International Day of Peace Conference

International Day of Peace Conference

Conference Agenda

Saturday, September 18

On Saturday, September 18 beginning at 9:00 AM, several workshops will discuss peace education in practice.

9-9:15 AM: Introduction to the Day and the First Panel

9:15-10:45 AM: Roundtable 1

Peace Museums: History, Memorialization and Education for Peace

Mindy Farmer, May 4 Visitors Center
Kevin Kelly, Dayton Peace Museum
Kjersti Fløgstad, Nobel Peace Center, Norway
Freddy Mutanguha, Kigali Genocide Memorial, Rwanda

This panel will consider four questions. The scope, role and purpose of peace museum; the potential and limits of peace museums as vehicles for promoting education for peace; the challenges and opportunities presented for peace museums in the era of COVID; and potential synergies for collaboration going forward.

10:45-11:00 AM: Break

11:00 AM-12:30 PM: Roundtable 2

Peace Education Around the World: Strategies for conflict and post conflict education for peace

Dr Sara Clarke-Habibi (focus on Bosnia)
Dr. Sylvsetre Nzahabwanayo, University of Rwanda
Dr. Ilham Nasser (focus on Middle East)

Peace education has been integrated as a source of conflict resolution and post-conflict reconstruction around the world. Expert panelists will provide insights from their regional context on the successes and challenges of peace education in conflict and post-conflict regions. The panel will focus, in particular, on the following interconnected issues: The definition, scope and methodologies of peace education; the balance/tension between the universalism of much mainstream thinking on peace and the need for cultural specificity; the relevance of peace education for conflict-ridden societies and/or those emerging from conflict; the challenges involved in implementing peace education in such contexts; and what constitutes appropriate measures of success.

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