YouTube. University of California, 2011. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16YiLqftppo This speech by Galtung explores his thought, in particular, his theories of reconciliation and positive/negative peace. Galtung…
Bennett, Anne. London: Quaker Books, 2020. Dining with Diplomats, Praying with Gunmen explores the recent history of Quaker peacebuilding efforts, the principles it is based on and its specific strengths. Much of this…
O’Callaghan, Margaret. Irish Historical Studies 24, no. 94 (1984): 226-245. In this article, Margaret O’Callaghan takes a closer look at the creation of an Irish national identity in the early years of the Free State.…
Vindhya Buthpitiya (2022) The Urban Violence Research Network. Available at: https://urbanviolence.org/perpetrator-state/ (Accessed: March 16, 2023). In this short piece, Buthpitiya is introducing an extremely…
Collier, Paul, and Anke Hoeffler. Oxford Economic Papers 56, no. 4 (2004): 563–95. This article investigates the causes of civil war by analysing 79 civil wars which took place between 1966 and 1999. The authors…
The Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain. 2013. This book, here displayed in an online format, explains what Quakers believe and how they practice their faith. The book is written by a committee of British Quakers,…
Graham, Michael F. Albion 33, no. 3 (2001): 371-387. This article discusses efforts on the part of the Reformation-era Church of Scotland to act as a peacemaker within Scottish communities. In particular, the Kirk…
Machado, Carmen Maria. The Paris Review, August 29, 2019. This article discusses the character Beth March in Louisa May Alcott’s novel Little Women as well as Alcott’s sister, on whom Beth is based. It highlights the…
Payerhim, Marek. The Polish Review 57, no. 1 (2012): 5-31. This article provides a fascinating history of protest songs and their connection to political opposition in Poland in the 1970s and 1980s. Protest songs were…
Goelet, Ogden Jr; Levine, Baruch A. 1997. in Boundaries of the Ancient Near Eastern World The Egyptian–Hittite peace treaty is the earliest known surviving peace treaty (thought to be created 1259 BC). Drawn up after a…