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Kroc Pod37. A Dose of Hope: How to Open a Ketamine Clinic in RwandaIn this powerful episode of Kroc Pod, Dr. Cindi Cassady—Kroc School alumna and clinical psychologist—reveals her groundbreaking work establishing Kigali's first ketamine clinic to address Rwanda's critical mental health challenges. With one in five citizens struggling with depression, anxiety, and PTSD, Dr. Cassady shares how strategic partnerships and innovative ketamine treatments offer a transformative approach to healing in a nation still processing historical trauma. Her work not only provides hope for individuals battling mental health issues but also represents a crucial intersection of peace, justice, and psychological recovery. Join us for an illuminating conversation that explores how targ...2025-03-2233 min
CrossTalk at the Kroc120: CrossTalk- Salvation Army Ministries: Kroc Community CentersStarting our new series for the month of February by looking at specific ministries within The Salvation Army. Today we talk about Kroc Corp Community Center with Mr. Randall Collins.https://linktr.ee/crosstalkatthekroc2025-02-0532 min
CrossTalk at the KrocFollow Me To WorshipSermon preached at at The Salvation Army Augusta Kroc by Lt. Jamie Dupree on February 18, 20242024-02-1833 min
Kroc Pod23. Prisons in America Series: It is Our Responsibility to Question Everything (Part I)Legendary activist Angela Davis delivers the Kroc School's Distinguished Lecture on the history of American prisons and the urgency of prison abolition. Recorded in front of a live audience on Oct. 11, 2023, Davis speaks about the importance of convincing people that prisons are not inevitable, the role of imagination in advocating for change and how to avoid burnout in social justice activism. She calls out the dangers of prison reform and hails the collective wisdom of incarcerated populations.2024-02-111h 02
CrossTalk at the KrocFollow Me: To KnowSermon preached on February 4, 2024 at The Salvation Army Augusta Kroc by Major Jonathan Raymer2024-02-0426 min
CrossTalk at the KrocJesus Greatest Hits: Loaves & FishesSermon preached on January 28, 2024 at The Salvation Army Augusta Kroc by Major Jonathan Raymer2024-01-2827 min
CrossTalk at the KrocJesus Greatest Hits: Walking on WaterSermon preached at The Salvation Army Augusta Kroc on January 21, 2024 by Lt. Jamie Dupree2024-01-2144 min
CrossTalk at the KrocJesus Greatest Hit: Comeback TourSermon preached on Jan 14, 2024 at The Salvation Army Kroc Center in Augusta, GA by Major Jonathan Raymer2024-01-1429 min
CrossTalk at the KrocJesus Greatest Hits: The LeperSermon preached on January 7, 2024 at The Salvation Army Augusta Kroc by Joseph Bottoms2024-01-0726 min
CrossTalk at the KrocProphecies & Promises: LoveSermon preached on December 17, 2023 at The Salvation Army Kroc Center by Major Jonathan Raymer2023-12-1729 min
CrossTalk at the KrocProphecies & Promises: JoySermon preached on Dec 10, 2023 by Joseph Bottoms at The Salvation Army Augusta Kroc Center2023-12-1027 min
The Kroc Cast: Peace Studies ConversationsPeace Policy Spotlight: Nuclear War and Climate ChangeThis episode is dedicated to our latest issue of Peace Policy, which focuses on the co-mingling of two existential crises of our time: the threat of nuclear war, and potential planetary destruction through climate change.
Atalia Omer, Professor of Religion, Conflict and Peace Studies, serves as this year’s faculty editor of Peace Policy. She is joined by George A. Lopez, Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., Professor Emeritus of Peace Studies and the guest editor of this Peace Policy issue, for a conversation about essays from our expert contributors, ranging from environmental and nuclear risks in Ukraine, to Pope...2023-12-0633 min
CrossTalk at the KrocProphecies & Promises: HopeSermon preached on December 3, 2023 by Lt. Jamie Dupree at The Salvation Army Augusta Kroc2023-12-0321 min
CrossTalk at the KrocIn the Field: Bountiful BlessingSermon preached at The Salvation Army Augusta Kroc on November 26, 2023 by Lt. Jamie Dupree2023-11-2634 min
CrossTalk at the KrocIn The Field: Bringing In The SheavesSermon preached on November 19, 2023 at The Salvation Army Augusta Kroc Center by Major Jonathan Raymer based out of Psalm 1262023-11-1932 min
CrossTalk at the KrocIn The Field: DroughtSermon preached on November 12, 2023 at The Salvation Army Augusta Kroc by Joseph Bottoms2023-11-1222 min
Kroc Pod19. I need you to be angry: Threats to Transnational LGBTQ+ ProgressTune in for this very special guest-host episode with Kroc School graduate student and Queer scholar Thomas Oliver. Thomas interviews Jack Harrison-Quintana, M.A. the Director of Grindr For Equality. Jack is a queer Latino activist, author, and researcher. He has worked with the National LGBTQ Task Force, the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE), the Global Trans Research and Advocacy Project (GTRAP), and Khemara, as well as five state and local LGBTQ+-related ballot measure campaigns. Thomas and Jack talk about the development of LGBTQ+ rights in the U.S. as well as abroad. Jack details what work...2023-10-3051 min
Kroc Pod18. It's Never Too Late to Ask for What You NeedIn this first episode of Season 4, host Clara Nithiaparan speaks with Dr. Sarah Federman, Associate Professor at the Kroc School of Peace Studies, University of San Diego. Inspired by her newest book “Transformative Negotiation,” they touch on topics such as the nexus between peacebuilding and the business world through negotiation, the win-win-win approach, what's the best way to negotiate via text, how negotiation has to begin with you in order to address bigger social problems in today's world, and more.
