IDEAS Grant

August 14th – 18th, 2023

The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs’ (ECA) 2023 IDEAS grant competition assists U.S. colleges and universities in creating, diversifying, and/or expanding their study abroad programming to support U.S. foreign policy goals. As part of that grant, the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies hosted Dr. Elmina Kazimzadeh from Baku, Azerbaijan. Learn more…

ACC Peace and Conflict Center hosts all-day Climate Symposium

Austin Community College District (ACC) invites students, employees, and the community to the 9th annual Peace & Conflict Studies Spring Symposium. This year’s theme is “Climate Science, Climate Justice: Personal and Civic Action.”  The symposium begins at 8:15 a.m. and runs until 4:30 p.m., Friday, April 14, at ACC Highland Campus in the Presentation Hall. Read the full story…

MULTICULTURALISM TRAINING FOR THE APD’S 147TH CADET CLASS

Center Director, Dr. Shirin Khosropour, was invited by Austin Police Department’s Training Academy to conduct “Multiculturalism” training for the APD’s 147th Cadet Class. Read the full story…

Sarah Lynn Bowman, faculty at Austin Community College in Texas and Uppsala University in Sweden, said that “the annual peacebuilding seminar has been a wonderful experience, both in-person and with the online programming. I have learned so much about the nature of strategic peacebuilding in its many forms and especially how we might build curriculum and events at the community college level.”

Forage Center’s 10th Annual National Community College Peacebuilding Seminar

Forage Center for Peacebuilding and Humanitarian Education (Forage Center) hosted the 10th Annual National Community College Peacebuilding Seminar October 28-29, November 4-5 and November 11-12, 2022. The seminar, a three-part, interactive, virtual event on peacebuilding, social justice, and civic engagement, attracted 49 faculty, students, and professionals from U.S. 17 colleges and universities as well as attendees from Nigeria and Sweden.

The seminar is designed to provide community colleges – which represent 45% of American undergraduates – with access to organizations and experts focusing on a range of peacebuilding topics and issues. While entirely virtual this year, previous face-to face seminar participants have visited the U.S. Department of State, National Museum of American Diplomacy, U.S. Holocaust Memorial and Museum, and the U.S. Institute of Peace. Read the full story…

ACC Center for Peace and Conflict Studies Participants: Shirin Khosropour & Laila Taraghi