Mapping Peace

Presented by the Carter School’s Sustainable Peace Lab 

Title: Mapping Peace: Multi-Scalar Approaches to Education, Reconciliation, and Diplomacy 

Rooted in the interdisciplinary tradition of peace studies, this panel builds on Galtung’s (2010) call to address peace and conflict at four interrelated levels: micro (interpersonal), meso (within nations), macro (between nations), and mega (between regions or civilizations). Galtung’s framework serves as both a theoretical foundation and an organizing structure for the panel, which brings together four presentations that illuminate the multi-scalar dimensions of peacebuilding and demonstrate how education, memory, and diplomacy operate across various contexts—from classrooms and national narratives to diplomatic relations and regional frameworks. The panel invites reflection on how peace might be more effectively cultivated in a world where conflict and cooperation unfold simultaneously at every level of society. 

At the mega-level, Jasmine Ryu examines cross-border peace education in ASEAN, showing how regional governance frameworks mediate diverse national approaches to human rights and peacebuilding. At the macro-level, Ayako Tomizuka analyzes the normalization of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Japan, illuminating how postwar reconciliation is pursued between states. At the meso-level, Rita Z. Nazeer-Ikeda investigates Singapore’s national peacebuilding discourse and educational reforms, exploring how they contribute to internal reconciliation. Finally, at the micro-level, Yuriko Noda draws on the literature of conflict resolution pedagogy to examine how U.S. higher education curricula engage with interpersonal conflict, proposing reflective practice both as an educational objective aimed at fostering learners’ ability to engage with everyday conflict and as a means for educators to clarify their teaching intentions and teach more effectively. 

Facilitator: Rita Z. Nazeer-Ikeda, Affiliate Faculty, Carter School; Research Fellow, Waseda University 

Panelists: 

• Dr. Jasmine JungHyun Ryu (The University of Tokyo) is an international education researcher and practitioner, focusing on student mobility, international universities, knowledge diplomacy, and inclusive internationalization. 
• Dr. Ayako Tomizuka (Hitotsubashi University) is a historian, specializing in Japan–Vietnam relations during the Cold War. 
• Dr. Rita Z. Nazeer-Ikeda (Waseda University; George Mason University) is a comparative educationist whose work focuses on education for reconciliation and peace in Southeast Asia. 
• Ms. Yuriko Noda (George Mason University) is a PhD candidate at the Carter School, specializing in conflict resolution pedagogy. 

Chair: Dr. Jasmine Ryu 

Discussant: Professor Kazuo Kuroda, Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University 

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