GWU Peace Studies

Bringing this reminder to the top of your posts giving a quick access to the link for the movie The Mountain Path. We are co-sponsoring this film screening event on Buddhist hermits in contemporary China next Tuesday (April 2). Please share.

Screening of "山道 / The Mountain Path" & Conversation with the Filmmaker GW is excited to host filmmaker Edward Burger for a showing of his critically acclaimed film The Mountain Path. This 90-minute documentary will be followed by a conversation with the filmmaker, moderated by Prof. Eyal Aviv of the Honors Program and Department of Religion. Doors open at 4:30, and ref...

Tuesday, April 2

The GW Department of Religion is co-sponsoring the film screening on Buddhist hermits in contemporary China next . Sharing the link to it with you. Please feel free to share with others.

https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/screening-of-the-mountain-path-conversation-with-the-filmmaker
--

Screening of "山道 / The Mountain Path" & Conversation with the Filmmaker GW is excited to host filmmaker Edward Burger for a showing of his critically acclaimed film The Mountain Path. This 90-minute documentary will be followed by a conversation with the filmmaker, moderated by Prof. Eyal Aviv of the Honors Program and Department of Religion. Doors open at 4:30, and ref...

Internship Announcement 🚨

Interested in studying history & public policy this Fall?
The Wilson Center has an opportunity for you! Applications are due August 5. Click the link for more info!

Internships with the History and Public Policy Program Important Note: The Wilson Center is closely monitoring guidelines established by the CDC, State Department, and other government authorities surrounding COVID-19. At this time, the History and Public Policy Program plans to move forward with offering remote internship opportunities for Fall 2022.

RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY 🎙🎙🎙 Johns Hopkins University Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences is currently accepting applications for this year's Richard Macksey National Humanities Research Symposium. We highly encourage all our majors and minors to apply! Applications are due Feb 15. More info in the attached image.

Don't miss our annual Berz Lecture this evening! "In the Presence of the Sacred: One Yuchi's Thoughts on the Beatific Vision of the First Peoples of This Land" 4:30-6pm EST. Email [email protected] to receive the Zoom link.

Don't forget to RSVP to the Religion Department's annual Berz Lecture next Wednesday, 3/31, 4:30-6 pm EST! Dan Wildcat & Samantha Chisholm Hatfield will speak about Native American religion, spirituality, and environmental activism. Email [email protected] to RSVP & receive the Zoom link!

The GW Religion Department invites you to the 2021 Berz Lecture on 3/31, 4:30-6 pm. Dan Wildcat & Samantha Chisholm Hatfield will speak about Native American religion, spirituality, and environmental activism. Email [email protected] to RSVP & receive the Zoom link!

GW Faculty for Diversity are asking President Thomas LeBlanc and Provost Brian Blake to commit to the GW Diversity Cluster Hire, and they are very close to their goal of 1,000 signatures. Please share the petition:

Click here: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/gw-diversity-cluster-hire?source=email&

GW Diversity Cluster Hire Members of the GW community have long asked for a serious and sustained commitment to a much more diverse faculty. It is time that we are heard.

DC Peace Team
Jan. 6, 2020: As the Capitol was stormed and persons were killed, the DC Peace Team offered protective accompaniment to local grassroots groups and individuals at risk in the streets of DC. In one incident a white Pro-Trump man in camouflage pulled a knife at a black man during a heated verbal exchange. A DC Peace Team member who was walking alongside the parties, moved closer to about 3-4 feet from the armed person. The DCPT member engaged him with short de-escalatory phrases, such as “let’s slow down, you don’t need that weapon, you can put that away, this is not going to help anything, etc.” The armed person backed off a couple steps and others from his side came to pull him back. After some more verbal exchanges and walking up the street, the situation was defused. The DC Peace Team also helped provide accompaniment to individuals trying to get out of the area and worked with other local groups, particularly centering the voices of black leaders, in setting up a network of such activity for that evening. In addition, some of our members engaged in various empathy generating conversations.

1/16 DC Peace Team will offer an ONLINE advanced training in Unarmed Civilian Protection Deployments in situations with weapons from 12-2pm and 3-5pm EST. Full training is both segments. REGISTER HERE: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSebmQO99WAQ46N71btmwBsvaEPRke4zqBMv_MtUyIer59FgOQ/viewform

1/23 DC Peace Team will offer an ONLINE training on Introduction to Active Bystander Intervention from 10-12 and 1-3pm EST. Full training is both segments. REGISTER HERE: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfHJ6BPHlXctPgT8zVh4Kw3djw6ocqcJkH3j_i8n3RklBDteA/viewform

The GW Humanities Center invites you to a panel discussion Wednesday, January 13 at 5:30 pm on Democracy Under Siege: Explaining the MAGA Uprising. Register for the event ahead of time on Zoom at the following link: https://gwu-edu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gCGyK5gTS5GS9fGFnE0IDg

Religious Groups Come Together for Interfaith Dinner GW students celebrated religious diversity and reflected on their experiences with faith at the 17th annual event.

Join the GW MSSC this Friday, October 12th, for the opening of the GW Interfaith Prayer-Meditation Space! It will take place 5:30-8 on the 3rd floor of the MSSC and is open to students and faculty. They will have food, fun, and even a guided meditation