Peace and Conflict Studies

Witness for Peace speaker Julia Vallejos will share her personal story of working in a free trade zone in her community in Nicaragua. She will also give her perspectives on free trade policies and U.S. corporate practices that have affected her community and the choices consumers can make to support alternative trade models.

The sister of a man executed for the killing of an off-duty Georgia police officer, and the author of a book about the controversial case, shared with Elon University students on Thursday details of a homicide investigation they say prove an innocent man died for the crime. 

Drop by the Global Education Center from 11 a.m. to noon or 4:15 to 4:45 p.m. to learn about semester programs in India.

Come join a panel of experts and discuss the unfolding crisis in Ukraine. Take the opportunity to raise questions about foreign policy, conflict, international economics, security and minority rights.

Join the fireside chat in the McBride Gathering Space of the Numen Lumen Pavilion about Elon's efforts to create an inclusive campus and disrupt bias and hate in our community. 

Join us for the next film in the series:

Peepli [Live] - a dark satirical Indian comedy (2002, 95 min.)

Tues, Feb. 25 @ 7:00 pm. in LaRose Digital Theater, Koury

Discussion with Prof. Jason Kirk, political science/int'l studies

Croatian film critic, prominent LGBT activist and media personality will host a screening and discussion of the first Croatian LGBT film, 'Fine Dead Girls.'

MIMA SIMIĆ: Croatian writer, film critic, activist, media personality, and Croatian LGBT person of the decade.  Mima will talk on "LGBT Politics and Activist Strategies of Media Subversion,” discussing how she and other activists and organizations have used strategies of media subversion to affect public and social attitudes on homosexuality and gender in Croatia. Katherine McFarland Bruce, Elon visiting assistant professor of sociology, will join Mima and compare and discuss LGBT activism in the United States, specifically the South. 

Spaces are still available for the Study USA Winter Term program "Wealth & Poverty"