Under the supervision of course instructor Prof. Johan Galtung, TPU’s “Advanced Conflict Transformation” (ACT) class of 2016 will study the following 6 modules:

• Module 1: “1 World”:
  Themes will be:
  (a) antinomies between “states and nations”; “regions and civilizations”, “rich and poor;
  (b) how to induce negative peace by reducing violence;
  (c) how to bring about positive peace by increasing togetherness
  (d) direct violence: looking at most and least belligerent actors
  (e) structural violence: Looking at richest and poorest.
  (f)  the peace formula with a focus on solution-politics instead of victory-poltiics.
  (g) Case discussed: Afghanistan.
• Module 2: “2 Americas”
  Themes will be
  (a) Latin America-Caribbean and Anglo-America
  (b) USA-Cuba.  The pioneering feminist revolution.
• Module 3 “3 Africas”
  Themes will be
  (a) African, Muslim and Western.
  (b) Slavery-colonialism-robbery–massive migration
• Module 4: “4 Europes:”
  Themes will be
  (a)  Catholic
  (b)  Orthodox
  (c)  Protestant
  (d)  Muslim.
  (e) Greece, Ukraine, EU, massive migration.
  (f) Pope-Patriarch.
  (g) European House?
• Module 5: “5 Asias”
  Themes will be: Israel/Palestine, Syria-Iraq, Islamic State, China/sea, Japan/neighbors.
  (a) West-Asia:
  (b) Central-Asia,
  (c) South-Asia,
  (d) Southeast Asia,
  (e) Northeast Asia.
• Module 6:  “6 Approaches”
  Themes will be
  (a) Conflict solution
  (b) Trauma conciliation.
  (c) Structural peace
  (d) Cultural peace
  (e) Changing deep structures
  (f) Changing deep cultures
  (g) Creating peace cultures and peace structures.
  (h) Peace economics.