{"id":22126,"date":"2026-07-29T08:20:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T12:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/?p=22126"},"modified":"2026-07-30T15:45:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T19:45:11","slug":"elizabethtown-college-professor-attends-prestigious-international-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/2026\/07\/29\/elizabethtown-college-professor-attends-prestigious-international-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabethtown College Professor Attends Prestigious International Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

Elizabethtown College Director of Prestigious Scholarships and Public Heritage Studies Jean-Paul Benowitz recently attended the National Collegiate Honors Council\u2019s (NCHC) Partners in Peace Nobel Peace Congress<\/a> in Oslo, Norway, from May 27 to 30.<\/p>\n

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Benowitz at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, Norway.<\/p><\/div>\n

The inaugural congress, hosted at the Nobel Peace Center, invited delegates from institutions around the world to participate in presentations and discussions focused on the international growth of the Partners in Peace<\/a> program. The Partners in Peace Program, of which Etown was formally inducted in November 2025<\/a>, aims to implement practices utilized by Nobel Peace Laureates in institutional curriculum to facilitate peacebuilding and harmony among individuals.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Partners in Peace congress was not simply an inspiring experience, it was a call to action,\u201d Benowitz said. \u201cI returned to Etown and redesigned an honors course from the ground up, built around the Nobel Peace Prize laureates and the conviction every student can begin the work of peacemaking in their own community. The initiative proves that honors education at its best does not simply study the world. It prepares students to change it.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Benowitz addressed the congress in a formal presentation, highlighting Etown\u2019s dedicated commitment to peacebuilding and social justice across curricular and co-curricular programming. He noted distinctive initiatives set forth by the College, including the launch of the Center for Global Understanding and Peacebuilding, the annual Ware Lecture series, and the Alumni Peace Fellowship.<\/p>\n

Delegates were invited to attend a welcome reception at the Oslo City Hall, as well as tour sights including the Norwegian Parliament, Norwegian Royal Grounds, Norwegian Nobel Institute, and the Nobel Peace Center.<\/p>\n

Benowitz also gave a presentation on how to employ the City as Text pedagogy for a tour of Oslo. City as Text is a notable pedagogical method of NCHC focused on thoughtful exploration and cross-cultural examination of cities around the world.<\/p>\n

Benowitz is actively involved in the NCHC, serving on three committees as well as serving as a frequent presenter at the organization\u2019s annual conference. He has led numerous City as Text explorations and faculty training sessions in cities across the United States, most recently facilitating an institute in Philadelphia. Read a personal reflection that Benowitz authored to learn more about his experience in Oslo.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Elizabethtown College Director of Prestigious Scholarships and Public Heritage Studies Jean-Paul Benowitz recently attended the National Collegiate Honors Council\u2019s (NCHC) Partners in Peace Nobel Peace Congress in Oslo, Norway, from May 27 to 30. The inaugural congress, hosted at the Nobel Peace Center, invited delegates from institutions around the world to participate in presentations and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":158,"featured_media":22129,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1338,775],"tags":[197,1350,1866,1867,2583],"class_list":["post-22126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics-and-research","category-campus","tag-elizabethtown-college","tag-etown","tag-national-collegiate-honors-council","tag-nchc","tag-partners-in-peace","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/158"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22126"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22159,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22126\/revisions\/22159"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}