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Conference
Peace Matters: A Forum on the Discipline and Practice of Peace and Conflict Studies
Organizers: Julie Clemens, Peace Studies Coordinator; Richard Herrmann, Director, Mershon Center for International Security Studies
Friday-Saturday, May 11-12, 2007
Mershon Center for International Security Studies
1501 Neil Ave., Columbus, OH 43201
This conference, co-sponsored by the Ohio Council of Churches, will be an interdisciplinary workshop on peace and conflict studies in the United States.
Day One will concentrate on how the subject is taught at U.S. universities, where it should head in the future, and how to institutionalize its presence in campus curricula. Day Two will feature peace activists from Ohio and beyond, highlighting practical steps that people interested in peace can take beyond the confines of the academy.
See conference pictures from Friday, May 11, 2007
See conference pictures from Saturday, May 12, 2007
Conference Schedule
Friday, May 11 – Transcending Boundaries: An Interdisciplinary Examination of Peace and Conflict Studies
9-9:30 a.m. – Pastries and Coffee
9:30-10 a.m. – Welcoming Remarks
Richard Herrmann, Director, Mershon Center for International Security Studies
Chadwick Alger, Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Public Policy, Mershon Center for International Security Studies
10-11:30 a.m. – Panel 1: Core Curriculum and Fundamental Knowledge in the Field of Peace Studies
Pamela Aall, Vice President for Education, United States Institute of Peace
Patrick G. Coy, Director, Center for Applied Conflict Management, Associate Professor, Center for Applied Conflict Management and Political Science, Kent State University
B. Welling Hall, Professor of Politics and International Studies and Convener of International Studies at Earlham College, and Policy Committee Recording Clerk for the Friends Committee on National Legislation
See a streaming video of Panel 1. This streaming video requires RealPlayer. If you do not have RealPlayer, you can download it free.
11:30-12:30 p.m. – Lunch
12:30-2 p.m. – Panel 2: Retaining Coherence and Focus in a Multidisciplinary Peace and Conflict Studies Program
Matthew Evangelista, Director, Peace Studies Program, and Professor of Government, Cornell University
Joyce Neu, Executive Director, Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice, and Professor of Practice, University of San Diego
Stan Deetz, Director, Peace and Conflict Studies Program, and Professor of Communication, University of Colorado at Boulder
See a streaming video of Panel 2. This streaming video requires RealPlayer. If you do not have RealPlayer, you can download it free.
2-2:30 p.m. – Afternoon Break
2:30-4 p.m. – Panel 3: Innovative Endeavors to Move Peace and Conflict Studies Forward on U.S. Campuses
Beth Fisher-Yoshida, Associate Director, International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution, Teachers College, Columbia University
George Lopez, Professor of Political Science and Senior Fellow, Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame
Kathleen Maas Weigert, Executive Director, Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching and Service, and Research Professor, Departments of Sociology and Anthropology, Program on Justice and Peace,Georgetown University
See a streaming video of Panel 3. This streaming video requires RealPlayer. If you do not have RealPlayer, you can download it free.