https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520386938/transformative-negotiation2023-10-2435 min
Kroc PodSeason 4: Meet our new Co-HostsMeet our Season 4 co-hosts, Clara Nithiaparan and Leeya Appleby, as they tell us about their studies at the University of San Diego Kroc School of Peace Studies and what's coming up in this brand new season of Is The World on Fire?2023-10-1703 min
CrossTalk at the KrocThe Relentless Pursuit: LoveSermon preached on October 8, 2023 at The Salvation Army Augusta Kroc Center by Major Jonathan Raymer.
Looking at the importance of love focused on 1 Corinthians 132023-10-0830 min
Kroc Pod17. Apartheid in Occupied Palestine: A talk with Michael LynkCW: depictions of violence and death, systematic abuse
This episode's guest is Michael Lynk, former UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in the Palestinian Territories (2016-2022). Michael and our guest host discuss one of the longest standing conflicts in the world today, detailing the ways in which Israeli occupation and the systematic oppression of Palestinians has created the conditions that can be described in no other way than as Apartheid.
Palestine has been occupied by Israeli military since 1967 despite countless UN resolutions denouncing its violent and racist tactics which have led to the displacement of...2023-08-171h 04
Kroc Pod13. The Ministry for the Future: An Evening with Kim Stanley RobinsonKim Stanley Robinson—author of "The Ministry for the Future"—reflects on the complexity of the challenges we face with climate change.
Hosted by the Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice, the science fiction writer gives a lecture recorded in front of a live audience at the University of San Diego’s Peace & Justice Theatre. After the lecture, the author takes questions from Kroc School students Franco Castro Escobar and Théa Klement.
His novel, The Ministry for the Future, was selected as one of Barack Obama’s Favorite Books of 2020 and one of Bill Gates’ “5...2023-04-3055 min
CrossTalk at the KrocTouching the MasterSermon preached at the Augusta Kroc on April 23, 2023 looking at the scripture found in Mark 5:25-342023-04-2525 minThe Kroc Cast: Peace Studies ConversationsLas víctimas al centro: estado de la implementación del Acuerdo Final desde la perspectiva de sus derechosEl Acuerdo Final de Paz de Colombia, suscrito en 2016, estableció como uno de sus principios orientadores el de la centralidad de las víctimas. El Acuerdo Final reconoce los daños y el sufrimiento desproporcionado que el conflicto armado interno les ocasionó a las víctimas. Por ello, las partes firmantes acordaron compromisos encaminados a satisfacer sus derechos a la verdad, la justicia, la reparación y la no repetición.
En diciembre de 2022, el Instituto Kroc publicó el informe "Las víctimas al centro: estado de la implementación del Acuerdo Final desde la perspectiva de sus derech...2023-04-1434 min
Kroc Pod10. Women PeaceMakers Special Series: The Power of Everyday Peace Making (Part II)Part II of the Women PeaceMaker Series brings you a discussion between Honduran development professional, Tania Martinez, and Mexican specialist in urban violence reduction, Dolores Hernandez. In this episode, Théa engages with these incredible women to talk about their work in Honduras and Mexico and about what it means to contribute to peacemaking in the Americas. From advocating for indigenous rights, to finding ways to bridge civil society's 'safer cities' efforts with local government initiatives, these two women are making a difference in their communities and teaching us that it's possible to build a better world through even o...2023-03-1334 min
Kroc Pod9. Women PeaceMakers Special Series: Making Promises to Ourselves (Part I)In Part I of our special Women PeaceMaker Series we interview Nattecia Nerene Bohardsingh about her work as a lawyer and activist for civil rights in Jamaica. She is one of few experts and advocates in the field of reparatory justice. Listen in as Mackoy speaks with Nattecia on what it takes to work in her field. Making promises to ourselves, advocating for the oppressed, and working in the face of resistance are some of the many topics in which Nattecia gives her thoughts.
To learn more about the WPM fellows and about the Women Peacemaker Fellowship...2023-02-2827 minThe Kroc Cast: Peace Studies ConversationsPeace Accords Matrix Policy Briefs: Author Roundtable Part 2This is the second of two podcast conversations with authors of policy briefs in the newest collection published by the Kroc Institute's Peace Accords Matrix. The briefs address content and process-related issues in peace agreement design, especially regarding inclusion of citizens’ rights.
