News and Announcement

Wednesday, August 06, 2025

“Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.” – Arundhati Roy The Second International Conference on Critical Peace Studies calls for a collective reflection to sense and make sense of the current moment; it also calls for colle...

Saturday, November 25, 2023

Pakistan Political Scientists’ Convention - Celebrating Women’s Leadership in Political Science** Organizers:Centre for Critical Peace Studies (CCPS), Department of Political Science and International Relations and YOP Venue: UMT Objective: The Pakistan Political Scientists’ Conve...

Wednesday, November 08, 2023

Centre for Critical Peace Studies(CCPS) is proud to announce the commencement of another certificate online webinar series on the book “Peace as Liberation” recently published by CCPS.Considering the current absence of Peace in Palestine, we will be dedicating our first session to the P...

Tuesday, November 07, 2023

On Nov 7, 2023; UMT (Dept. of Political Science and International Relations and Centre for Critical Peace Studies) signed an MOU with Bargad Organization for Youth Development. Bargad has a long and unique standing among civil society organizations in Pakistan that has been working exclusively on y...

Monday, November 06, 2023

Centre for Critical Peace Studies (CCPS) and Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) organised and online webinar on “30 Days of Gaza Crisis: The Global Response and Reshaping the World Order.” In which Director CCPS,Dr. Fatima Sajjad, Senator Mushaid Hussain Syed, Dr Chandra Muzaffar, Khalid...

Friday, August 18, 2023

Dr. Shahzeb Khan, an esteemed Associate Professor at the Department of English in Punjab University Lahore, stood before the gathered intellectuals, scholars, and participants at the\First International Conference on Critical Peace Studies. With an air of authority and deep intellectual engagement,...

Tuesday, August 08, 2023

Dr. Dayyab Gillani, the esteemed Director of Research at the National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA), took the podium at the First International Conference on Critical Peace Studies held at the University of Management and Technology (UMT) with an air of anticipation and scholarly rigor. With ...

Tuesday, August 08, 2023

The First International Conference on Critical Peace Studies marked a significant milestone in advancing the understanding and application of Critical Peace Studies. The perspectives shared by Michael Rossman, Imran Khan, Dr. Fatima Sajjad, and Dr. Asif Raza underscored the importance of critical a...

Tuesday, August 08, 2023

As the conference drew to a close, the delegates from USAID and USIP departed with a sense of fulfillment, having witnessed firsthand the power of collective engagement and intellectual exchange. The Centre for Critical Peace Studies had succeeded in creating a platform where visions alig...

Thursday, June 22, 2023

*Publication Alert** 'A subaltern gaze on White ignorance, (in) security and the possibility of educating the White rescue plans' Link: https://doi.org/10.1177/09670106231165660 Abstract In this article, I, as a subaltern, offer a reverse gaze on White security plans to rescue the world from t...