General Course - Nonviolent Conflict Transformation and Peace

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Also for A.Y. 2024-2025, the General Course (GC) Peace and Nonviolent Conflict Transformation will be launched. It is a 6 CFU (45 hours) free-choice teaching with a final exam.
The course is part of the initiatives promoted and supported by the Network of Italian Universities for Peace (RUniPace), created by the Conference of Italian University Rectors (CRUI).

In this time of rampant wars, where human rights are being violated globally and with a regression never known in the past, the GC is a concrete response of the University in wanting to contribute to the implementation of Goals 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions and 4.7 of the 2030 Agenda, offering knowledge and skills necessary to promote a culture of peace and nonviolence, global citizenship and the enhancement of global diversity.

This year's GC takes place on the anniversary of some important historical events:

  • 80 years since the Liberation and the end of World War II
  • 80 years since the first atomic bombing
  • 80 years since the founding of the UN
  • 50 years since the adoption of the Helsinki Final Act.

As part of the University of Padua's Third Mission activities, the GC is also offered as a single-course unit to all people interested in their own cultural upgrading regardless of their educational qualification.

The course will be held in presence from March to May 2025, in Lecture Hall L of Bo Palace, usually on Friday afternoons from 2:30 to 6:30 pm.

  Registration methods and frequently asked questions for staff

At its meeting on February, 25th 2025, the Board of Directors approved the participation in the General Course for fixed-term and permanent structured and unstructured university staff and granted free of charge to the first 50 positions (only the payment of the revenue stamp is required), in order of arrival. Subsequent positions may register by charging the full cost.

Regstration is open unitl 3rd March, 2025.
Attendance is mandatory for 75 percent of the scheduled hours.

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