THE WISCONSIN INSTITUTE FOR PEACE AND CONFLICT STUDIES
SPEAKERS PROGRAM
Participating institutions of the Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies may invite the following lecturers
to speak on their campuses at no charge. Contact the Wisconsin Institute at wiinst@uwsp.edu or (715) 346-3383
to make arrangements and for more details on speakers and their topics. Please keep in mind that the speakers
are subject to availability, and the earlier in the year you request a speaker, the more likely you are to secure a
mutually agreeable date and time.
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The Struggle for Democracy in Iran: What are the Prospects?
Islam and Democracy: Is Islam Incompatible with Democracy?
The United States and the Middle East
The Current State of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Ali Abootalebi
Professor of Political Science
UW–Eau Claire
Academic specialties: Middle East, International Political Economy
May be willing to speak remotely with quick Skype connection
abootaar@uwec.edu
http://people.uwec.edu/abootaar/
(715) 836-5969
Additional topics: Politics of the Middle East–General
Ali R. Abootalebi is Professor of Middle Eastern and Global Politics in the Department of Political Science, UWEC.
He is the author of Islam and Democracy: State-Society Relations in Developing Countries, 1980-1994 (Garland,
2000), and, coauthored with Stephen Hill, Introduction to World Politics: Prospects and Challenges for the United
States (Kendall Hunt, 2013) and more than forty articles on Iran, Arab Politics, Civil Society and Democracy and U.S.
foreign policy. He also serves as research committee member for Center for Global Nonkilling.
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Gandhian Thinking and the New World Order
Examines the nature and inner meaning of the concept of the “New World Order” within the context of modern “power
politics” as opposed to the Gandhian theory and practice of “Goodness Politics.”
Peace and Environmental Security
Explores the nature, meaning, and adequacy of “sustained environmental development” as the preferred strategy to deal
with the global ecological and environmental crisis by linking peace with environmental security.
The Traditional Hindu Approach to Interreligious Understanding and Dialogue as a Path to Peace
Examines the contribution of Hindu theory and practice in promoting interreligious understanding and dialogue within a
religiously plural world.
Lakshmi K. Bharadwaj
Department of Sociology
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
Dr. Bharadwaj prefers speaking engagements within 100 miles of Milwaukee.
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Speaking the Unspeakable: Deciphering the Past through Unwritten Sources
How can we use unwritten sources such as war memorials, visual arts, and story cloths to learn about the past? How can
such sources be especially powerful in witnessing to horrific wartime events? What are the intended and unintended
messages such sources reveal and how can they help or hinder us from making sense of our past, our present, and
ourselves?
Creating the ‘Good War’: the Language and Memory of War in the U.S.
This presentation explores the ways World War II became “the Good War” just at the time that Vietnam was emerging as
our great “national mistake.” In what ways are the differing characterizations of these two wars dependent on each
other? What are the political reasons to describe each in this way and what effect has that had on peace activism?
The Problem of Creating a Feminine War Hero
This slide lecture parallels popular perceptions of women arrested for espionage in France in World War I and U.S. female
combatants in the current war in Iraq to examine the larger questions of women’s perceived and actual roles within war
and why society has such a hard time with them.
Creating the Memory of World War I
This slide lecture examines the creation of several WW I monuments in northern France during the 1920s and 1930s as a
lens through which to explore the conflicts and tensions of the region over who “owned” the memory of the war.
Deborah Buffton
Professor of History
University of Wisconsin–La Crosse
Academic specialties: World History, Modern France, Chinese History, History of Peace and War, especially the
effect of war on society and the use of propaganda
dbuffton@uwlax.edu
(608) 785-8659
Prefers Tuesdays and Thursdays, MWF possible with advance notice, willing to speak remotely
Needs computer and projector for PowerPoint
Additional topics:
1) how we remember war more generally and why it is important;
2) the creation of peace memorials
My interest in the effects of war on society dates back to the early 1980s and hearing about the fighting going on
in the Middle East and Central America. My teaching reflects that interest in a freshman World History survey that
is taught through the lens of peace and war, as well as an upper level course on Peace and War in History. My
current research concerns the creation of peace memorials as well as the uses of nonviolence to successfully resist
oppression. In addition, I organize weekly Women in Black peace vigils on campus and in the community.
