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Dr. Margaret Groarke, Director of the Program

Manhattan College has one of the oldest Peace Studies programs in the United States.  The first course was offered in 1966, and work began on designing a major, which was established in 1971.

If you are interested in studying issues related to peace, conflict and war, human rights and social justice, Peace Studies may be the major for you.

The Nature of Peace Studies

Peace Studies at Manhattan College is an interdisciplinary academic program that examines the following problem/opportunity areas:

• Arms Races and War
• Economic, Political, and Social Justice
• Conflict Creation, Management, and Resolution
• Nonviolent Philosophies and Strategies of Resistance
• World Community and World Government

The courses are taught by  faculty members  from fourteen disciplines and several Schools of the College. Faculty are drawn from the physical and life sciences, the social sciences, the applied sciences, and the humanities.

Central to our concept of peace studies is the notion of justice.  We recognize a difference between "negative peace" - the absence of open hostilities - and "positive peace" - a situation of just and harmonious relations between individuals and/or peoples.  We cannot achieve true peace, positive peace, without justice.

 

For Further Information:

 Dr. Margaret Groarke, Director of the Program

• Telephone: (718) 862-7943
• Office: Miguel 426
• Fax: (718) 862-8044
• e-mail:  margaret groarke@manhattan.edu

Page last updated by N. Cave on June 29, 2006