Poetry and Peace

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

At the forefront of every social justice movement, you will also find poets; I contend that is evidence that they have something to teach us about the long labor for justice. In this class, we will read Peace Studies Theory alongside poets from around the globe who are deeply engaged in various struggles for peace—from Palestine-Israel, to Ukraine, to Afghanistan, to El Salvador, to Nicaragua, to Cuba, to Colombia, to Civil Rights and Indigenous Rights in the US. As an introduction course, this class requires no prior knowledge of poetry or peace studies theory, but rather, will lay the ground work for how to critically use both for the sake of building a fairer, more just world, all the while growing as writers and readers.