{"id":16122,"date":"2026-09-01T18:03:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T18:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offuniversity.org\/?post_type=previous-courses&#038;p=16122"},"modified":"2026-09-01T18:09:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T18:09:51","slug":"critical-peace-and-civil-society","status":"publish","type":"previous-courses","link":"https:\/\/offuniversity.org\/de\/previous-courses\/summer-2026\/critical-peace-and-civil-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Critical Peace and Civil Society"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-a662079b\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-7b60fd04\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-e0d64d06\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-e0d64d06\">\n\n<div class=\"gb-element-93552f31\">\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-98bef43c gb-headline-text\">Critical Peace and Civil Society<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-f91c37b5 gb-headline-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/offuniversity.org\/faculty\/#ferda-fahrioglu-anchor\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1387\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FERDA FAHR\u0130O\u011eLU<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-6a71c882\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-da404e27 gb-headline-text underline\"><em>See the Course Description <mark class=\"gb-highlight\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-contrast-3-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/offuniversity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Critical_Peace_SS26_Overview-Kurmanci.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/offuniversity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Critical_Peace_SS26_Overview-Kurmanci.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">in Kurmanc\u00ee<\/a><\/mark><\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-3a30ea48 gb-tabs\" data-opened-tab=\"1\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-84f8d681 gb-tabs__buttons\">\n\n<button class=\"gb-button gb-button-a79c01e0 gb-button-text gb-tabs__button gb-block-is-current\" id=\"gb-tab-button-a79c01e0\">Overview<\/button>\n\n\n\n<button class=\"gb-button gb-button-bfd101b8 gb-button-text gb-tabs__button\" id=\"gb-tab-button-bfd101b8\">Course Outline<\/button>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-7f59097b gb-tabs__items\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-f5c5f721 gb-tabs__item gb-tabs__item-open\" id=\"gb-tab-item-f5c5f721\">\n\n<h4 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-68c7fb24 gb-headline-text\">Overview<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text gb-text-c1956806\">This online lab examines the role of civil society, as a central mid-level actor in peace-building processes, including civil society organizations (CSOs), religious and ethnic leaders, intellectuals, and professional associations, and their capacity to bridge decision-makers and conflict-affected communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text gb-text-412ce69b\">Structured as an interactive seminar, the course integrates academic literature with experiential knowledge. Representatives from member organizations of the Critical Peace Network, including groups working in human rights, women\u2019s rights, LGBTQI+ advocacy, cultural heritage, memory, and education, will participate as guest speakers. The course places particular emphasis on peace-building initiatives related to the Kurdish issue in Turkey and Syria, with contributions from practitioners and students from Rojava University, who will share field experiences from civil society work conducted under challenging conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text gb-text-c4b97c01\">Students will engage in weekly thematic discussions, practitioner dialogues, and case study analysis. Course requirements include active participation and a very short research paper examining a civil society organization operating in a peace-related field in Syria\/Rojava?. Designed to provide a secure environment for all participants, the course aims to foster critical reflection, comparative analysis, and context-sensitive understanding of civil society\u2019s evolving role in sustainable peace-building processes. <\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-79414423 gb-tabs__item\" id=\"gb-tab-item-79414423\">\n\n<h4 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-28db6432 gb-headline-text\">Course Outline<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text\">You can see and download the course syllabus below in <strong><a href=\"#critical-peace-sy-en\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#critical-peace-sy-en\">English<\/a><\/strong> and in <strong><a href=\"#critical-peace-sy-kr\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#critical-peace-sy-kr\">Kurmanc\u00ee<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-element-3120ace5\" id=\"critical-peace-sy-en\">\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden 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