Peace & Justice Studies Association
International Peace Research Association Affiliation
The Peace Chronicle
The Magazine of the Peace and Justice Studies Association

Hate (Summer 2019)

Photo Credit: Samer Chidiac

From the Editors

By Shatha Almutawa, Gabriel Ertsgaard, Matthew Johnson, Wim Laven

The summer 2019 issue is the first issue of the new Peace Chronicle magazine. The transformation of this publication from a newsletter to a magazine […]

The Christchurch Manifesto and the Ideological Challenges of an Anti-Fascist Researcher

By Michael Loadenthal

May 2, 2019 As I sit in my office today, I am surrounded by reminders of hate, violence, and the politics of eradication. A few […]

Some Thoughts on Teaching White Nationalism

By Laura Finley

White Nationalism: Definitions and History White nationalist groups espouse white supremacist or white separatist ideologies. That is, they believe that whites are superior and emphasize […]

Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka

By Sanjana Hattotuwa

Write whatever makes sense to you, I was told. Though I understood the instruction, I struggled with its execution. The suicide bombings on Easter Sunday […]

A New Face of Terror in Sri Lanka

By Wim Laven

When I arrived in Sri Lanka in 2005 I saw why Marco Polo had called it the most beautiful island in the world; I immediately […]

Reclaiming and Rebuilding American Identity through Art: How One Non-Profit Uses Images to Fight Hate, Fear, and Misogyny

By Cleo Barnett, writing for Amplifier

In January 2017, after a presidential election fight that surfaced hate, fear, misogyny, and open racism, our non-profit organization, Amplifier, launched a nonpartisan campaign dedicated […]

Their Blood

By Ibrahim Nasrallah, translated by Dr. Omnia Amin

Their blood is their good morning Their blood is their good evening It is their greeting, Their message to us, It is their story, and […]

Preventing Violence is A Task for Everyone: An Interview with Amira Abohussein

By Gabriel Ertsgaard, interviewer

How did you first become involved with interfaith peacebuilding efforts in your home country of Egypt? In 2007, I started my work in the Library […]

Antisemitism through a Hate Studies lens

By Kenneth S. Stern

My 2019 Yom HaShoah talks, focusing on the intersection of hate and antisemitism, were largely written when, on the last day of Passover, John Earnest […]

He Murdered My Child: Meditations on Christchurch and the Sociopathy of White Supremacy

By Randy Blazak

A little over thirty years ago I began studying right-wing extremists after a gang of racist skinheads in Atlanta set my Vespa scooter on fire. […]

Letter from the PJSA Board Co-Chair

By Laura Finley

Greetings from the PJSA Board! I am excited that we now have someone serving in an interim capacity as Co-Chair. This was necessitated when Stephen […]

Note from the Conference Co-Chair

By Wendy Kroeker

Dear PJSA members and friends, We are so excited to host this year’s PJSA conference at Canadian Mennonite University in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. We have […]

Membership Update: Survey News

By Jeremy Rinker and Dean J. Johnson

In early February of this year we solicited responses to a membership survey. Thanks to all of those who responded, we received 72 responses in […]

PJSA Book Series: Peace Studies: Edges and Innovations

By Michael Minch and Laura Finley, edited for Cambridge Scholars Press

Series Description This new and innovative series will combine academic rigor and accessible prose, rendering the books appropriate for scholars, classrooms, practitioners, activists, policymakers, and […]