4 p.m. – Closing Remarks
Saturday, May 12 – Practice What You Preach: Putting Peace Research to Work in Communities
9:30-10 a.m. – Pastries and Coffee
10-10:30 a.m. – Welcoming Remarks
Richard Herrmann, Director, Mershon Center for International Security Studies
Chadwick Alger, Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Public Policy, Mershon Center for International Security Studies
10:30-11:30 a.m. – Session 1: Using Conflict Transformation Theory in Practice
Speaker: Joyce Neu, Executive Director, Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice, and Professor of Practice, University of San Diego
11:30-11:45 a.m. – Break
11:45-1 p.m. – Session 2: Practitioners for Peace: Progress and Problems
Chair: Chadwick Alger, Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Public Policy, Mershon Center for International Security Studies
Panel: Rev. Christopher Cottrell, Director of the Interfaith Center for Peace
Julie Hart, Reservist, Christian Peacemaker Teams (Columbia 2004-present; Israel/Palestine 1997-2000), and Associate Professor of Sociology and Peace and Justice Studies, Ohio Dominican University
David Jehnsen, Chair and Founding Trustee, Institute for Human Rights and Responsibilities
Maggie Lewis, Associate Director, Ohio Commission on Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management
Rev. Deb Oskin, President, Central Ohioans for Peace
1-2 p.m. – Lunch
2-3:30 p.m. – Session 3: Toward Application of Peace Research: An Academic/Practitioner Dialogue
Chair: Chadwick Alger, Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Public Policy, Mershon Center for International Security Studies
Panel: Antoinette Errante, Associate Professor of Social and Cultural Foundations of Education, School of Educational Policy and Leadership, College of Education and Human Ecology, The Ohio State University
Matthew Evangelista, Director, Peace Studies Program, and Professor, Department of Government, Cornell University
B. Welling Hall, Professor of Politics and International Studies and Convener of International Studies at Earlham College, and Policy Committee Recording Clerk for the Friends Committee on National Legislation
3:30 p.m. – Closing Remarks
Conference Participants
Friday, May 11, 2007
Pamela Aall, Vice President for Education at the United States Institute of Peace
Patrick G. Coy, Director, Center for Applied Conflict Management, Associate Professor, Center for Applied Conflict Management and Political Science, Kent State University
Stan Deetz, Director of the Peace and Conflict Studies Program and Professor of Communication at the University of Colorado at Boulder
Beth Fisher-Yoshida, Associate Director of the International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution at Teachers College, Columbia University. Dr. Fisher-Yoshida is also a Lecturer and Certified Clinical Sociologist
Matthew Evangelista, Director of the Peace Studies Program and Professor in the Department of Government at Cornell University
B. Welling Hall,Professor of Politics and International Studies and Convener of International Studies at Earlham College, and Policy Committee Recording Clerk for the Friends Committee on National Legislation
George Lopez, Professor of Political Science and Senior Fellow at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame
Kathleen Maas Weigert, Executive Director of the Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching and Service, and Research Professor in both the Departments of Sociology and Anthropology and the Program on Justice and Peace at Georgetown University
Joyce Neu, Executive Director of the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice and Professor of Practice at the University of San Diego. Currently Jennings Randolph Senior Fellow at the U.S. Institute of Peace.
Saturday, May 12, 2007
Chadwick Alger, Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Public Policy, Mershon Center for International Security Studies, The Ohio State University
Rev. Christopher Cottrell, Director of the Interfaith Center for Peace, Columbus, Ohio
Antoinette Errante, Associate Professor of Social and Cultural Foundations of Education in the School of Educational Policy and Leadership, College of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University
Matthew Evangelista, Director of the Peace Studies Program and Professor in the Department of Government at Cornell University
B. Welling Hall, Professor of Politics and International Studies and Convener of International Studies at Earlham College, and Policy Committee Recording Clerk for the Friends Committee on National Legislation
Julie Hart, Reservist with Christian Peacemaker Teams (Columbia 2004-present; Israel/Palestine 1997-2000) and Associate Professor of Sociology and Peace and Justice Studies, Ohio Dominican University
David Jehnsen, Chair and Founding Trustee, Institute for Human Rights & Responsibilities, Galena, Ohio
Maggie Lewis, Associate Director, Ohio Commission on Dispute Resolution &
Conflict Management, Columbus, Ohio
Joyce Neu, Executive Director of the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice and Professor of Practice at the University of San Diego. Currently Jennings Randolph Senior Fellow at the U.S. Institute of Peace.
Rev. Deb Oskin, President, Central Ohioans for Peace, Columbus, Ohio
Logistics
Travel, Hotel and Parking Information (pdf)
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Julie Clemens
Peace Studies Coordinator, Mershon Center for International Security Studies
Richard Herrmann
Director, Mershon Center for International Security Studies
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