Courses

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One key initiative of the Peacebuilding Initiative is to develop peace-based course offerings at the graduate and undergraduate levels. These courses will address political, economic, ethical, cultural, and biosocial dimensions of peacebuilding. 

Students will learn theoretical and methodological tools to think critically about what drives conflict and sustainable peace, learning from concrete examples of peacebuilding in regions of Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East, and gaining in-depth understanding of issues related to human security, health and human rights, social inclusion and post-conflict justice.

Students will apply their analysis to a range of peace-related research, practice, and policy. This knowledge will inform their coursework at Yale, summer internships, and careers in peacebuilding, public policy, global affairs, global health, and humanitarian work.

AFAM 724Imaging War, Imagining Peace: Memory, Justice, and Repair
AMST 305Digital War
EAST 301/HIST 307The Making of Japan’s Great Peace, 1550–1850
GLBL 273UN Peace Operations
GLBL 289War and Peace in Northern Ireland
GLBL 313The United Nations on the Ground
GLBL 393Humanitarian Interventions
GLBL 430Turning Points in Peacebuilding
GLBL 7115/GLBL 382Designing and Reforming Democracy
GLBL 888Power & Politics in Today’s World
GLBL 6265Rebuilding Nations After Atrocity
GLBL 7410Violent Political Conflict
GLBL 7415New Wars, New Peace
HLTH 302Peacebuilding: History, Health, and Policy
MGT 627Business and Government After Communism
REL 810My Neighbor’s Faith: Building Interreligious Community

See more details and course descriptions on courses.yale.edu