Peace Studies Students

  • A Conversation with the Notre Dame Student Peace Conference Planners

    Episode 31
    Published: 2021-01-11
    Length: 38:30
    Hosts: Anna Van Overberghe

    Anna Van Overberghe, Kroc Institute Assistant Director for Academic Administration and Undergraduate Studies, sits down for a conversation with the four students taking the lead on planning for the 2021 Notre Dame Student Peace Conference, which will take place virtually from April 15-17, 2021. The planners include Oneile “Gorata” Baitlotli ('21), Grace Conroy ('22), Nicholas Clarizio ('22), and Conal Fagan ('21). Learn more about the conference at go.nd.edu/NDPeaceCon

     

    Topics: Notre Dame, Peace Studies Students, Student Peace Conference

  • Activism for LGBTQ Inclusion on the Notre Dame Campus

    Episode 63
    Published: 2022-08-27
    Length: 46:28
    Hosts: Marty Kennedy

    Marty Kennedy, a 2022 graduate of the undergraduate program in peace studies, talks with peace studies alums and current students about the history and present state of both activism and scholarship for the inclusion of LGBTQ persons on the University of Notre Dame campus.

    Guests include Alex Coccia (B.A. '14), Senior Policy Analyst at the Center for the Study of Social Policy in Washington, D.C.; Connor Hayes (B.A. '16), Legal Fellow with the ACLU of Pennsylvania; and Flora Tang (B.A. '18), Ph.D. student in peace studies and theology.

    Topics: Activism, Alumni, Gender, LGBTQ, Peace Studies Students

  • Racism Roadtrip

    Episode 70
    Published: 2023-05-15
    Length: 1:27:33
    Hosts: Euda Fils

    Today’s episode features three current Keough School of Global Affairs students who took part in the course “Racial Justice In America,” offered through the Center for Social Concerns. The conversation is hosted by Euda Fils (MGA '23), and the guests include Bernice Antoine (B.A. '26) and Aidé Cuenca Narvaéz (MGA '23). 

    The course's curriculum is centered around Clint Smith's book, How the Word Is Passed, which is about Clint’s visit "to eight places in the United States as well as one abroad to understand how each reckons with its relationship to the history of American slavery.” As part of the course, students were offered the opportunity over spring break to visit some of the same sites that Clint did, as well as some other additional sites in the US that were important in both the history of slavery and the story of the struggle for civil rights.

    Topics: Intersectionality, Peace Studies Students, Race

  • SheLeads4Peace Summer School

    Episode 73
    Published: 2024-01-22
    Length: 37:38
    Hosts: Anna Van Overberghe

    Every year, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) hosts the SheLeads4Peace Summer School, a program dedicated to providing women peacebuilders the necessary skills to be a leader for peace as they transition from their education into their professional careers. For the past two years, the Kroc Institute has had the privilege of partnering with UNITAR to send a delegation of seven Notre Dame undergraduate women to Geneva to take part in this event.

    In this episode, Anna Van Overberghe, assistant director for Academic Administration and Undergraduate Studies, is joined by Mary Kate Cashman (BA '24), Erin Tutaj (BA '24), and Ella Ermshler (BA '25), three peace studies students who participated in the 2023 SheLeads4Peace Summer School this past August.

    Topics: Peace Studies Students, United Nations, United Nations Institute for Training and Research