Funny how things change
Funny how things change Author: Peter Krupa Originally Published at Peace and Conflict Monitor on: 03/14/2005 Category: Interview Like all of us, Ruxandra Tanase has a few vivid memories from her childhood snapshots she calls them, and for her they are images of life in Romania before the fall of communism. She remembers the shortages, […]
In order to change something in my country, I need to change myself
Irene Munz writes: “I have the great pleasure to be with Tahmina in the same program, Gender and Peace Building, here at UPEACE. Although we detected very soon, that our motivations and interests are similar, each of us student is bringing a different background and different visions, enriching our daily course here at UPEACE. Tahmina, as the only representative from Central Asia in our group, brings us valuable insight into her culture, her individual way of thinking and her struggle for her religion, the Islam, and women rights in her country, Tajikistan.”
Education for Peace
The UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan has recently submitted his Report to the United Nations General Assembly on the University for Peace.
If I had got married, I’d be dead today.
Better late – then never. A couple days after our official start at UPEACE (University for Peace), we noticed another colorful shirt and a new face of a tall strong man. As for many other African students the trip to UPEACE, was anything but easy. Sam’s journey included five stopovers, two countries in Africa, two in Europe and one in Venezuela before finally arriving in Costa Rica. Yes, many of us take the one-day trip and many other things for granted.
Nevertheless, Sam luckily made it.
Fresh Ideas for Peru
Fresh Ideas for Peru Author: Rafael Velásquez Originally Published at Peace and Conflict Monitor on: 02/01/2006 Category: Interview Dr. Francisco Sagasti is President of FORO Nacional/Internacional, an institution that promotes dialogue, debate and consensus on critical development issues, and Director of its Agenda: PERU program on development strategies and democratic governance. He is also visiting […]
A Solution to my Existential Crisis as a Teacher – Learning Communities
A Solution to my Existential Crisis as a Teacher – Learning Communities Author: Paul Klassen Originally Published at Peace and Conflict Monitor on: 12/04/2007 Category: Comment After having taught in classrooms in both Costa Rica and Canada for nearly ten years, I now find myself as the student here at UPEACE, on the receiving end […]
My UPEACE Experience
My UPEACE Experience Author: Gale Mohammed-Oxley Originally Published at Peace and Conflict Monitor on: 02/02/2011 An Organisation of American States and a University of Peace Scholarship brought me to the shores of Costa Rica. Having heard little of this University I did not have any idea of what to expect and held no expectations. […]
My Life Story with UPEACE-DIPS
My Life Story with UPEACE-DIPS Author: Sopheada Phy Originally Published at Peace and Conflict Monitor on: 03/01/2011 It was a mixture of my dream, careful decision, endeavor, opportunity, luck, qualification, and particularly family’s inspiration, encouragement, and support that I could pursue this MA in International Peace Studies Dual Campus. As an international student studying […]
Mahmoud El Zain Hamid
A reflection on the life and scholarship of Mahmoud El Zain Hamid (1963-2011), reviewing some of his major works and providing a selected bibliography for further reading.
Reaching the World’s Young People with Education for Peace
UPEACE Rector John J. Maresca discusses the potential of new communication technologies to transform higher education, emphasizing the particular opportunity that these changes bring for the University for Peace to fulfil its mission of offering higher education for peace “to humanity”.