The 2019 Summer Peacebuilding Program offered 16 participants from all over the U.S. and the world the opportunity for in-depth exploration on building peace in societies emerging from conflict, violence, or war, bridging theory and practice.
Five Middlebury Institute faculty experts will examine nationalism, terrorism and cybercrime, and language and identity as part of this spring’s WorldViews Speaker Series.
Participants in the three-week Center for Conflict Studies program apply the skills and knowledge they acquire to a real-world final project with mentors from the field.
“I have realized that my lens for perceiving the world is smaller than I would like it to be,” shares Middlebury Institute student Celina Lima, a participant with other students, faculty and staff in a series of candid conversations on race facilitated by Allies at MIIS.
Human rights activist, poet, former Black Panther and political prisoner Ericka Huggins gave an inspirational and interactive keynote address to kick off the Middlebury Institute’s Center for Conflict Studies fourth annual conference.