In this episode, Josefina Echavarría, director of the Peace Accords Matrix and associate professor of the practice, hosts a conversation with policy brief authors Cécile Mouly, research professor at the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO), Ecuador, and coordinator of the Research Group on Peace and Conflict, and Luis Peña, Visiting Resea...2022-09-1229 min
Kroc Pod1. Turning Over CrabsIs it possible to hold corporations accountable for their complicated pasts in humanitarian atrocities? There are many major corporations that have had a notable presence in conflict areas. Is there a world in which they can flip the script, and become changemakers who promote peace? Sarah Federman, an Associate Professor of Conflict Resolution at the University of San Diego’s Kroc School of Peace Studies, joins current Peace & Justice masters student Mackoy Turpen to answer these questions and more 2022-08-2934 minThe Kroc Cast: Peace Studies ConversationsPeace Accords Matrix Policy Briefs: Author RoundtableThis is the first of two podcast conversations with authors of policy briefs in the newest collection published by the Kroc Institute's Peace Accords Matrix. The briefs address content and process-related issues in peace agreement design, especially regarding inclusion of citizens’ rights.
In this episode, Josefina Echavarría, director of the Peace Accords Matrix and associate professor of the practice, hosts a conversation with policy brief authors Felipe Roa-Clavijo, assistant professor in the School of Government at the Universidad de Los Andes, Rebecca Gindele, consultant on women’s rights and local peacebuilding issues in Colombia, and Sally Shari...2022-08-1835 minThe Kroc Cast: Peace Studies ConversationsFoco de política de paz: jóvenes promotores de paz en ColombiaEste es uno de los tres episodios dedicados a conversaciones con los autores de artículos recientes de Política de paz que se centran en la importancia de incluir a los jóvenes en los esfuerzos de consolidación de la paz en los EE. UU. y en todo el mundo. Cat Bolten, Profesora Asociada de Antropología y Estudios de la Paz en el Instituto Kroc, es la editora invitada de este número de Peace Policy.
Este episodio presenta una conversación entre Angie Lederach (Ph.D. '20) y Naun Alvarez Gonzalez, líder del movimiento Jóvenes Pro...2022-07-1335 minThe Kroc Cast: Peace Studies ConversationsPeace Policy Spotlight: Youth Peace Provokers in ColombiaThis is one of three episodes dedicated to conversations with the authors of recent Peace Policy articles focusing on the importance of including youth in peacebuilding efforts throughout the U.S. and around the world. Cat Bolten, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Peace Studies at the Kroc Institute, is the guest editor for this issue of Peace Policy.
This episode features a conversation between Angie Lederach (Ph.D. '20), and Naun Alvarez Gonzalez, a leader of the Youth Peace Provokers movement in Montes de Maria, Colombia. You can also read their full article at peacepolicy.nd.edu.
...2022-07-1325 minThe Kroc Cast: Peace Studies ConversationsA Conversation with Shaul Magid and Friends on Meir Kahane and Political TheologyIn this episode, Kroc Institute faculty member Atalia Omer, Professor of Religion, Conflict, and Peace Studies, convenes a conversation with several religious studies scholars on the impact of Shaul Magid's book, Meir Kahane: The Public Life and Political Thought of an American Jewish Radical. Magid is Professor of Jewish Studies at Dartmouth College. The speakers in this episode presented a similar conversation during the 2021 American Academy of Religion meeting, and their remarks will also be published in a forthcoming issue of the Journal of Religious Ethics.
Discussants in this episode include Yaniv Feller, Jeremy Zwelling Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies and...2022-07-071h 02The Kroc Cast: Peace Studies ConversationsSexto Informe del Instituto Kroc sobre la Implementación del Acuerdo de Paz en ColombiaCinco años después de la firma del Acuerdo Final de 2016 entre el gobierno colombiano y las ex FARC-EP, la implementación no se ha detenido, a pesar de enfrentar numerosos obstáculos. Un nuevo informe de la Iniciativa Barómetro de la Matriz de Acuerdos de Paz (PAM) del Instituto Kroc para Estudios Internacionales de la Paz presenta el estado actual de la implementación del acuerdo de paz.
Este episodio presenta una discusión entre los miembros del equipo de la Iniciativa del Barómetro de la Matriz de los Acuerdos de Paz que destaca...2022-06-0828 minThe Kroc Cast: Peace Studies ConversationsThe Kroc Institute’s Sixth Report on Colombian Peace Accord ImplementationFive years after the signing of the 2016 Final Agreement between the Colombian government and the former FARC-EP, implementation has not stopped, despite facing numerous obstacles. A new report from the Peace Accords Matrix (PAM) Barometer Initiative at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies presents the current status of peace accord implementation.
This episode features a discussion among members of the Peace Accords Matrix Barometer Initiative team highlighting the key advances and challenges presented in this report.
Read the full report at go.nd.edu/KrocColombiaReports.
2022-06-0815 minThe Kroc Cast: Peace Studies ConversationsPeace Policy Spotlight: Youth Leading Peacebuilding Efforts in IndianapolisThis is one of three episodes dedicated to conversations with the authors of recent Peace Policy articles focusing on the importance of including youth in peacebuilding efforts throughout the U.S. and around the world. Cat Bolten, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Peace Studies at the Kroc Institute, is the guest editor for this issue of Peace Policy.
