(Last revised 9 Mar 2004; under significant re-construction)
Background:
As a consequence of funding from The Columbian College's Undergraduate Teaching Initiatives grant program, The Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution Program is able to present the first semester of the PSTD Seminar Series, a series of events related to PSTD concerns -- the fostering and maintenance of peace through understanding, reason, and humanitarian development. The Seminar is organized both as a series of events for members of the GWU community (as well as interested others), and as the structure of a syllabus for students who wish to make the Seminar the basis of either a 1 credit or 3 credit course.
Students who wish to follow along with the Seminar and receive 1 upper-level Humanities credit, should register for PSTD 701.MV, Peace Studies Seminar. The syllabus (description, requirements, etc.) for that course may be found at this link. Students who wish to use the Seminar as the basis for a more substantial course, receiving 3 upper-level Humanities credits thereby, should register for PSTD 190.10, Peace Studies Project. The syllabus for PSTD 190.10 may be found at this link. (Contact Prof. Fleishman should you have questions about these courses not answereed by the syllabuses.)
The intent this first semester is to have presentations in the series on Mondays, 6:10-7:30 p.m., in ACAD 100, on the Mt. Vernon Campus of GWU. Link here for a map of the Mt. Vernon Campus, as well as other information about the programs and courses there. That campus is a short drive (from 10 to 20 minutes, depending on traffic) from the Foggy Bottom campus; frequent and regular shuttlebus service is available. Should it be necessary, the Seminar may meet in a larger venue at Mt. Vernon; see this schedule for any such change.
Students who are taking PSTD 701.MV or PSTD 190.10 may, as the syllabuses of those courses describes, also attend other related, sanctioned events both within and without the GWU community. A number of those events will also be listed here. Such listing does not imply that the PSTD Seminar Series is a sponsor of the event, however. Moreover, other events not listed may be allowed to count for those courses; students should contact Prof. Fleishman to discuss the sanction of other related events.
Notes:
(i) Who is invited to attend the PSTD Seminar: The events given by the PSTD Seminar (those marked with an asterisk (*) in the Schedule below) are open to any student, faculty member, or staff member. All may attend without having to be a student in PSTD 701.MV.
(ii) About the content of the events/presentations: The purpose of the PSTD Program and of the events and presentations listed in the PSTD Seminar is to promote involvement in and understanding of the fostering and maintenance of peace. It is understood, however, that people will differ in their views of how that involvement should be promoted, of what that involvement should be, and of what it means to foster and maintain peace. Therefore, it is entirely plausible that people will differ on their estimation of the value of the various activities listed in the schedule below. Discussion of such differences is welcome; the PSTD Program does not legislate the value of those activities, even as it allows them to count as part of the PSTD Seminar curriculum.
Wk. 1: 12 Jan: *Opening of
the PSTD Seminar: Informal Discussion of PSTD with Prof. Fleishman, Interim
Co-Director of PSTD. Monday, 6:10-7:30 p.m., in ACAD 100, on the Mt.
Vernon Campus of GWU.
Wk. 2: 19 Jan: Martin Luther King Day (No classes)
Wk. 3. 26 Jan: *Students discuss Peace and Conflict Resolution; Prof. Fleishman, Interim Co-Director of PSTD. Cancelled due to inclement weather.
Wk. 4: 2 Feb: *Can Public Health action help reduce World Conflict? "Contagion and Conflict: The Role of Infectious Diseases and Vaccines in War and Peace" -- Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, Professor and Chair, Dept of Microbiology and Tropical Medicine, The George Washington University, and Interim Co-Director of the GWU PSTD Program. Monday, 6:10-7:30 p.m., in ACAD 100, on the Mt.Vernon Campus of GWU.(R)
Wk. 5: 9 Feb: *Should
there be a college degree in peace-making activities? "Peace
Service as It Relates to Peace Studies" -- Harry
Yeide, Professor of Religion, The George Washington University. Monday,
6:10-7:30 p.m., in ACAD 100, on the Mt.Vernon Campus of GWU.(R)
Wk. 6: 16 Feb: President's Day (No classes)
Wk. 7: 23 Feb: *"Citizen-Student-Soldier:
A conversation with military officers in graduate programs at George Washington
University" -- an open discussion of topics
in the ethics of war, with those in our university community who choose
to participate in war.
Monday, 6:10-7:30 p.m., in The Eckles Library Auditorium,
on the Mt.Vernon Campus of GWU. (R)
[Note: Frank Cilluffo's presentation has been
moved to 22 March!]
Wk. 8: 1 Mar: *When
soldiers are asked to be combatants and peacekeepers and nation-builders...
How should they and we determine what they should and should not do?
"The Ethics of Complex Contingencies: Operation IRAQI
FREEDOM" -- Lt. Col. Tony Pfaff, Foreign Area Officer, U.S. Army.
Author of Peacekeeping and the Just War Tradition, Carlisle, PA:
Strategic Studies Institute, US Army War College, 2000. [Note:
A Non-attribution policy is in effect for this presentation, at the request
of the speaker; please see the Reading page for discussion of this policy.](R)
Monday, 6:10-7:30 p.m., in The Eckles Library Auditorium,
on the Mt.Vernon Campus of GWU.
[Allida Black's presentation concerning Eleanor Roosevelt and human
rights has been postponed to a date yet to be determined.]
Wk. 9: 8 Mar: *How can culture help to change political and ideological structure? "Hard power--soft power: The Role of Rock Music in Tearing Down the Iron Curtain" with Andras Simonyi, Ambassador of Hungary.
Wk. 10: 15 Mar: Spring Break (No classes)
Wk. 11: 22 Mar: *"Homeland Security and the Prospects for Peace" -- a conversation with Frank Cilluffo, GW’s Associate Vice-President for Homeland Security, member of The National Homeland Security Advisory Council.Formerly with the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS), in Wash., DC. Co-author and editor of Combating Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Terrorism: A Comprehensive Strategy (2001); Cyber Threats and Information Security: Meeting the 21st Century Challenge (2001); Russian Organized Crime & Corruption: Putin's Challenge (2000); Cybercrime, Cyberterrorism, Cyberwarfare (1998); Russian Organized Crime (1997); and Global Organized Crime: The New Empire of Evil (1994). Monday, 6:10-7:30 p.m., in The Eckles Library Auditorium, on the Mt.Vernon Campus of GWU. (R)
Wk. 12: 29 Mar: *Could our schools help make our communities more democratic and more just? "N.F.S. Grundtvig and the Danish Folkhighschool Movement" -- Clay Warren, Chauncey M. Depew Professor of Communication, Chair, The George Washington University. Monday, 6:10-7:30 p.m., in ACAD 100, on the Mt.Vernon Campus of GWU. (R)
Wk. 14: 12 Apr: *TBA
Wk. 16: 26 Apr: *TBA
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