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Characteristic Negro Melodies: The rise of American black minstrelsy 1875 – 1925
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The technological advances of the industrial age eased life for many poor Americans during the late 19 century. However,
they also provided for the ongoing institutionalization of prejudices through more rapid transportation and new mass
media. Traveling vaudeville performers found rich comic fodder in ridiculing black Americans, entertaining white audiences
with affected dialect and absurd blackface makeup. Recordings of such routines exist on Edison cylinder records and early
78s, making a sobering context for turn-of-the-century humor.
Opium in China - From the Silk Road to Tiananmen Square
The opium poppy reached China in ancient times, and was used medicinally for centuries. Consumed as a soup or herbal
tea, opium sap effectively relieved the pains of hard labor and disease. It was China’s cultural fascination with ritual
practice and foreign trade goods that led to mainstream adaptation of opium as a drug of recreation. Both before and
after renewed European contact, opium’s role as a commodity, spiritual aid, diplomatic tool, and medicine was a key
element of China’s social and economic life. The impact of this plant on Asian history was tremendous and its lessons
continue to inform Chinese leaders in their domestic and international affairs.
Dan Choffnes
Associate Professor of Biology and Asian Studies
Department of Biology
Carthage College
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Academic specialities: Ethnobotany and Ethnomedicine; Developmental Genetics
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A/V needs: projector
May be willing to speak remotely.
dchoffnes@carthage.edu
Dan Choffnes studies the relationship between plants, people, and traditional medical systems. He has conducted
fieldwork in South America and Asia, with a particular focus on Chinese medicine and medicinal plants. In addition
to teaching in ethnobotany, he teaches and conducts research with students in molecular genetics and
developmental biology.
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Genocide in the Modern Era
Many people continue to associate genocide with Holocaust and presume that the last genocide only occurred during the
Second World War and that indeed we have learned from the past. The phrase “Never Again” continues to resonate with
people and create a notion that genocide is the crime of a particular era. This presentation raises questions about
occurrence of genocide before and after Holocaust by examining the history of genocide in the US, the Armenian
Genocide, Holocaust, Cambodia, Bosnia, Rwanda and Darfur. Particular attention is paid to the role of students in terms of
how they can effectively play a role in preventing future genocides.
Human Rights
This presentation provides students with an overview of the content of human rights, beginning with UDHR and the two
Covenants of Political and ESCR of the 1960 and moving into newer areas of gender, children, anti-discrimination,
disability, and protection from landmines and now cluster munitions. Why are these rights important and why should we
care? Drawing on particular examples of human rights violations, this presentation makes it clear that we need to use our
freedoms to ensure others can have greater rights and live in dignity. To go beyond merely talking about issues as
opposed to acting on them, this presentation will engage particularly students to explore how they can form an on-campus
student organization to formulate their concerns about human rights, teach others, and become effective voices against
human rights violations here and abroad.
Reconciliation: Framework for Peace
Using the post-conflict Bosnia as an example, this presentation examines the strengths and weaknesses of reconciliation as
a framework for peacemaking. There are a number of questions that need to be resolved before reconciliation can be
effectively applied as a model of peacemaking.
Khalil Dokhanchi
Department of Political Science
University of Wisconsin–Superior
Fall 2012
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The Global Financial Crisis: 2007 – ?
This presentation examines increasing global economic interdependence with special attention to the recent financial
meltdown and continuing reverberations. The causes and consequences of the crisis are examined, including the
implications for the future of globalization.
China and the United States in Today’s Global Arena
No nation on earth presents greater challenges and opportunities than China today. This presentation examines the issues
of free trade, national security, human rights and democratization as they affect U.S.-China relations today and into the
foreseeable future.
Martin F. Farrell
Department of Politics and Government
Ripon College
Fall 2012
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Social Entrepreneurship: Contributing to the Common Good through Business
The Civil Economy: Meaning, History, and Prospects
Towards a Theory of Cultural Dynamics: Conditions of
Successful Intercultural Exchange
Multiculturalism rightly understood can be a major contributor to peaceful coexistence between nations. Successful
exchange between cultures (here largely understood as equivalent to civilizations) at all levels leads to structurally more
complex forms of hybrid entities that typically are also regarded as intellectually and aesthetically more appealing.