This episode features a conversation between Siobhán McEvoy-Levy, Professor of Political Science and Peace and Conflict Studies at Butler University and Director of the Desmond Tutu Peace Lab, and her co-authors, Cambria C. Khayat, a senior undergraduate student a...2022-05-0938 minThe Kroc Cast: Peace Studies ConversationsPeace Policy Spotlight: A Case for Focusing on Youth in Peacebuilding EffortsThis is one of three episodes dedicated to conversations with the authors of recent Peace Policy articles focusing on the importance of including youth in peacebuilding efforts throughout the U.S. and around the world. Cat Bolten, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Peace Studies at the Kroc Institute, is the guest editor for this issue of Peace Policy.
In this episode, Cat Bolten interviews Prashan de Visser, author of one of this issue's articles and founder of Global Unites, an organization that aims to inspire, connect and equip youth to transform global societies through movements promoting nonviolence...2022-04-2613 minThe Kroc Cast: Peace Studies ConversationsA Conversation with Min. Wais Barmak on the Humanitarian Crisis in AfghanistanIn today's episode, Lisa Schirch, the Richard G. Starmann, Sr. Professor of the Practice in Peace Studies, and Ray Offenheiser, the Director of the Pulte Institute for Global Development, former Afghan Minister of Interior Affairs Mr. Wais Barmak. Mr. Barmak has served in multiple cabinet level roles including Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development and Minister of Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs in Afghanistan.
This episode is convened by the Afghan Peace and Development Research Program, a joint program of the Kroc and Pulte Institutes.
2022-04-1237 minThe Kroc Cast: Peace Studies ConversationsThe Current Crisis Facing Afghan WomenMalalai Habibi, 2019 Peace Studies alum and Program Officer at the International Civil Society Action Network, hosts a conversation on the realities on the ground for Afghan women after the takeover by the Taliban. Guests include Wazhma Frogh, Founder of the Afghan Women and Peace Studies Organization (WPSO) and Heather Barr, Associate Director of the Women's Rights Division at Human Rights Watch.
This is the second in a series of podcasts exploring the situation in Afghanistan following the events of August 2021. For more information on the Kroc Institute's Afghan Peace and Development Research Program, visit kroc.n...2022-03-1546 minThe Kroc Cast: Peace Studies ConversationsNuclear Politics and Russia’s Invasion of UkraineErin Corcoran, executive director at the Kroc Institute and associate teaching professor at the Keough School of Global Affairs, talks with three Kroc Institute-connected analysts about an in-depth look at the nuclear concerns within the current conflict arising from the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Wednesday, February 23. Guests include George Lopez, the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., Professor Emeritus of Peace Studies; Gerard Powers, Director of Catholic Peacebuilding Studies and Coordinator of the Catholic Peacebuilding Network and its Project on Revitalizing Catholic Engagement on Nuclear Disarmament; and Monica Montgomery, a 2019 Notre Dame peace studies alum who is...2022-03-0339 minThe Kroc Cast: Peace Studies ConversationsPeace Policy Spotlight: Catholic Peacebuilding and MiningDavid Cortright, Professor Emeritus of the Practice at the Kroc Institute and Editor of the Kroc Institute’s Peace Policy publication sits down to talk with authors from the latest issue. This issue features reflections drawn from the new book, Catholic Peacebuilding and Mining: Integral Peace, Development, and Ecology published by Routledge in January.
Guests include one of the co-editors of the book and the Assistant Director of the Catholic Peacebuilding Network, Caesar Montevecchio; Father Rigobert Minani, S.J., head of research for the Peace, Human Rights, Democracy, and Good Governance Department at the Centre d’Etude Pour...2022-02-1534 minThe Kroc Cast: Peace Studies ConversationsThree Kroc Institute Alums on Environmental PeacebuildingJen Betz, Assistant Director of the International Peace Studies Concentration, Master of Global Affairs degree program at the Kroc Institute, talks with three alumni who are working at the intersection of the environment and peace studies. Guests include Raul F. Campusano (M.A. '89) Academic Director for the Master’s in Environmental Law at the Universidad del Desarrollo in Chile; Katie Conlon (MA '14), National Geographic Explorer leading an expedition and research project on plastic reduction and plastic pollution awareness in the Himalayas; and Valerie Hickey (M.A. '00), Practice Manager for Environment, Natural Resources and Blue Economy at Th...2022-02-041h 01The Kroc Cast: Peace Studies ConversationsWhat’s Happening with Afghan Women: An Inside LookKroc Institute alumna Malalai Habibi (MGA '19), Program Officer at the International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN), talks with Mahbouba Seraj, Executive Director of Afghan Women Skills Development Center who is joining us from Kabul, Afghanistan, and Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini, Founder and Executive Director of the International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN) and director of the London School of Economics Center for Women, Peace and Security, for a conversation about the current situation on the ground in Afghanistan.
They focus in particular on the impact on Afghan women of the U.S. withdrawal and the country's subsequent return...2022-01-251h 01The Kroc Cast: Peace Studies ConversationsJournalism and Peacebuilding: A Discussion on the Significance of the 2021 Nobel Peace PrizeAnne Hayner, Associate Director for Alumni Relations here at the Kroc Institute., talks with Kroc Institute faculty, alums, and current students about the significance of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize. The 2021 Prize was awarded to Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov, journalists from the Philippines and Russia respectively.
