Katherine Collin

Director of Georgetown's MA in Conflict Resolution @GUConflictRes, Assistant Teaching Professor, @GUGovt - peacemaking & building, elections & direct democracy.

[Katherine Collin @KatyCollin]

Interested in how #referendums help make peace or endanger it? I have some thoughts just out in Democratization. (full access for 50 at https://t.co/ug1rWvxPN2)
Peacemaking referendums: the use of direct democracy in peace processes https://t.co/WzZ3uuRRKA

[GU Political Science Predoctoral Summer Institute @PredocPs]

Applications are open for the @GUGovt Political Science Predoctoral Summer Institute #predocps - a week-long program in June for undergrads in DC, DE, MD, VA & WV, considering pursuing a PhD in poli-sci. Learn more about the program and applying here: https://t.co/63c8Q0Wo50

[Katherine Collin @KatyCollin]

So far this year, this was my favorite hour.

[The Elders @TheElders]

"Multilateral effectiveness has become more complicated by the war in Ukraine, but not impossible."

The Elders discuss the existential threats highlighted by the 2023 #DoomsdayClock announcement at the prestigious @Georgetown Riggs Library.

https://t.co/RqJDqZpplQ

[Katherine Collin @KatyCollin]

@call4pax was my mentor and friend. Without Chuck’s support, my life would be completely different. He was incredibly generous, endlessly curious, painfully sharp, lots of fun. I miss all the time into the future we should have with him. https://t.co/FaC7Sgtfbe

[GU Conflict Resolution @GUConflictRes]

Today is the @UN's #PeaceDay. This year's theme is: End Racism. Build Peace. In observance, we affirm that justice, equity, and inclusion efforts are essential for peace education programs. We aim to reimagine curricula & student programming in order to confront & disrupt racism.

[Katherine Collin @KatyCollin]

“Oppression makes a wise person go mad, … and restive under this treatment.” #FrederickDouglass hits hard today.
#4thOfJuly

https://t.co/ipcriFuR6H

[GU Conflict Resolution @GUConflictRes]

We agree,@BrettBruen!
Unpaid internships are exploitative & create an unequal starting point for many careers.
That is why we provide stipends for our #GUConflictResolution students for their summer work placements.
@gucsj @GUGovt @NBCNewsTHINK https://t.co/ZClMwvcY9o

[GU Conflict Resolution @GUConflictRes]

@BrettBruen has a plan for the #UkraineCrisis crisis.

Wondering how the US can shape the situation instead of reacting to it?
Recommended reading from #GeorgetownConflictRes' resident crisis expert:

https://t.co/8xhlSQtS3s

[Katherine Collin @KatyCollin]

via @NYTimes
What an enormous loss. https://t.co/K38NHe4WtR

[Katherine Collin @KatyCollin]

@BrettBruen Whoah! I also got to know Tortilla Coast as a page. End of an era.

[Katherine Collin @KatyCollin]

@v_chaud @arenda Yikes!

[Katherine Collin @KatyCollin]

Thinking about how higher Ed replicates capitalist, patriarchal white supremacy unless we make the effort to use it for liberation.

- how love is the path to conflict transformation.

& the incredible higher Ed model offered by @bereacollege

#bellhooks

[GU Conflict Resolution @GUConflictRes]

Tonight we mourn for bell hooks, a huge loss.

bell hooks wrote about systems of oppression and paths to transformation.

She wrote about the potential power of education.

The Revolutionary Writing of bell hooks | The New Yorker https://t.co/IcAdjn3B4V

[Paul Poast @ProfPaulPoast]

To understand international politics, you need to "think about thinking."

That was a core lesson from the great Bob Jervis.

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[Suzanne Maloney @MaloneySuzanne]

.@BrookingsFP's post-doctoral fellowship is a great opportunity for policy-relevant PhDs: https://t.co/fPKFWMRbqE. Join us & follow in some truly impressive footsteps incl @joy_shuxian_luo @MarsinRA @ottawatsanders @RushDoshi @sh_grewal @KatyCollin @torrey_taussig @chrismeserole

[Katherine Collin @KatyCollin]

@ahfdc Oh yes! I do this too. Essential.

[Katherine Collin @KatyCollin]

@C_OGallachoir Frankfurt School, Copenhagen School, Chicago School

[Katherine Collin @KatyCollin]

@cmMcConnaughy @SceneOnRadio - the BEST. American history documentary with seasons dedicated to deep dives into big topics: Seeing White, Men, Democracy, and Climate Change (current season).

[GU Conflict Resolution @GUConflictRes]

Join us tomorrow from 2-3 PM ET a Fireside Chat with @DHernandzTx to talk social justice, social entrepreneurship and @ChingonaFestTX! We are really looking forward to talking US Peacebuilding on multiple fronts! https://t.co/DMDZ8sAk3J

[Katherine Collin @KatyCollin]

F.W. De Klerk was a peacemaker, despite it all, and made a series of decisions that were crucial to ending apartheid in South Africa - including holding the 1992 peacemaking referendum.

via ⁦@nytimes⁩ https://t.co/iJSqhWf9Yi

[Katherine Collin @KatyCollin]

@DanielWeggeland @SIGARHQ Umm, 1:B,
https://t.co/4nXGKsmAZS

[Paul Poast @ProfPaulPoast]

I asked my students to think about a surprisingly neglected question in international politics: why violence?

More directly, why do states resort to shooting guns at one another?

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