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Peace & War Center

John and Mary Frances Patton Peace & War Center—a Norwich University academic center of excellence

About the PAWC

The John and Mary Frances Patton Peace and War Center is a Norwich University academic center of excellence for students, scholars, and practitioners seeking to advance interdisciplinary knowledge on the relationship between peace and warfare at local, national, and global levels.

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THE 2024 EDITION OF THE JOURNAL OF PEACE AND WAR STUDIES (JPWS)

The 2024 issue of the Journal of Peace and War Studies gives special focus to the theme, “War, Memory, and Reconciliation.”

Olmsted Trip 2022

Sponsored Student Experiences

The John and Mary Frances Patton Peace & War Center sponsors and promotes academic enhancement with hands-on learning experiences for students interested in peace and war topics. Students affiliated with the us take on leadership roles in the activities that we promote.

Research & Writing

Research & Writing

The John and Mary Frances Patton Peace and War Center supports the field of military writing and research in three ways - by producing it, by encouraging it, and by awarding it.

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Norwich University Military Writers’ Symposium

The John and Mary Frances Patton Peace & War Center is home to the annual Norwich University Military Writers’ Symposium which convenes authors and experts in the fields of military history, intelligence, and current affairs to offer important perspectives on pressing global concerns.

2022 PAWC Summit

Peace and War Summit

The John and Mary Frances Patton Peace & War Center annually hosts the Peace & War Summit which seeks to address some of today's most challenging topics in foreign policy and international relations by bringing together experts in the field for provocative conversations. The summit is followed by the publication of the Journal of Peace and War Studies.

Peace & War Newsletter

The John & Mary Frances Patton Peace & War Center publishes a weekly newsletter that features our Voices on Peace & War forum, student experiences, articles and videos by our Senior Research Fellows and a variety of other items focused on the topics of peace and war. Subscribe to receive the newsletter in your email for free.

Upcoming Events & Activities

PAWC Summit 2025
March 17-18, 2025

Norwich University Peace & War Summit

Latin America in the 21st Century: Retreat or Progress?

Norwich University’s 6th Peace and War Summit thoroughly addresses the significant challenges that Latin American nations have faced by way of scholarly presentations and discussions and the involvement in such conversations of Vermont-based organizations that work with the Vermont Latin American community

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NU Students at IFPSP 2024
March 2025

International Forum on Peace, Security, and Prosperity (IFPSP)

The IFPSP was founded in 2019 to educate global youth about the challenges of building and maintaining peace, security, and prosperity within liberal democracies in the digital age. The Forum brings civilian youth together with Officer Cadets to explore the role of our militaries in the peace making, peace building and sustaining activities. Tentative 2025 Agenda.

Student Experiences
2024 Olmsted Foundation Field Study Team in the Philippines
May 2025

Olmsted Field Excursion

Since 2005, the center has annually received funding from The Olmsted Foundation for overseas travel and cultural immersion trips for Norwich students who are on a commissioning track as active-duty officers in the U.S. armed forces through the Reserve Officer Training Corps. Past trip locations include: Tanzania, Macedonia, Kazakhstan, Vietnam, Croatia, Senegal, El Salvador, Chile, Turkey, Israel, Kyrgyzstan, and Georgia. The trip occurs in the spring and typically lasts 2-weeks.

Student Experiences

Voices on Peace and War

Contact Us

Yangmo Ku

  • Associate Director, Peace and War Center
  • Chair, Department of History and Political Science
  • Associate Professor