Guests for this episode include Peter Wallensteen, the Richard G. Starmann Sr. Research Professor Emeritus of Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and Senior Professor in the Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Sweden’s Uppsala University; Obi Anyadike (M.A. '97...2021-12-1050 minThe Kroc Cast: Peace Studies ConversationsPeace Policy Spotlight: The Continuing Challenge of Sanctions Policy ReformProfessor George Lopez, the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., Professor Emeritus of Peace Studies at the Kroc Institute, sits down with the authors of the articles appearing in the December 2021 issue of "Peace Policy" focused on sanctions policy reform in three distinct contexts: Iran, Syria, and Venezuela.
Guests include Esfandyar Batmanhelidj, Founder and CEO of the Bourse & Bazaar Foundation; Francisco Rodríguez, the 2021-22 International Affairs Fellow in International Economics at the Council for Foreign Relations and Director of Oil for Venezuela; and Annie Charif, program associate with The Carter Center’s Conflict Resolution Program and...2021-12-0151 minThe Kroc Cast: Peace Studies ConversationsA Conversation with Nickolas Roth of the Stimson CenterSean Raming, current Kroc Institute Ph.D. in Peace Studies and History, talks with Nickolas Roth, director of the Stimson Center’s Nuclear Security Program and International Nuclear Security Forum, about current conversations about nuclear weapons, deterrence, disarmament, and arms control.
This episode was co-sponsored by the Catholic Peacebuilding Network and is part of their efforts as part of the Project on Revitalizing Catholic Engagement on Nuclear Disarmament. You can learn more about this work at cpn.nd.edu/nuclear-disarmament.
2021-10-1223 minThe Kroc Cast: Peace Studies ConversationsReflecting on the Kroc Institute‘s Response to 9/11 Twenty Years LaterIt’s hard to believe that the 20th anniversary of the tragic events of September 11, 2001, took place nearly 20 years ago. As they did for so many people and organizations around the world, the events of that day had a profound impact on the Kroc Institute and how it thought about its role as a global hub for peace studies.
In this episode, Erin Corcoran sits down with George Lopez, Rashied Omar, and Gerard Powers to discuss the ways the Kroc Institute responded to 9/11 and the ways the events of that day indelibly changed the Institute.
2021-09-1045 minThe Kroc Cast: Peace Studies ConversationsIntroducing the Accomplice ProjectLaurie Nathan, Director of the Mediation Program at the Kroc Institute talks with Notre Dame undergraduate and graduate students and alumni who have been instrumental in creating the new Accomplice project and website. This site, supported by the Mediation Program, is an effort to elevate decolonial scholarship, conversations, and activism related to the University of Notre Dame.
Panelists include Fiana Arbab, Liam Maher, Josie Flanagan, and Jack Boland. Visit the Accomplice Project website at sites.nd.edu/accomplice-project.
2021-08-1357 minThe Kroc Cast: Peace Studies ConversationsBook Preview: Indonesian PluralitiesCo-directors of the Contending Moderntities initiative, R. Scott Appleby, the Marilyn Keough Dean of the Keough School of Global Affairs, and Atalia Omer, Professor of Religion, Conflict, and Peace Studies at the Kroc Institute, talk with editors and authors of the new book, "Indonesian Pluralities: Islam, Citizenship, and Democracy," published by Notre Dame Press. Panelists include editors Zainal Abidin Bagir and Robert W. Hefner, and contributors Erica M. Larson and Alimatul Qibtiyah.
2021-06-231h 01The Kroc Cast: Peace Studies ConversationsPeace Policy Spotlight: Lessons from the Vietnam Antiwar Movement 50 Years LaterDavid Cortright, Director of the Global Policy Initiative and Special Advisor for Policy Studies at the University of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs, and Professor Emeritus of the Practice at the Kroc Institute, talks with the authors from the latest issue of "Peace Policy," a quarterly publication of the Kroc Institute that offers research-based insights, commentary, and solutions to the global challenge of violent conflict. The latest issue focuses on the legacy of the Vietnam antiwar movement, especially among service people, and its legacy for social and antiwar movements today.
Guest authors and podcast gu...2021-06-1142 minThe Kroc Cast: Peace Studies ConversationsThe Colombian Final Agreement in the Era of COVID-19: Institutional and Citizen Ownership is Key to ImplementationThe Barometer Initiative team, part of the Kroc Institute's Peace Accords Matrix Project, is providing real-time monitoring of the Colombian peace accord implementation process. The team just released their fifth comprehensive report on the status of implementation, and discuss the report's main findings.
Read the full report at go.nd.edu/KrocFifthReport.
2021-05-2632 minThe Kroc Cast: Peace Studies ConversationsEl Acuerdo Final de Colombia en tiempos del COVID-19: apropiación institucional y ciudadana como clave de la implementaciónEl equipo de la Iniciativa del Barómetro, parte del Proyecto Matriz de Acuerdos de Paz del Instituto Kroc, está proporcionando monitoreo en tiempo real del proceso de implementación del acuerdo de paz colombiano. El equipo acaba de publicar su quinto informe exhaustivo sobre el estado de implementación y analizar los principales hallazgos del informe. Encuentre aquí el informe completo: go.nd.edu/QuintoInformeKroc.
