Dr. Gilbert Tarugarira, a specialist in history education at Midlands State University in Zimbabwe, will be giving a presentation entitled “Reflecting on Demilitarizing the Mind through Peace Education: An African Perspective.” The talk is scheduled for Monday, April 22, at 1 p.m. in Gillham Hall Room 1300 and will be livestreamed.
Tarugarira was given the opportunity to come to UToledo after being selected by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board for a Fulbright grant, which is administered by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs through the U.S. State Department with the cooperation of the Institute of International Education.
Dr. Gilbert Tarugarira, a specialist in history education at Midlands State University in Zimbabwe.
“When I was granted the Fulbright Scholar, The University of Toledo was my destination of first choice,” Tarugarira said.
The Fulbright program is designed to provide professional development and strengthen higher education by giving Zimbabwean university faculty funding for a maximum of two years in the United States for an advanced degree or study.
Tarugarira chose UToledo for his growing interest in peace education. His exposure to the work by Professor Dale Snauwaert, a professor of social and philosophical foundations of education and peace studies, and the late peace education scholar Betty A. Reardon’s writings, collected at the Canaday Center for Special Collections, made UToledo’s Department of Educational Studies his first choice among possible institutions.
“Having Professor Tarugarira’s here as a Fulbright Scholar is deeply enriching for our faculty and students as well as for my own scholarship,” Snauwaert said. “His work on demilitarizing the mind through an education for and about peace and justice from an African perspective is a highly significant contribution to Zimbabwe, Africa, the United States, Ohio, and the University community. It is a great pleasure to have him with us this semester.”
Tarugirarira has more than 35 years of teaching and research experience.
To register online for the livestreamed presentation, email dale.snauwaert@utoledo.edu.
