LMU IN CROATIA : War, Peace, and reconciliation
[semester-long program]
This semester program grew out of very successful collaboration between ECSWP and LMU. It is based on Signature ECSWP Programs, LMU’s mission and needs of LMU students.
While it will retain some of the highlights of the summer program, this program will allow students greater immersion into the region, more extensive travel and opportunity to learn, grow and be mentored professionally, academically and personally.
Course Offered:
Introduction to the Balkans (Dr. Petra Taylor and Guests)
Philosophy of Peace and Hospitality (Dr. James Taylor)
War and Peace through Literature (Dr. Petra Taylor)
Conflict Transformation and Reconciliation (Dr. James Taylor and Guests)
Optional Internship
Locations:
Croatia: Zagreb, Vis, Vukovar
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Sarajevo
Dates:
February 22 - June 6, 2026
August 1 - November 14, 2026
To learn more about and apply go to LMU’s study abroad site.
LMU IN CROATIA :
Summer Program for the Study of Conflict and Reconciliation
[Five-week program]
This program will examine the dynamics of conflict and the challenges involved in bringing about reconciliation among groups divided by distrust and enmity. We will study these themes in one of Europe's oldest conflict zones- at the crossroads between the political and religious systems of the east and west (Islam and Christianity, Ottoman and European Monarchies, Communism and Capitalism)- where local conflicts reflect and engender conflicts among world powers. Studying course themes in Croatia and surrounding countries while meeting and conversing with war survivors, and political, religious, and intellectual figures, will allow these issues to become palpable and urgent to students. This in turn will allow students to examine tendencies toward exclusion and violence in their own lives, and to develop hospitable practices and attitudes that lead to peace.
Courses Offered:
Narrative and Identity (Dr. Brian Treanor)
War and Peace: Philosophical and Theological Perspectives (Dr. James Taylor and Petra Taylor)