Un episodio en inglés se publicará más tarde el 26 de mayo.
2021-05-2631 minThe Kroc Cast: Peace Studies ConversationsPeace Policy Spotlight: Migration, The Rights of the Child, and Climate ChangeErin Corcoran, executive director of the Kroc Institute and associate teaching professor at the Keough School, talks with the authors from the latest issue of "Peace Policy," a quarterly publication of the Kroc Institute that offers research-based insights, commentary, and solutions to the global challenge of violent conflict. The latest issue focuses on issues related to U.S. immigration and refugee policies, especially at the southern border.
Guest authors and podcast guests include Kristina Campbell, Professor of Law at the David A. Clarke School of Law, part of the University of the District of Columbia and a 2002...2021-04-0129 minThe Kroc Cast: Peace Studies ConversationsPeace Accords Matrix Team Releases First Report on the Status of Implementation for the Ethnic Chapter in Colombia's 2016 Final Peace AgreementThe Peace Accords Matrix Program (PAM), part of the University of Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, has released its first report monitoring the implementation of 80 stipulations within the 2016 Colombian Peace Agreement related to ethnic communities across the country. In this episode, members of the team discuss the report's findings.
Read the full report at https://go.nd.edu/EthnicReport2021.
2021-03-1724 minThe Kroc Cast: Peace Studies ConversationsWhere Next for Myanmar?This episode includes audio from a February 9, 2021, event entitled “Where Next for Myanmar?” This event was presented by the Keough School, the Kroc Institute and the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies. Speakers include Caroline Hughes, the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., Chair in Peace Studies; Ingrid Jordt, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Tharaphi Than, Associate Professor of World Languages and Cultures, Northern Illinois University; and Michel Hockx, Director, Liu Institute.
2021-02-2448 minThe Kroc Cast: Peace Studies ConversationsA Conversation with Alisher Khamidov (M.A. '02)George Lopez, the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., Professor Emeritus of Peace Studies, talks with alum Alisher Khamidov (M.A. '02). Most recently, Alisher was at the University of Notre Dame during fall 2020 as the first alumni visiting research fellow. His career path since graduating with a Kroc master’s degree in 2002 has been wide-ranging. Alisher completed a Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins University, worked as a journalist, studied the impact of Muslim migrants in northern England as a po…2021-02-0821 min
Pedagogies for Peace: Intersectional and Decolonial TeachingAshley Interviews JustinIn the second part of our co-host interviews, co-host Ashley Bohrer interviews Justin de Leon, who, in addition to hosting this podcast, serves as a visiting faculty member at the University of Notre Dame's Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. They discuss the influences that have shaped Justin's teaching, creative represencing, and positionality in the classroom.2021-01-1836 minThe Kroc Cast: Peace Studies ConversationsA Conversation with the Notre Dame Student Peace Conference PlannersAnna 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.
2021-01-1138 minPedagogies for Peace: Intersectional and Decolonial TeachingJustin Interviews AshleyOur co-hosts turn the mics back to each other. In this episode, co-host Justin de Leon interviews Ashley Bohrer, who, in addition to hosting this podcast, serves as assistant professor of gender and peace studies at the University of Notre Dame's Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. They discuss Ashley's road to academia, how activism and other experiences inform her teaching, and being real and emotional intelligence in the classroom.2021-01-1122 minThe Kroc Cast: Peace Studies ConversationsThe 2020 Nobel Peace Prize and Hunger as a Barrier to PeaceAnne Hayner, Associate Director for Alumni Relations, leads a discussion on the significance of year’s Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the United Nations World Food Programme. She is joined by Peter Wallensteen, Professor Emeritus at the Kroc Institute and Senior Professor of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University in Sweden, and Denis Okello, a 2007 alum of the Kroc Institute’s Master’s in International Peace Studies and Communications Officer at FINCA International in Washington, D.C.
2020-11-0524 minThe Kroc Cast: Peace Studies ConversationsGlobal Interreligious PeacebuildingProfessor Atalia Omer moderates a conversation highlighting the successes and challenges of interreligious peacebuilding around the world. Guests include Nell Bolton, a 2003 graduate of the Kroc Institute’s Master’s program who now works as the Senior Technical Advisor for Justice and Peacebuilding with Catholic Relief Services; Rashied Omar, a 2001 Master’s alumni and Research Scholar of Islamic Studies and Peacebuilding here at Notre Dame; and Hippolyt Pul, Executive Director at the Institute of Peace and Development in Ghana.
This episode was recorded at the November 2019 Building Sustainable Peace conference.
2020-10-3044 minThe Kroc Cast: Peace Studies ConversationsA Conversation with Dr. Beverly Daniel TatumThis episode is a recording of an August 20, 2020, event hosted by the Kroc Institute. It features Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum, president emerita of Spelman College, and Dr. David Anderson Hooker, associate professor of the practice of conflict transformation and peacebuilding, discussing race, higher education, and movements for justice.
