This guide includes curated resources to help introduce you to peace studies and to complete course assignments for PCS 211: Introduction to Peace Studies (Fall 2024, Professor Tiffany Grobelski). If you need help along the way, don't hesitate to contact Librarian Anna Hulseberg (ahulsebe@gustavus.edu)!
"Paper Crane" by Mark Menzies is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
About the Paper Crane
The origami paper crane is a symbol of peace, rooted in the story of Hiroshima bombing survivor Sadako Sasaki. The children's book Sadako and The Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr (1977) tells her story. Sadako's classmates helped create the Children's Peace Monument in Hiroshima Peace Park to recognize war's horrific impacts on children. The Peace Crane Project promotes world peace and the UN's International Day of Peace.
Peace, Justice & Conflict Studies (PJCS) 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. In 2024, we celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the PJCS program at Gustavus, one of the oldest peace studies programs in the world!
See also: our PJCS Library Guide and the Gustavus PJCS Program page.
The Apocalypse Factory: Plutonium and the Making of the Atomic Age Call number: General Collection QC773.A1 O47 2022
Beyond the Great War: Making Peace in a Disordered World Call number: General Collection DC389 .B49 2022
Making Ukraine: Negotiating, Contesting, and Drawing the Borders in the Twentieth Century Call Number: General Collection DK508.157 .M36 2022
Peace and Conflict Studies Call Number: General Collection JZ5538 .B37 2022
Peace Is Everyone's Business Call number: JZ5534 .P4295 2021
The Plot to Save South Africa: The Week Mandela Averted Civil War and Forged a New Nation
Call Number: New Title Shelf (Hasselquist Room) DT1970 .M338 2023
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