TRANSCEND Peace University- October Semester

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TRANSCEND Peace University - TPU On-Line

The world's on-line university for peace and development studies

Announcing Registration for semester starting October 2005



The following is an announcement for the TRANSCEND Peace University (TPU),
the world's first ever global peace university for policy makers,
practitioners, scholars, students, UN staff and others working in
peacebuilding, conflict transformation, post-war reconstruction,
rehabilitation and reconciliation, development, human rights, and other
related fields.



Please forward this announcement to individuals, organisations, UN agencies
and governments which you believe may be interested in participating in the
TPU 's October Semester 2005. For more information or to apply on-line,
please visit http://www.transcend.org/tpu.



Please note, the deadline for applications for the October Semester is
September 15, 2005.

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TRANSCEND PEACE UNIVERSITY (TPU)
October Semester 2005<http://www.transcend.org/tpu>



Johan Galtung, the Rector of TPU and one of the founders of peace
studies, invites you to join practitioners and students from around
the world on-line.

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With faculty and Course Directors drawn from amongst the leading scholars
and practitioners in their fields internationally, TPU is the world's first
truly global,

on-line Peace University designed for government and NGO practitioners,

policy makers and students at any level working in the fields of peace,
conflict
transformation, development and global issues. Since 1996 300+
on-site skills institutes have been offered for 6,000+ participants
around the world, using the TRANSCEND manual "Conflict
Transformation By Peaceful Means," published by the United Nations.
There will be certificates; for single courses, diplomas for
clusters of courses and eventually BA, MA; and PhD degrees.
Participants may combine on-line and on-site courses.

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In the 2005 October Semester TPU will offer the following 16 courses:

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1. Peaceful Conflict Transformation, Johan Galtung

2. Nonviolence as Political Tool and Philosophy, Jorgen Johansen

3. Peace Journalism, Jake Lynch and Annabel McGoldrick

4. Film and Peace, Paul D. Scott

5. Deep Culture in Conflict, Johan Galtung, Wilfried Graf and Gudrun Kramer

6. Democratization and Development, Paul D. Scott

7. Dialogue, Peace and Development, Katrin Kaeufer and Claus Otto Scharmer

8. Conflict Prevention, Intervention, Reconciliation and Reconstruction, S.
P. Udayakumar

9. Peace Futures: Mapping, Anticipating and Deepening Approaches to the
Futures of Peace (and War), Sohail Inayatullah

10. Peace Museums, Christophe Bouillet

11. Peace Zones, Christophe Barbey

12. Transformacion Pacifica de Conflictos, Sara Rozenblum de Horowitz

13. Peace Business and Economics, Howard Richards

14. Literature and Peace, Marisa Antonaya

15. Art and Peace, Olivier Urbain



New courses:



1. Gender, Social Constructions, Power Relations and Militarism: Integrated
Approaches to Gender Empowerment, Gal Harmat

2. Peace Education Catherine Odora-Hoppers, Alicia Cabuezedo, Magnus Haavelsrud

3. UN Global Conflict by Fred Dubee

4. Strategic Nonviolent Power Struggle Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan

5. Introductory Psychology for Peace Workers, T. Ito and F. Tschudi

6. Introductory Mathematics for Peace Workers, J Galtung and D Fischer

7. Introductory Economics for Peace Workers, J. Galtung, D. Goalstone









Starting Date: October 3, 2005 (or two weeks after the minimum number of
students is met for that course)


Ending Date: January 16, 2006



Deadline for Registration: September 15, 2005



Cost per one Course: For EU/Western Europe, North American, Japanese and
South-East Asian/Australian, participants 300 Euros. For all others 150
Euros.

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For more information or to register, please contact the TRANSCEND
Peace University Global Center in Cluj, Romania with a staff to
handle information, applications, payments, course related
questions, and computer support:

E-mail: <mailto:tpu at transcend.org>tpu at transcend.org

Tel +40-724-380511

Fax:+40-264-420298

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