2020-09-041h 06The Kroc Cast: Peace Studies ConversationsAlumni Spotlight: Tona Boyd on the Justice in Policing ActFeaturing Erin Corcoran, Kroc Institute Executive Director, and Tona Boyd, a 2003 Notre Dame graduate and peace studies alum who is now working as chief counsel to Senator Cory Booker on the Senate Judiciary Committee. They talk about where studying peace can take you and Tona's work on the recent Justice in Policing Act. Tona is speaking in her capacity as a Notre Dame alum, and not in her formal role as chief counsel.
2020-08-0720 minThe Kroc Cast: Peace Studies ConversationsResilience in the Face of a Global PandemicAssociate Professor Laura Miller-Graff talks with Kroc Institute alumni and resilience experts Katie Mansfield (M.A. '08) and Lisa McKay (M.A. '03) about strategies for cultivating resilience during long-term movements for justice and in the face of a global pandemic.
2020-07-2030 minThe Kroc Cast: Peace Studies ConversationsTres años después de la firma del Acuerdo Final en Colombia: hacia la transformación territorialEl equipo de la Iniciativa del Barómetro, parte del Proyecto Matriz de Acuerdos de Paz del Instituto Kroc, está proporcionando monitoreo en tiempo real del proceso de implementación del acuerdo de paz colombiano. El equipo acaba de publicar su cuarto informe exhaustivo sobre el estado de implementación y analizar los principales hallazgos del informe.
Encuentre aquí el informe completo: https://peaceaccords.nd.edu/cuartoinforme. El presente podcast ha sido elaborado con el apoyo financiero de la Unión Europea. Su contenido es responsabilidad exclusiva de la Iniciativa Barómetro de la Matriz de Acuerdos de Paz (P...2020-06-1833 minThe Kroc Cast: Peace Studies ConversationsThree Years After the Signing of the Final Agreement in Colombia: Moving Toward Territorial TransformationThe Barometer Initiative team, part of the Kroc Institute's Peace Accords Matrix Project, is providing real-time monitoring of the Colombian peace accord implementation process. The team just released their fourth comprehensive report on the status of implementation, and discuss the report's main findings.
Read the full report at peaceaccords.nd.edu/fourthreport. This podcast was produced with the financial support of the European Union. Its contents are the sole responsibility of the Barometer Initiative of the Peace Accords Matrix (PAM) Program (part of the Kroc Institute) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union.2020-06-1839 minThe Kroc Cast: Peace Studies ConversationsIran and U.S. Relations Two Years after Withdrawal from the JCPOAMahan Mirza, Executive Director of the Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion and Kroc Institute Teaching Faculty, talks with Professor Emeritus George Lopez and Kroc Institute Faculty Fellow Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi, about U.S. and Iran relations two years after the U.S. withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (or Iran Nuclear Deal).
2020-05-0830 minThe Kroc Cast: Peace Studies ConversationsThe Pandemic and Peacebuilding: Lessons from Sub-Saharan AfricaKroc Institute Associate Professor of the Practice of Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding David Anderson Hooker, talks with Catholic Peacebuilding Network partners Jean-Baptiste Talla, Nell Bolton, and Fr. Rigobert Minani about the current coronavirus pandemic and its impact on peacebuilding in Sub-Saharan Africa.
2020-05-0144 minThe Kroc Cast: Peace Studies ConversationsAlumni Spotlight: Ketty Anyeko and Lindsay McClain OpiyoKroc Institute Associate Director for Alumni Relations, Anne Hayner, talks with 2014 Kroc Institute Master's alums Ketty Anyeko, a current Ph.D. student at the University of British Colombia, and Lindsay McClain Opiyo, the director of development and partnerships for Generations for Peace in Washington, D.C. They discuss reparations and justice for women survivors of war in Uganda, youth and peacebuilding, and how they chose to study peace and where it's taken them.
2020-04-0738 minThe Kroc Cast: Peace Studies ConversationsThe Coronavirus Crisis through Gender, Environmental, Anthropological and Indigenous LensesKroc Institute Director, Asher Kaufman, talks with Kroc Institute faculty members, researchers, and graduate students about aspects of the current Coronavirus crisis, including gender, environmental, anthropological and indigenous considerations.
2020-04-0141 minThe Kroc Cast: Peace Studies ConversationsTeaching Peace in Active and Post-Conflict ZonesGeorge Lopez talks with three other scholar-practitioners about how to teach peace studies in areas where there is active conflict or where conflict has just ended. This episode’s guests include Kroc Institute Visiting Research Fellow Josefina Echavarría Alvarez, Fr. Elias Omondi Opongo, Director of the Hekima Institute of Peace Studies and International Relations, and Fr. Matthew Pagan,Vice-Chancellor of the Catholic University of South Sudan.
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The Kroc Cast: Peace Studies ConversationsUnderstanding the Madrasa Discourses ProjectFaculty members associated with the Madrasa Discourses project at the Kroc Institute discuss the program's unique efforts to engage madrasa scholars in conversations about religion, society and epistemology. Joshua Lupo, Madrasa Discourses classroom coordinator, moderates a conversation with Ebrahim Moosa, primary investigator for Madrasa Discourses, Mahan Mirza, Madrasa Discourses Advisor, Waris Mazhari, faculty member in India, and Ammar Khan Nasir, faculty member in Pakistan. The Madrasa Discourses project is part of the Contending Modernities initiative, which is a joint effort of the Kroc Institute and the Keough School of Global Affairs.
