Peace in Practice: Conflict, Ambiguity, and Civic Life

Harvard FAS

How can individuals and communities promote peace when conflict seems intractable and the right path forward is genuinely unclear?What does it actually take to build peace in a divided world, and why is it so much harder than it sounds? This course invites students to grapple with one of the most pressing and enduring questions of civic life: how do individuals, communities, and institutions promote peace, sustaindialogue, and navigate conflict in ways that are both principled and…