Center for Peace Studies & Violence Prevention at Virginia Tech

09/20/2021

9/11 20 years later... Ashley Reichelmann, the Associate Director of the Center for Peace Studies and Violence Prevention was recently on WSLS 10 news to discuss what terrorism looks like today, focusing on the ever-present subject of domestic terrorism.

Also on this topic, two recent PBS Frontline documentaries, one longer, on white supremacist groups in the U.S., and one shorter (on the events in Charlottesville, August 2017), both titled ‘Documenting Hate’, are at Newman Library.

The world as we knew it changed forever on September 11, 2001. From our daily lives to the way we travel, to how we view threats to our democracy.

09/13/2021

FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! Exhibit and Book Launch: “Maré from the Inside: Art, Culture, and Politics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil”
Monday, September 13 – Thursday, September 30
The interactive exhibit and accompanying book, Maré from the Inside / Maré de Dentro: Art, Culture and Politics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, stem from the collaboration of Brazilian and U.S.-based artists, activists, and academics. The exhibit consists of 30 family portraits, 26 street photographs, four interviews with select photographed families, and three documentary films that offers rarely captured views into the lives of residents in Complexo da Maré, a group of 16 contiguous favelas (informal working-class neighborhoods) in Rio de Janeiro. The exhibit and book demonstrate the diversity and creativity of the citizens of Maré while exposing the barriers favela residents confront in their everyday lives.
Newman Library (1st and 2nd floors) and virtual: https://exhibits.lib.vt.edu/mare-from-the-inside/

Sponsors: Institute for Policy and Governance, Department of Political Science, Center for Humanities, Center for Peace Studies and Violence Prevention, College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences
Contact: Desirée Poets, [email protected]

08/30/2021

Exhibit and Book Launch: “Maré from the Inside: Art, Culture, and Politics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil”
Monday, August 30 – Thursday, September 30
The interactive exhibit and accompanying book, Maré from the Inside / Maré de Dentro: Art, Culture and Politics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, stem from the collaboration of Brazilian and U.S.-based artists, activists, and academics. The exhibit consists of 30 family portraits, 26 street photographs, four interviews with select photographed families, and three documentary films that offers rarely captured views into the lives of residents in Complexo da Maré, a group of 16 contiguous favelas (informal working-class neighborhoods) in Rio de Janeiro. The exhibit and book demonstrate the diversity and creativity of the citizens of Maré while exposing the barriers favela residents confront in their everyday lives. More information.
Newman Library (1st and 2nd floors) and virtual: https://exhibits.lib.vt.edu/mare-from-the-inside/
Free and open to the public
Sponsors: Institute for Policy and Governance, Department of Political Science, Center for Humanities, Center for Peace Studies and Violence Prevention, College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences
Contact: Desirée Poets, [email protected]

04/16/2021

The We Remember website provides information about the 32 students and faculty members who were tragically taken from their loved ones and our community on April 16, 2007. They ranged in age from 18 to 76 and represented a variety of academic areas and faith and ethnic groups. We hope that you are a...

04/16/2021

This chilly, sunlit spring day, we remember April 16, 2007. Our hearts as always are with the memory of the victims, and care for the survivors and the families. The Center's mission grew out of a response to the events of April 16th, and we continue to grow and change. As we remember those we lost on that tragic day and those we have lost since to senseless acts of violence, let us come together to reaffirm our commitment to building a more peaceful and just future.

04/12/2021

Webinar: “Protect Your Spirit: Native Resistance to Settler Violence”
Thursday, April 15, 12:00–1:30 p.m.

Join five panel experts as they discuss Native resistance to settler violence including physical, ideological, and environmental violence. The panelists are: Crystal Ann Cavalier, member of Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation Tribe, Mebane, North Carolina; Desiree Shelley, member of Monacan Indian Nation and Climate Justice Organizer with Mothers Out Front; Melissa Faircloth, Director of the American Indian and Indigenous Community Center; Amanda Lee Keikialoha Savage, Instructor of History, University of Memphis; and Nizhoni Tallas, student majoring in Natural Resources and Conservation and minoring in American Indian Studies, and member of Diné Tribe.
Free
Sponsor: Department of History
Contact: Edward Polanco, [email protected]

Native peoples have lived in the Western Hemisphere since time immemorial. Since then, Indigenous communities throughout the American continent have been custodians of the land, air, and waterways in which they live. Native peoples have rich diversity and achievements in what Western Culture would c...

04/07/2021

The Women's and Gender Studies program at Virginia Tech is pleased to announce their annual conference -- virtual, of course. Friday, April 16, 8:30 AM - 3 PM. Contact Dr. Bonnie Zare for more info: [email protected] .

03/15/2021

“Affect and World Politics: Governing Hearts and Minds at War Museums”

Monday, March 22, 2:00–3:00 p.m.
One of our affiliated faculty, Audrey Reeves, Assistant Professor of Political Science, will be joined by Sylvester Johnson, Center for Humanities Director. Reeves will discuss her current book project that considers how war museums in the U.S., and other democratic nations, orchestrate our emotional responses to these nations’ involvement in warfare in the 20th and 21st century.

Free and open to the public

Joined by Center for Humanities Director Sylvester Johnson, Assistant Professor of Political Science Audrey Reeves will discuss her current book project that considers how war museums in the US and other democratic nations orchestrate our emotional responses to these nations' involvement in warfare....

02/01/2021

Virtual Film Discussion and Celebration: Free at Last – Martin Luther King, Jr.
Friday, February 12, 6:30–8:00 p.m.

Join the School of Education’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee as they discuss the film Free at Last–Martin Luther King, Jr., an Emmy Award-winning behind-the-scenes documentary of the last months of Dr. King’s life, during the planning of and training for the Poor People’s March. Attendees are asked to watch the 90-minute film at their own convenience, freely available at the PBS website or on PBS streaming apps.
Free of charge.
Sponsor: School of Education’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee
Contact: Donna Fogelsong, [email protected]

February 12 from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.

01/25/2021

The Department of History is hosting a webinar "Race and Political Violence in the United States: Historical Perspectives" on Feb. 1.

As Americans continue to reflect on the attempted insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, what lessons can history provide? Violence has been a regrettable but regular feature of U.S. politics, often sparked by struggles over racial equity. Join us online for a wide-ranging conversation exploring intersections of race and political violence at critical historical moments.

Four expert speakers will reflect on how Americans have conceptualized and employed violence in changing political contexts: Black abolitionists' debates about the place of physical force in their movement; the political ramifications of slaveholder violence; the repression of Mexican Americans in the early 20th century; and the racially-charged violence that's marked our own era of Black Lives Matter and resurgent white supremacy.

Speakers:
- Dr. Kellie Carter Jackson, Africana Studies, Wellesley College
- Dr. Paul Quigley, History, Virginia Tech
- Dr. Annette Rodriguez, American Studies, University of North Carolina
- Dr. Peniel Joseph, Public Affairs, University of Texas

Sponsor: Diversity and Inclusion Committee, History Department, Virginia Tech.

Day/times: Feb 1, 2021 12:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Register: https://virginiatech.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8QNw5D6pSYWL3CKVMsmdMA

Questions: Please contact Paul Quigley, [email protected]

As Americans continue to reflect on the attempted insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, what lessons can history provide? Violence has been a regrettable but regular feature of U.S. politics, often sparked by struggles over racial equity. Join us online for a wide-ranging conversation explo...