2020-02-1744 minThe Kroc Cast: Peace Studies ConversationsThe 2019 Nobel Peace Prize, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, and Ethiopian PeacebuildingKroc Institute Communications Program Director, Hannah Heinzekehr, talks with Peter Wallensteen, the Richard G. Starmann Sr. Research Professor Emeritus of Peace Studies, and Kroc Institute Visiting fellow Abba Hagos Hayish Fessuh about the recent awarding of the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize to Ethiopian Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed. They also discuss the history and current realities of the conflict at the Ethiopian and Eritrean border and challenges and opportunities facing peacebuilders in Ethiopia.
2019-12-1333 minThe Kroc Cast: Peace Studies ConversationsThe 25th Anniversary of the Genocide in Rwanda and Healing Traumatic MemoriesNotre Dame Professor of Theology and Peace Studies Fr. Emmanuel Katongole and Fr. Jean Baptiste Mvukiyehe discuss the genocide in Rwanda on its twenty-fifth anniversary, the process of healing from traumatic memories, and more. This episode is one of many conversations recorded during the Kroc Institute’s Building Sustainable Peace Conference in November 2019.
2019-12-0632 minThe Kroc Cast: Peace Studies ConversationsNuclear Disarmament and Pope Francis' Visit to JapanKroc Institute Director of Catholic Peacebuilding Studies Jerry Powers sits down to talk with Professor Maryann Cusimano Love and Professor Tobias Winright about nuclear disarmament, the Catholic church, and what to expect during Pope Francis’ upcoming visit to Tokyo, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki in Japan from November 23 through 26.
2019-11-2123 minThe Kroc Cast: Peace Studies ConversationsAlumni Spotlight: Peter Quaranto on Stabilization, Global Fragility, and PeacebuildingPeter Quaranto, a 2006 Notre Dame graduate and peace studies alum who works as a Senior Advisor for Peace and Security at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., talks with David Cortright, Director of Policy Studies and the Peace Accords Matrix project at the Kroc Institute. Peter discusses his career, the stabilization in international conflicts, global fragility, and how peace studies plays a role in his day-to-day work.
2019-10-2928 minThe Kroc Cast: Peace Studies ConversationsAlumni Profile: Mary Kate BattleA conversation with Mary Kate Battle, a 2010 Notre Dame graduate and peace studies alumna who works as a Business Development Specialist with Catholic Relief Services. Mary Kate talks with Anne Hayner, Associate Director for Alumni Relations at the Kroc Institute, about her career, international development in diverse contexts, and how peace studies plays a role in her day-to-day work.
2019-10-0722 minThe Kroc Cast: Peace Studies ConversationsIran, Saudia Arabia, the United States and the Way ForwardA discussion of the escalating tensions between the United States and Iran following September 14 drone strikes on Saudi Aramco oil processing facilities. George Lopez, the Rev. Theodore Hesburgh Professor Emeritus of Peace Studies sits down to talk with Susan Page, visiting professor of the practice at the Keough School of Global Affairs, Ebrahim Moosa, professor Islamic Studies, and David Cortright, Kroc Institute Director of Policy Studies and the Peace Accords Matrix Project.
2019-09-2743 minThe Kroc Cast: Peace Studies ConversationsThe Global Forced Migration Crisis and U.S. Immigration PolicyA discussion on the unprecedented global forced migration crisis, featuring Kroc Institute Executive Director Erin Corcoran, Diane Desierto, Associate Professor of Human Rights Law and Global Affairs at Notre Dame’s Keough School, and Cory Smith, an expert on U.S. immigration policy and refugee issues.
2019-09-1920 minThe Kroc Cast: Peace Studies ConversationsThe Past, Present, and Future of the Nuclear Disarmament MovementIn our second episode, Kroc Institute Director of Catholic Peacebuilding Studies Jerry Powers sits down to talk with Dr. James Muller, co-founder of the Nobel Peace Prize winning organization International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, and Professor Emeritus George Lopez about the history, present, and future of the movement toward nuclear disarmament.
2019-09-0341 minThe Kroc Cast: Peace Studies ConversationsMary Ellen O'Connell and George Lopez on Peace Studies and the Art of LawKroc Institute faculty members Mary Ellen O’Connell, the Robert and Marion Short Professor of Law and Research Professor of International Dispute Resolution and George A. Lopez, Professor Emeritus of Peace Studies, discuss international law, peace studies, realism and more, referencing O'Connell's new book, "The Art of Law in the International Community."
2019-08-1637 minThe Kroc Cast: Peace Studies ConversationsIntroducing The Kroc CastPeace Studies is a multidisciplinary field of study and practice in service of addressing some of the world's most pressing problems and finding strategies for building sustainable peace. Join us at The Kroc Cast for peace studies conversations convened by the University of Notre Dame's Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies.
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The Salvation Army Kroc Church HawaiiGeneral Andre CoxJoin us this week as we have a very special guest here at Kroc Center Hawaii, the worldwide General of The Salvation Army, General Andre Cox2017-05-2836 min
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