Summary
During the month of September, 2017, we published 2 journal articles, 14 news articles by and about the S-CAR community, and 1 television appearance featuring Mena Ayazi. Susan Hirsch hosted the annual Lynch Lecture, featuring Her Excellency Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, President of Malta.
S-CAR Academic Publications
Journal Articles
Oded Adomi Leshem wrote an article entitled “What You Wish for Is Not What You Expect: Measuring Hope for Peace during Intractable Conflicts” in the International Journal of Intercultural Relations, September 1, 2017.
Carlos E. Sluzki wrote a piece entiled "The Impact of Authoritarian Regimes on Families … and on Therapists" in Australian & New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy, September 1, 2017.
Douglas Irvin-Erickson published an article entitled "Genocide Discourses: American and Russian Strategic Narratives of Conflict in Iraq and Ukraine" the journal Politics and Governance, September 20, 2017.
Michael Loadenthal, PhD '15, published a couple of articles. The first was entitled "Operação Splash Back!: A Queerização da Libertação Animal e as Contribuições dos Neo-insurrecionários queers" in Academia.edu, September 1, 2017, and the second was entitled “Eco-Terrorism”: An Incident-Driven History of Attack (1973-2010)" in the Journal for the Study of Radicalism, September 1, 2017.
S-CAR in the News
Newspaper / Magazine / Online Articles
Joel Amegboh, PhD student, co-wrote a piece with Alexander Noyes entitled “The same family has ruled Togo for 50 years. Will widespread protests change that?” in The Washington Post, September 30, 2017.
Shukria Dellawar, MS student, was interviwed by Pary Shuaib in “Shukria Dellawar: "Peace starts with each of us", in Free Women Press, September 21, 2017.
Mohammed Cherkaoui, PhD ’12, wrote a couple of articles. The first examined “Qatari Emir Takes Initiative To Resolve Crisis, Calls Saudi Prince Over Gulf Row”, in Qatar Scoop, September, 11, 2017 and the second looked at ميلاد مزدوج لصباح جديد – د. محمد الشرقاوي in diwane.net on September 25, 2017.
Alan Gropman, wrote about “New Nuclear Threat: Terrorists Could Profit from North Korea's Technology”, in The National Interest, September 8, 2017.
Susan Hirsch, introduced S-CAR’s newest faculty member in “S-CAR welcomes Daniel Agbiboa to its faculty”, in S-CAR News, September 19, 2017.
Walid Jawad, MS ’15, wrote a couple of articles analyzing, “Harvey, Irma’s destructive path leaves a trail of human misery and footprint", in Al Arabiya News Channel, September 15, 2017, and “Is Trump walking the US back to social strife and inequality?”, in Al Jazeera, September 7, 2017.
Terrence Lyons, was interviewed in a piece entitled “South Sudan’s Ongoing Civil War Tests Ethiopia’s Foreign Policy”, in World Politics Review, September 14, 2017.
Buzz McClain wrote an article about Giselle Huamani Ober, PhD student, entitled "Working for human rights and studying for a PhD—3,500 miles away from school" for S-CARNews, September 27, 2017. The article inluded a quote by Christopher Mitchell.
Charles Martin-Shields, PhD ’11, wrote about “Gründe, um zu bleiben”, in Frankfurter Rundschau, September 6, 2017.
Yerevan Saeed, PhD students, wrote a piece entitled “Is Kurdistan Independence Inevitable?” in Middle East Research Institute, September 14, 2017.
Katherine G. Southwick, a visiting scholar, commented on “Pulling Myanmar back from the brink”, in EastAsiaForum, September 18, 2017.
Gregory H. Stanton, was quoted in the article “Tribunal On Myanmar In KL Next Week Timely”, in Malaysian Digest, September 15, 2017.
Min Zaw Oo, Phd ’10, was quoted by Jon Emont in “From Guerrilla Fighter to Myanmar Peace Negotiator” in The New York Times, September 1, 2017.
Television and Radio Presentations
Television
Mena Ayazi, Undergraduate student, was featured by GMU-TV in “Culture of Peace: Mena Ayazi’s Mason Story”, GMU-TV, September 12, 2017.
Events, Presentations, and Public Lectures
Events
Phil Gamaghelyan, PhD '17, held a book launch for his new book entitled “Conflict Resolution Beyond the Realist Paradigm”, published by Columbia University Press. September, 2017. Susan Allen, Kevin Avruch, Dean, and Susan Hirsch all spoke at the book launch.
Karina Korostelina was invited by OSCE to Kiev on September 16- 18, 2017. She conducted 2 presentations for the office of OSCE in Kiev, presented for the Council of Foreign Aid in Kiev, and had led a workshop on dialogue across military line for OSCE monitors.
Patricia Maulden, organized two events under the Dialogue and Difference Series, entilted "Hate: Charlottesville" and "Justice: Incarceration", on September 12, 2017, and September 28, 2017 respectively.
Her Excellency Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, President of Malta, presented at the 28th Annual Lynch Lecture series on the theme Peace Beyond Patriarchy, on Septrember 22, 2017. Susan Hirsch, Michelle Marks, Vice President for Academic Innovation & New Ventures at Mason, Rich Rubenstein, and Kevin Avruch, Dean, all spoke at the event.
The annual Welcome Picnic was held at Point of View on September 10, 2017.