Program
This event serves as an exploration of non-violent approaches to resolving international conflict. Panelists and guests will discuss the sources of military conflict and explore non-violent strategies designed to promote peace. The event will examine the impact of democracy, human rights, and trade on international peace-building, explore the impact of U.N. peacekeeping, and talk about grassroots peace and anti-intervention movements, exploring the intersections of activism and peace.
The conversation will be informal and audience members will be encouraged to ask questions.
Moderator:
Fred Andrle (pictured above) is the former WOSU Open Line radio talk show host, joined the Humanities Institute in fall 2009. He is involved in developing ways of connecting the humanities with audiences in the central Ohio community. He is also exploring possibilities for using mass media to engage the public with issues of broad concern. Andrle’s book of poems, Love Life, was published in 2008.
Panelists:
Craig Jenkins is director of the Mershon Center for International Security Studies and a professor of sociology, political science and environmental science at The Ohio State University. His research focuses on four major projects, includingrentier states and political conflict in the Middle East, patterns of political contention, the development and impact of the U.S. environmental movement, and the political economy of high technology development. Read his full bio on his Mershon faculty page
Christopher Gelpi is Chair of Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution at the Mershon Center for International Security Studies and professor of political science at The Ohio State University. His primary research interests are the sources of international militarized conflict and strategies for international conflict resolution. Read his full bio on hisMershon faculty page.
Katherine Borland is associate professor of comparative studies and director of undergraduate studies at the Center for Folklore Studies. She studies and teaches about the artfulness of ordinary life, and the ways in which traditional expressive arenas constitute contested terrain. Read her full bio on herMershon faculty page.
John Carlarne is peace studies coordinator at The Ohio State University. He teaches courses on peace studies through the International Studies program. Carlarne's research focuses on nonviolence broadly conceived, with particular emphasis on the role of civilian actors in fostering change within unraveled and unraveling states. He is currently interested in the problems associated with building peace and security after nonviolent regime change. Read his full bio on his Mershon faculty page.
This event is co-sponsored by the Mershon Center, the Humanities Institute and the Middle East Studies Center.
