Ep 235 Peacewarts: Chronicled Courage 101 - Women as Treaty Architects (Class 5)

Peacewarts: Dept. of Chronicled Courage - Women as Treaty Architects (Class 5) We study the 1915 International Congress of Women as a masterclass in parallel diplomacy. We reframe Jane Addams and her colleagues as intellectual engineers who drafted the blueprints for modern international governance while the world was at war. Homework: Look upthe 1915 International Congress of Women or the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) and find one of their 20 points that you think is still relevant today. Write down one questionabout any of this episode’s topics. If you don’t have a question, write “no question.” Optional: Think about a project or a conflict in your own life. Are you currently acting as a "moral figurehead" (just saying what's right) or an "architect" (designing a way for it to actually work)? What would it look like to move from a "protest" mindset to a "proposal" mindset? Learning Topics: The 1915 Hague Congress as a diplomatic intervention, not a protest; The 20-Point Peace Program: Designing structural durability in international law; Jane Addams as a Systems Thinker: Translating civil ethics into hard policy; The political erasure of women from the Versailles negotiations; Intellectual Courage: The labor of planning peace in the midst of active conflict. Get the book Peace Stuff Enough: AvisKalfsbeek.com/peace-stuff-enough Join the Community / Get the Books: www.AvisKalfsbeek.com Podcast Music: Javier Peke Rodriguez “I am late, madame Curie” https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW