The Conflict, Security, and Development Series—Education Builds Peace, Right? The Complicated Answer from Rwanda and Beyond

Co-presented by the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at NYU Law School, the Center for Global Affairs at NYU's School for Professional Studies, The Program in International Relations at NYU's GSAS, the Robert L. Bernstein Institute for Human Rights, and the Office of International Programs at NYU Wagner

September
19
12:30pm - 1:30pm EDT
Public
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Date:
September 19, 2017
Time:
12:30pm - 1:30pm
Location:
The Puck Building - 295 Lafayette Street, The Rudin Family Forum for Civic Dialogue, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10012

When people talk about education and conflict, there are two typical approaches. The first focuses on ways in which conflict disrupts the provision of education. The second is that education can prevent conflict. Both are undoubtedly important. By focusing almost exclusively on the conviction that schooling can build peace, we have too often overlooked how schooling can do the reverse—contribute to conflict. Based on research in Rwanda and beyond, this discussion will be on the multiple complicated relationships between education, peace, and conflict, and what they suggest for those committed to conflict prevention and development.

 

Speaker: Elisabeth King

 

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