman College Center for Human Rights & Peace Studies hosts its eighth annual conference, Artist as Witness: Cultural Production, Conflict, and Human Rights in Syria, Lehman College, 250 Bedford Park Blvd. W., East Dining Room, Music Building, the Bronx.

After serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Democratic Republic of Congo, she entered the MD - PhD program at Yale University where she studied influenza virus - host cell interactions in the laboratory of Dr. Ari Helenius, receiving her PhD degree in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and her MD degree in 1992.

Dr. Jonathan Overpeck, director of the Institute for the Study of Planet Earth at the University of Arizona, and recipient of the shared 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his role as a Coordinating Lead Author for the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment, will address the trend of droughts in the west and the vulnerability of coastal communities as they face sea level rise coupled with increasing storm intensities.

So please read it carefully and then study the even more significant article titled the «GOSPEL OF FREEDOM ``, as it reveals the secret of finding the only source of true inward «peace» which according to Apostle Paul «surpasses all knowledge» and which can «guard (protect) our hearts and minds (emotions)».

My goal as a yoga teacher and yoga therapist is to share the wisdom I've gained from my experiences and studies, and to guide students to a place of discovery, joy, peace, strength and healing within themselves.

I'm a college student studying peace & conflict as well as psychology.

The International Forum focused on this year's theme of «Rebuilding Lives: Education in Humanitarian Crises» and featured panelists such as Daniel Toole, director of the Office of Emergency Programs at UNICEF NY; Allison Anderson from the Inter-Agency Network on Education in Emergencies; Myron Belfar, professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School; Dana Burde, associate research scholar at the Saltzmann Institute of War and Peace Studies; and Karim Thomas, an MBA candidate at Harvard Business School.

The Oasis trust runs 44 schools across the UK and is looking at offering peace studies as a stand alone subject as part of a wider programme aimed at ensuring pupils are not influenced by religious extremism and gang culture.

The author holds a PhD in Human Rights and Peace Studies (recipient of the Swedish International Development Agency SIDA scholarship) from the Centre for Human Rights and Social Development, Mahidol University, Thailand; and is engaged as Assistant Professor (Human Rights), teaching at both Graduate and Post Graduate levels at the University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India.

It offers diploma, undergraduate and master's programs in academic fields such as Finance, Marketing, Project Management, Education, Public Administration, Community Mobilization, Peace and Conflict Studies and many others.

She graduated from Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington, with dual BAs in Peace Studies and Community Based Theater, as well as a minor in Sociology.

To further the organization's mission in her capacity she draws upon a wide depth and breadth of practical and theoretical knowledge and experience gained from: ten years serving the SC Department of Education Title I, Part C Education of Migratory Children / Youth program, five years as the state coordinator and five years as a state recruiter / outreach worker; working as an Spanish / English interpreter / translator for the University of SC's Center for Child and Family Studies HABLA project and an undergraduate professor in Political Philosophy and Ideology and World Politics; serving in the United State Peace Corps for three years in Mali, West Africa to improve women's financial sustainability and promotion of girls education; employment at the UN headquarters; living / studying / working / conducting research in the Philippines, Syria, Mali, France, and Spain; obtainment of a PhD in International Relations from the University of South Carolina in 2012; a MS in International Business, and a MA in Diplomacy and International Relations from Seton Hall University in 2001; and a BA in International Studies with a focus in Management, French, and Spanish from the College of Saint Elizabeth in 1999.

Wanjira Mathai, Professor Maathai's daughter and the Project Leader for the Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace & Environmental Studies discussed growing up with Professor Maathai as her mother as well as her mother's influence on her life and career.

Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies» students visited Karura Forest on 29th October 2015 as part of their experiential learning.

The Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies continues to exposure its postgraduate students to experiential learning just as Prof. Wangari Maathai hoped, «One aspect of a love of nature that we need to foster is experiential.

As a student, the artist studied ornithology, falconry, and archery, and in the 1960s he volunteered with the Peace Corps in West Africa, where he schooled himself in the region's indigenous crafts; these are only a few of the influences that have embedded themselves in his work.

Dr. Jonathan Overpeck, director of the Institute for the Study of Planet Earth at the University of Arizona, and recipient of the shared 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his role as a Coordinating Lead Author for the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment, will address the trend of droughts in the west and the vulnerability of coastal communities as they face sea level rise coupled with increasing storm intensities.

He travelled to Kenya earlier this year as part of the Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies» (WMI) Interdisciplinary Land Use and Natural Resource Management (SLUSE) course.

As Wanjira Maathai returns to Kenya, she will continue to keep us updated on the Green Belt Movement and progress on the Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies.

A study as to why some seem compelled to rewrite War & Peace — to quote long passages from cases — rather than just summarizing the propositions and listing authorities except where the quotation is essential, as seems to be the US practice, might be useful.

The course begins with a general introduction to international peacekeeping and peace support operations and international humanitarian law and students can complement these modules with optional modules such as conflict and post-conflict studies, human rights field work, and refugee law.

She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Peace & Conflict Studies as well as a Juris Doctorate from University of California Berkeley.

Reverse culture shock is a condition that has been studied by organizations such as the Peace Corps and the military.

If I heard that someone was involved in a moving violation and had to go through the hassle of completing traffic school, I would make sure to recommend this site, as I could personally testify to the site's ease of use, diligence in the study material, and peace - of - mind offered.

They should also study summer 1914 and ponder how those responsible for war and peace still make these decisions in much the same way as then, while the crises are 1,000 times faster and a million times more potentially destructive.

The wives found peace of mind through parenting and social activities as well as by studying counseling and folk remedies.

Following the completion of a Master's degree in Family Studies at Auburn University, I served two years overseas as a Peace Corps Volunteer.