"Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal."
~Martin Luther King, Jr.
"When my heart is at peace, the world is at peace."~
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Teacher Education for Peace and Harmony from Feb 11 to 13, 2012
Venue: New Delhi - India
To identify the current challenges of teacher education in solving the “human problems”.
To update the teacher education according to global norms established by UNESCO and other bodies.
To develop skills among teacher trainees in human values, harmonious living with co-existence.
To promote inter-disciplinary research activities for education for peace and harmony.
To create awareness among teachers for development of activities for peace and harmony education.
To frame an outline of the curriculum of teacher education for peace, harmony & human values.
To articulate and identify the activities, contents, programme for teaching peace and harmony.
To establish an international centre of Teacher education for peace and harmony.
2012 Notre Dame Student Peace Conference
“ Strategies of Peace: Transforming Conflict in the Modern World”
Suggested presentation topics include, but are not limited to, the following themes:
Arab Spring Peace Negotiations
Sustainable Development
Social Networking
Conflict Transformation
Education, Cultural Understanding
Role of Media
NGOs and Third Parties
Women, Children and Conflict
Global Citizenship
Social Entrepreneurship
Nuclear Disarmament
3rd International Conference in Communication and Media Studies
(Re)Making and Undoing of Peace/Conflict
Time and location:
The Center of Research and Communication for Peace in the Faculty of Communication and Media Studies at Eastern Mediterranean University invites paper, panel, and event proposals addressing the general theme of "(Re)Making and Undoing of Peace/Conflict." The Third International Conference in Communication and Media Studies aims at bringing together scholars to present their research and exchange ideas in a wide range of topics. Cultivating Peace: Context, Practices and Multidimensional Models
Peacebuilding Conference Time and location: 17-19 May 2012 Suggested presentation topics include, but are not limited to, the following themes:
Theories and practice of Peacebuilding Social and Economic Dimensions of Peacebuilding Political and Institutional Dimensions of Peacebuilding Security Dimensions of Peacebuilding Environment, Natural Resources and Peacebuilding Open Category
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Jihad: A Just Struggle or Unjust Violence? ~Zaid Shakir
21-22 September 2011, Singapore Countering Extremism and Building Social Resilience through Community Engagement here here
Visit the RSIS website to download the respective media articles.
For further information contact ICCE2011@ntu.edu.sg .
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