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Trauma-Sensitive Peacebuilding November 2021

As societies continue to fracture along political, ethnic, and ideological lines, becoming aware of and being equipped to deal with various types of trauma is increasingly relevant for all of us in our families, everyday relationships, workplaces, and communities. Trauma-sensitive peacebuilding requires that we recognize and acknowledge individual, communal, and historical harms and incorporate strategies for healing individuals and societies. This fall from October 4 to November 12, The Peace Academy Foundation, in partnership with Peace Catalyst International, is offering a 5-week online course “Trauma-Sensitive Peacebuilding.” Led by trauma-sensitive peacebuilding trainers, this course aims to contribute to an international conversation about trauma and peacebuilding by providing interactive approaches to recognize and respond to trauma as peacebuilders. This course is intended as an introductory to intermediate training for people in caring professions (e.g. social workers, counselors, teachers, pastors, etc.), students and activists passionate about trauma healing and/or peacebuilding, and everyday people who are interested in getting involved in peacebuilding work in their communities.

Peacebuilding Practices in Divided Societies

2021 International Summer Course in Critical Peace Studies

The Peace Academy (Sarajevo) in partnership with the University of Manchester welcomes applications from practitioners looking for comparative and rigorous reflection and academics interested in a grounded local perspective on divided societies. This course is led by practitioner academics in Northern Ireland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Netherlands and Colombia and covers the practical wisdom of peacebuilders, peace practice and gender, peace at work, building peace in Western Europe and the peacebuilding complexities of the protracted conflict in Colombia online from July 26 until September 3.

22 Students from 11 Countries Attend Summer Course

ss2020 The Peace Academy organized a summer course, Resisting Nationalism and Populism: Lessons from the case of Bosnia & Herzegovina, from July 27 to August 28, 2020 in partnership with the University of Manchester in Great Britain and with the financial support of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR). The course was held via the Zoom online platform and examined the growing global phenomenon of nationalism and far-right populism, its enormous potential and power to polarize society, and the perception that it is a threat to a liberal social order and political tolerance. BiH and the region offered a dynamic case study, because despite the revival of nationalisms and populism in the 1990s and the divisions present during the wars in BiH and the region until today, there is still evident and continuous resistance to nationalist and populist programs.

Resisting Nationalism and Populism: Lessons from the case of Bosnia & Herzegovina

2020 International Summer Course in Critical Peace Studies

It's our pleasure to inform you that we are organizing this course which offers an excellent opportunity for learning from almost 30 years of resistance to nationalist populism in Bosnia & Herzegovina. This focus includes the forms of everyday resistance and ‘hidden transcripts’, but also struggles to foster social movements and political alternatives. The course will also be offered as an online course given present uncertainty regarding travel restrictions to Sarajevo.

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