peace education

While the archives contain a wide swath of materials around peace studies, John Paul’s early work focused on peace education, particularly in Spain. These writings, many not available in English, looked at both the pedagogy and potential for peace education as part of school and community based social change curricula. At later points, these also included efforts to provide community-based leadership and universities with practical materials, pedagogies, and educational resources that included Central America, Tajikistan, and Spain.

Sustaining Peace: Concluding Thoughts

A concluding keynote address delivered at the Building Sustainable Peace Conference, hosted by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame.

Hesston Presidential Inaugural Address

An address provided for the inauguration of Dr. Howard Keim as President of Hesston College in 2005.

The Dynamic Interdependencies of Practice and Scholarship

An editorial exploring the dynamic feedback between scholarship and practice in the peace studies field, interdependencies that provide the foundation for conflict engagement and challenge existing understandings and approaches.

Mediating Across Cultures

An exploration into the construction of meaning as it informs conflict resolution training.

Entrevista a John Paul Lederach por Xavier Garí de Barbarà

An interview in contribution to an oral history project of the International Catalan Institute for Peace to trace the history of the peace movement in Catalonia.

Practitioner-Scholar Spectrum

A visual spectrum and short descriptions of each location across the spectrum of practitioner and scholar in peace studies and conflict engagement.

Peacebuilding Platform for Apprenticeship: A few ideas about an initiative for mentorship

An early draft sketching ideas for what eventually became the Apprenticeship Program.