Peace and Conflict Studies

Blake, an associate professor in the Department of Political Science & Policy Studies shares his research and analysis on violence in the Jamaica Observer newspaper. The article is entitled, Gangster's Paradise? Culture and the cost of violence in Jamaica. The article explores how a sub-culture of violence is gripping parts of the island triggering annual increases in gun crimes and homicides.

Through a two-year fellows program, the five juniors of this interdisciplinary cohort will participate in specialized coursework, faculty-mentored undergraduate research, campus leadership, and community engagement in multifaith contexts.

"Powerlands" (2022) will screen at Turner Theatre on Thursday, Sept. 8, at 6 p.m., followed by a discussion with the director and a local activist.

Claussen's book collects and contextualizes 250 years of diverse Jewish approaches to virtue, ethics and character

Latin American Studies hosted its 2022 Spring Semester Annual Research Series, “Political Ecologies of Healing in the Americas,” by UNC Professor of Geography Gabriela Valdivia.

Photographer Tomás Ayuso and Amelia Frank-Vitale from Princeton University hosted a virtual event on contemporary migratory crisis from Central America and Mexico to the United States.

Preeminent scholars of Russian politics, Samuel Greene and Graeme Robertson discuss Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The fifth Hispanic film series, “Global Migrations through the Lens of International Politics and Human Rights,” ended Nov. 18 with the screening of the final movie, "Guie’Dani’s Navel" and were joined virtually by the film's director, Xavi Sala.

The final conference, “The Persistence of the Nightmare: Argentine Narrative of the 21st Century," was hosted by Distinguished Professor at North Carolina State University Greg Dawes at Carlton Commons on Nov. 9.

Darda's talk with the Department of English was based on his upcoming book “The Strange Career of Racial Liberalism.”