News & Events
Over the winter break, SPCS assistant professor Dr. Sara Koopman led a Peacebuilding in Colombia Collaborative course that was a powerful and transformative experience for students that participated.

Our Community Dialogue Workshop for this weekend, organized by Dr. Johanna Solomon, was featured in Kent State Today. Check out "How to Talk to Your Neighbor: Workshop Will Teach the Art of Civil Dialogue."
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You know how at Thanksgiving dinner, everyone is trained to avoid the touchy subjects – politics, religion, money?
Please join us via Zoom on Monday for this interesting program!
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On Thursday, January 26 the Growing Democracy Project will host an artists’ reception in the Uumbaji Gallery in Oscar Ritchie Hall at Kent State University (Kent Campus) for the Photovoice Project on Race and Democracy in northeast Ohio. The event is free and open to the public…

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The School of Peace and Conflict Studies has produced its second newsletter! Check it out online at https://www.kent.edu/spcs/spcs-newsletter-issue-2-october-2022
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The School of Peace and Conflict Studies is excited to share our latest news! From Kent State Today:
KENT STATE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES MASTER’S DEGREE IN PEACE AND CONFLICT STUDIES
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Queer Britain opened as the UK’s first LGBTQ museum in London in May and its inaugural exhibition “We Are Queer Britain” won a Museums Change Lives Award (Best Small Museum Project) in November from the UK-based Museums Association. This first installation featured The Queer…
SPCS faculty member Dr. Johanna Solomon was recently the featured guest on the Solutions to Violence program on WFMJ radio, speaking on the topic of Identify in Peace & Reconciliation. Listen to her interview at …
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First-year students Ronica Marandi and Goli Kavoosi organized the rally in partnership with Kent State’s Women's Center and the…