Welcome to the official online application form for the ICNC online course Movements and Power: Civil Resistance in the 21st Century (Winter 2025).
About the Course ICNC's online moderated course will take place from February 3 through March 2. This interactive online course will provide an advanced, in-depth, and multi-disciplinary perspective on civil resistance movements and campaigns that defend and obtain basic rights and justice around the world with the use of civil resistance tactics and strategies. On average, 50 participants will be admitted to the course based on the strength of their applications, relevance of the subject to their study or work, their motivation, and their commitment to staying engaged in the online work throughout the duration of this course. The course will feature moderated discussion forums with ICNC staffers and select alumni of this program. The course will officially begin with a live orientation webinar offered at two times on February 3 (9 AM and 4 PM EST / 14:00 and 21:00 UTC).
Participants are expected to commit to a minimum of about 5 hours per week for reviewing assigned materials, reading, writing posts, and dialoguing with other participants' posts and comments.
Applications The application deadline is end of day Sunday, January 26. In the application, we ask for your contact and biographical information, your resume or CV, and brief answers to five questions. We strongly recommend that you visit the course webpage before completing this application to read more about the online course. Please note that only completed applications will be considered. If you have any questions or difficulties, please email us at icnconlinecourses@nonviolent-conflict.org. Please do not use the "back" button on your browser, or you may lose progress in your application form.
Applicants will be notified of the status of their application by Wednesday, January 29, 2025.
Proposals are reviewed on a rolling basis.
The International Center on Nonviolent Conflict welcomes the submission of presentation proposals for our Webinar Series on Civil Resistance. ICNC’s Webinars are a series of online individual and group presentations, combined with Q & A discussions with participants, on critical ideas, cases, and questions related to civil resistance and nonviolent movements. Webinars are streamed live and the recordings are posted on ICNC’s website for future viewing.
Webinars are delivered by selected scholars, educators and practitioners who research, study, teach or write about civil resistance, interact with activists or practice civil resistance.
Please see a list of topics for potential webinars that are of interest to ICNC.
ICNC offers a modest honorarium to webinar presenters that ranges between $200 to $400, depending on the number of presenters in a webinar and speakers' experience.
Our Webinars are intended for scholars, activists, organizers, educators, members of the media, policymakers, practitioners, and students. Since the series began in 2010 we have reached thousands of participants from around the world.
Visit the ICNC webinar page to view a full list of past webinar recordings.
Civil resistance is understood as a nonviolent struggle that civilians undertake using a range of nonviolent methods – including, but not limited to, marches, strikes, boycotts, noncooperation, civil disobedience, building alternative institutions – with the aim of winning human rights, establishing greater accountability, social justice, and more inclusive, nonviolent democratic spaces.