International Peace And Conflict Resolution

Jun 16, 2022 • Daniel DiPrinzio

Arcadia University, American Graduate School in Paris Sign MOU

Dr. Rebecca Kohn, vice provost and dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Arcadia University, shakes hands with Dr. Serge Nicolas, president of the Board of Directors of the American Graduate School in Paris, after the two signed a Memorandum of Understanding on June 1 in Paris.  Dr....

May 4, 2022 • Daniel DiPrinzio

Fostering Conversations and Research on Race:CASAA Awards Its First Round of Microgrants for Scholarship and Antiracist Pedagogy

In efforts to advance scholarship on race, racism, and social justice in the past as well as the contemporary world, the directors of the Center for Antiracist Scholarship, Advocacy, and Action (CASAA) at Arcadia University unveiled a new initiative—the CASAA Microgrants Program—in March 2022. Part...

May 3, 2022 • Erin Kardon

MA in International Peace & Conflict Resolution Online Information Session

Join us for an Online Information Session Meet with Dr. Warren Haffar virtually and hear how our program provides a theoretical foundation and practical applications of peace, conflict resolution and social justice.   Program highlights: Four-semester full-time program; part-time...

Nick Villareal, Rachel Kuria, and Bonnie Laufer in active simulation; photo by Lauren Pupillo '19.

Oct 15, 2021 • Daniel DiPrinzio

IPCR Students Roleplay as Aid Workers during Simulated Humanitarian Crisis

Over the weekend of Oct. 8-10, students in Arcadia University’s International Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) program spent nearly 48 hours in Boyer Hall, subsisting on only beans and rice, sleeping on cots, and without cell phones or any electronics, in a simulation of a humanitarian crisis...

Female Arcadia University student sits in dorm room reading book

Aug 4, 2021 • Caitlin Burns

IPCR Stays Connected Through Book Club

By Katherine Haines '21, '22 Even as the pandemic required isolation and a move to virtual classes and communities, departments at Arcadia worked to stay connected with their students, faculty, and staff. The International Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) program found one such connection...

Headshot of Arcadia University Associate Dean Alex Otieno

Jul 23, 2021 • Caitlin Burns

Professor Otieno Appointed Associate Dean of College of Arts and Sciences

Alex Otieno, a faculty member in the Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice Department, was appointed associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, effective July 12. In this role, Otieno will contribute to several important initiatives in the College of Arts and Sciences including...

Selfie of Arcadia University graduate Comfort Asamoah in her home

Jul 8, 2021 • Caitlin Burns

Asamoah ’21M Establishes Organization to Support Girls in Ghana

During a trip home to Kumasi, Ghana in 2018, International Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) alumna Comfort Asamoah ’21M was appalled by the treatment of young girls who work in the markets.  Asamoah observed and heard stories of girls as young as 8 years old being transported from...

Anthony Devantier in Italy

Anthony Devantier • May 13, 2021 •12:58 pm

The Road Behind, the Path Ahead

When I first arrived at Arcadia almost four years ago, I was full of expectations. I was 18 and didn't know where my college journey would take me. Now, as a senior, observing those four years in the rear view mirror, I can’t help but laugh to myself: I was full of expectations, but I had no idea...

Castle in the winter

Anthony Devantier • Apr 29, 2021 •1:07 pm

Charting a New Course Post-Covid

As the weather warms and the sun graces Glenside more and more frequently, I am reminded of my home in Los Angeles, California. I am also beginning to feel a sensation I have not felt in a long time: I am looking forward to every day. Moreover, I am looking forward to the future. It seems that the...

Image of protests from over the summer

Nov 11, 2020 • Caitlin Burns

McCreery Encourages Students to Understand “Strategic Nonviolence” in First-Year Seminar

By Nikolai Kachuyevski '21 For Allyson McCreery, who has been teaching "Strategic Nonviolence & Civil Disobedience" since 2013, it is important that her students come away with the tools necessary to be able to assess civil resistance movements: how they’re organized and what components...

Statement from The International Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) Program at Arcadia University

June 12, 2020
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The International Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) Program at Arcadia University
Statement on the Recent Murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery and the Ongoing Racial Tension in the US

The faculty and staff of the International Peace and Conflict Resolution Program at Arcadia University affirm that Black lives matter and that we envision a future free of... Read More

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Nedbal at Koh Lippe, Thailand

Feb 6, 2020 • Caitlin Burns

Nedbal ’17M Member of Inaugural Peace Corps Cohort to Montenegro

International Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) alumnus Michael Nedbal ’17M is one of 12 volunteers who departed to the Balkan nation of Montenegro on the inaugural Peace Corps cohort on Jan. 17. As an IPCR student, Nedbal fell in love with Thailand while studying abroad at Mahidol University...