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Forging Paths to Peace: Study Abroad at Luther College

Immerse yourself in the Northern Ireland peace process with an insightful program at Luther College. Explore grassroots peacebuilding, identity challenges, and more through engaging coursework and meetings with key figures. Discover the complexities of peacebuilding and conflict resolution in this transformative study abroad experience.

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Forging Paths to Peace: Study Abroad at Luther College

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  1. STUDY ABROAD AT LUTHER COLLEGE • 75%/2600 • 25 January & five semester/year programs • 1990: 150 faculty • Global Citizenship course developed in 2007

  2. “Forging Paths to Peace in Northern Ireland”

  3. Course Description: How can communities with a recent history of violence live together peacefully?  This course will examine the difficult yet inspiring Northern Ireland peace process through the lives of its participants.  We will explore the challenges and potential of grassroots peacebuilding, with special attention to issues of identity, culture, and memory as challenges and the principles of forgiveness, mercy, justice, and peace as potential.  An integral part of the course will be meetings with representatives of the main political parties of Northern Ireland, former members of paramilitary organizations, academic experts, police officers, members of inter-community organizations, and victims of violence.  Overnight destinations include Belfast, Derry, Ballycastle, Dublin and London.  Lastly, we will apply the lessons of Northern Ireland to a vibrant and challenging multi-ethnic London.

  4. Academic Framework THEORETICAL ISSUES • Why do conflicts happen? • Why do some conflicts become violent? • How does violence impact a society for generations? • Why are some conflicts seemingly insoluble? • How can intense conflicts be constructively engaged (both politically and at the grassroots)? • What stages do conflicts commonly move through? • What are the political “secrets” to negotiating a peace agreement? • What role can community groups play in building trust within a divided society?

  5. Belfast Days 1-4 • Peace Walls • Catholic/Protestant neighborhoods/murals • Groups/Speakers • Ulster Project • Survivors of Trauma Centre • Coiste – ex-prisoner org. • Queens University

  6. Derry Days 5-8 • Omagh & Enniskillen • Bloody Sunday Centre & Memorial • Walking tour of Murals, Bogside & Walls of Derry • Ulster University Peace and Conflict Program • Policing PSNI Station • Junction-Forum for Peacebuilding

  7. BallycastleDays 9-10 • Corrymeela Reconciliation Centre • Speakers/Programs on Peace Building • Time for reflection

  8. Belfast Days 11 & 12 • Tour Stormont, NI Parliament Buildings • Good Friday/Belfast Peace Agreement • Meetings with Nationalist & Unionist Party Leaders

  9. Dublin Days 13 - 15 • Kilmainham Jail • 1916 Rebellion Walking Tour • Leinster House and Irish political leaders • Co-Operation Ireland • Trinity University

  10. County Wicklow Days 16-17 • Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation • Programs & Reflection

  11. London Days 18-21 • Challenges of living in a multicultural world.

  12. Insights about peace from this three week study abroad experience • Two approaches to peacebuilding in NI • Elite level politics & power sharing: community divisions intact • Grassroots & civil society: cooperation & integration of communities • Is there peace and reconciliation in Northern Ireland? • Persistence of sectarianism • Paul Lederach: “peacebuilding is enormously complex.”

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