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Peace, Justice, and Conflict Studies. Collection of the Peace, Justice, and Conflict Studies Program, 1970-Ongoing. GACA Collection 258. 1 Records Center Carton, 1 cassette box, and digital media.
ABSTRACT:
The Peace, Justice, and Conflict Studies collection contains history, curriculum, financial documents, reviews and reports, and committee information for the Peace Studies/Education program. There is also information from other Peace Consortiums along with recordings from the Raoul Wallenberg Memorial Lectures. The majority of the collection is from the 1970s with some information from the early 1990s as well.
“Peace Studies is an interdisciplinary field of study which addresses the problems of war, social oppression and violence, and the challenges of implementing nonviolent conflict resolution and social justice. Peace Studies serves to focus knowledge from diverse disciplines to converge on the problems of violence and the challenges of finding peaceful solutions.”* The Peace Studies program began in 1972 and was known originally as Peace Education. Currently, there is a Peace Studies minor available, though in the past, a major was also offered.
*Taken from the Peace Studies website (http://gustavus.edu/peacestudies/), 23 November 2010.
The program changed its name from Peace Studies to Peace, Justice, and Conflict Studies for the 2017-18 academic year.
The Raoul Wallenberg Memorial Lecture, begun in 1983, invites speakers to commemorate the heroic service of Raoul Wallenberg in his fearless support of persecuted Jews during World War II.
| Year | Speaker | Talk Title/Affiliation/Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Stephen Spender | Essayist and poet |
| 1983 | Mulford Q. Sibley | Professor of Political Science at University of Minnesota |
| 1984 | Theo Kotze | South African church leader and critic of Apartheid |
| 1985 | Jeri Laber | Executive director of the United States Helsinki Watch |
| 1986 | Dennis Brutus | South African poet |
| 1987 | Per Anger | Swedish Diplomat and Raoul Wallenberg’s supervisor in Budapest |
| 1988 | Agnes Adachi | Volunteer associate of Raoul Wallenberg |
| 1989 | Fr. Medardo Gomez | Lutheran Bishop of San Salvador |
| 1990 | Herb Frey | “Homeless in America” – Minister at Alliance of the Streets |
| 1991 | Gen. Indar Rekhye | Former Head of Peacekeeping at the United Nations |
| 1992 | Sir Brian Urquhart | Former Undersecretary at the United Nations |
| 1993 | Dr. Steven Koblik | President of Reed College and Scandinavia historian |
| 1994 | Marjorie Agosin | Chilean poet and human rights activist |
| 1995 | Harold Stassen | Former Governor of Minnesota |
| 1996 | Dr. Robert Fisch | Hungarian concentration camp survivor |
| 1997 | Ninotchka Rosca | Novelist and human rights activist from the Philippines |
| 1998 | Fred Baron | Holocaust survivor of Bergen-Belsen Camp |
| 1999 | Dr. Harvey Rosenfeld | Wallenberg biographer and professor of history at Pace University |
| 2000 | Dr. Paul Levine | Wallenberg biographer from the Uppsala Program for Holocaust Studies |
| 2001 | Dr. Robert Jan Van Pelt | “The Holocaust on Trial?: An Analysis of the Irving-Lipstadt Trial in London” – Professor of architecture at University of Waterloo |
| 2002 | Lucille Eichengreen | Holocaust survivor |
| 2003 | Douglas Johnson | “Human Rights Denied: Human Dignity Ignored” – Director of the Center for Victims of Torture |
| 2004 | Diane Orentlicher | “Saddam on Trial” – Professor of law at American University |
| 2005 | Dr. Peter Wallensteen | “Dag Hammerskjöld: Diplomat, Peacemaker, and International Civil Servant” – Swedish peace research |
| 2006 | Dr. Hugh Parmer | “Humanitarian Crisis in Darfur: Perspectives from the Field” – President of the American Refugee Committee |
| 2007 | Ben Olander | Swedish Folksinger performing songs inspired by Raoul Wallenberg |
| 2008 | Mark Hanis | “Never Again is Again in Darfur: Taking a Stand Against Genocide” – Founder of the Genocide Intervention Network |
| 2009 | Dr. Steven Miles | “Oath Betrayed: America’s Torture Doctors” – Professor at University of Minnesota Medical School |
| 2010 | Dr. Jo Ellen Fair | “Not a Simple Story: Mass Media and Mass Violence, The African Case” – Professor of journalism at the University of Wisconsin, Madison |
| 2011 | Dr. Jennifer McBride | “Bonhoeffer and Repentance: A Constructive Proposal for Christian Public Witness” – Professor of religion at Wartburg College |
| 2012 | Ingemar Eliasson | “Wallenberg” – Former Swedish politician, economist, and governor |
| 2014 | Dr. Stephen Zune | “The United States and the Middle East: Intervention, Reaction, and Hope for Change” |
| 2017 | Dr. Marica Cristina Garcia | “Climate Refugees: An Unrecognized Challenge at Home and Abroad” |
| 2023 | Brenda Childs | “Boarding Schools and American Indian Dispossession” |
This collection is divided into seven sections: budgets and financial information, committee, history and curriculum, peace consortiums, Raoul Wallenberg Memorial Lecture, reviews and reports, and miscellaneous.
Budgets and Financial Information is composed of budgets, expense vouchers, receipts, and other financial documentation.
Committee comprises meeting minutes, memos, and correspondence related to the Peace Studies/Education committee.
History and Curriculum holds information on the proposals and program outlines for the department along with materials about classes, workshops, guest speakers, lectures, grants, faculty leaves, and a student questionnaire.
Peace Consortiums contains information about the Consortium on Peace Research, Education and Development (COPRED) and the Minnesota Consortium of Peace Educators.
Raoul Wallenberg Memorial Lecture involves recordings and photographs from lectures, and some planning materials.
Reviews and Reports consists of reviews and reports from both on campus and from the outside about Gustavus’ Peace Education program. These include reports given by Peace Education faculty to the Board of Trustees and the Faculty Meetings.
Miscellaneous has correspondence, papers, newsletters, and articles, materials from other conferences, and lecture recordings. The “Busing in Boston” paper is from a Gustavus student trip to Boston, where they interviewed local leaders about the busing situation.
