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An idea for a School of Peace Studies dates to 1964, two years before the establishment of the University of Bradford. When they were devising the charter of statutes, Ted Edwards and Robert McKinlay, the university's first vice-chancellor and pro-vice chancellor, agreed that they would establish
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approached a number of universities with similar ideas, and Bradford proved to be the only one prepared to fund such an initiative. With 10 weeks of the launch of a public appeal in 1971, the required £75,000 to found the centre had been raised, with contributions coming from figures including
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politicians questioned whether peace studies was an appropriate academic subject and considered the Department of Peace Studies a front for the
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match played between the students of the Department of Peace Studies at the University of Bradford and the
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since 1995. The rivalry between 'Peace Studies' and 'War Studies' was featured on the
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is reported to have asked "Has that peace studies problem been dealt with yet?" and
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list of "Great college sports rivalries". The competition is named after
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The first cohort of Master's students joined the department in 1974.
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such a school when the opportunity arose. Later in the 1960s, the
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of the Department of Peace Studies and International Development
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is an academic department established in 1973 at the
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University of Bradford
Bradford
United Kingdom
British university
study of peace and conflict
peace processes
Society of Friends
Harold Wilson
J.B. Priestley
Yehudi Menuhin
Benjamin Britten
Conservative Party
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
Margaret Thatcher
Peter Swinnerton-Dyer
University Grants Committee
Saeb Erekat
Lindis Percy
Lloyd Russell-Moyle
Robert Swindells
Sadegh Zibakalam
Prathivadi Anand
Haleh Afshar
Gabor Batonyi
Adam Curle
Uri Davis
Michael Harbottle
Baruch Hirson
Aki Orr
Munro Price

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