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However, not just any juxtaposition or artificial mixing of cultural elements leads to a derivative that integrates them into a
new “organic” whole. Rather, such integration will occur only under certain environmental conditions, which may then be
taken as constitutive of successful intercultural exchange. Using case studies, a theory is developed that seeks to explain
why it is these conditions that support intercultural exchange and what accounts for an “organic fit” between cultures.
Wolfgang Grassl
Department of Business Administration
St. Norbert College
https://www.snc.edu/academics/faculty/wolfgang.grassl.html
Fall 2012
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What does Psychology have to do with War, Peace, and Conflict?
This lecture, appropriate for Introductory Psychology, Social Psychology, and other courses, examines the role of basic
psychological mechanisms in the phenomenon of war and peace at different levels of human experience. Also suitable for
other courses concerning war and peace that would like to add an element of psychology.
Using Family Culture to Demonstrate the Principles, Problems, and Potential of Intercultural Interaction
This hands-on exercise uses a culture everyone knows, that of their own family, to demonstrate a number of important
principles about intercultural understanding. Interculturalism, or multiculturalism, is seen today as an important part of a
college education. However, many students in Wisconsin have had little or no contact with others from recognizably
different cultures, and may thus feel that they have little experience in multiculturalism. This may lead to discomfort when
discussing such issues, or in the failure to understand the value of multicultural education. Dr. Hatcher’s exercise also
points out how cultural differences can lead to misunderstandings and misperceptions, and can be used to demonstrate
the value of learning from other cultures. The exercise, with introduction and discussion, can be done in 45 minutes, and
is suitable for large or small groups.
Peace Studies and Psychology
This presentation is meant to take one class of an introductory psychology or other psychology class and show how basic
concepts of psychology can be applied to issues of war and peace.
Joe W. Hatcher, Jr.
Department of Psychology
Ripon College
Fall 2012
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The Ethics of Globalization
Just War Theory
An introduction to just war theory with an eye to U.S. foreign policy, and consideration of just war teaching within the
Islamic tradition, as well.
Richard Hudelson
Department of History, Politics, and Society (retired)
University of Wisconsin–Superior
Fall 2012
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Jainism: Philosophy of Nonviolence
Based on the Jain religion, which appeared in India about 2,500 years ago, and may be regarded as the oldest philosophy
based on nonviolence, Jain philosophy accepts and advocates nonviolence as the highest ideal of life and as the means of
attaining “moska” or liberation.
Gandhian Economic Perspectives
Gandhi’s argument that the concepts of development and progress must change in order to eradicate poverty.
Gandhi’s Method of Social and Political Change
This examines a crucial issue in Gandhi's thought and life.
Pravin C. Kamdar
Department of Business and Economics
Cardinal Stritch University
Fall 2012
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The War in Afghanistan: Working for Nonviolent Solutions
Patrick Kennelly has been studying the efforts of the Afghan Peace Volunteers to explore nonviolent solutions to the war in
their country. This talk examines the history of the conflict in Afghanistan, the methods of nonviolence, and the motivation
of Afghan peacemakers.
Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker Movement Lessons for Today
This talk is an introduction to Day and the Catholic Worker. It traces Day’s development from a young person in Chicago to
the leader of a worldwide movement that shelters the homeless and works for peace. Focusing on Day’s upbringing and
her development of a social conscience, and work to form communities that confront poverty, violence, racism, and
oppression, this talk challenges the audience to examine the relevance of Day’s ideas today.
Iraqi Student Project: a Model for Peacemaking
The American invasion of Iraq decimated the country’s higher education system. The university structures were badly
damaged and students were left without teachers, books, and computers. Universities became soft targets for violence
and many students fled the country. As the years go by, many students remain as refugees in Syria and Jordan and are
unable to avail themselves of higher education. The Iraqi Student Project seeks to make undergraduate education possible
for qualified students whose education was interrupted and are unable to continue their education because of the
violence in their country. The project hopes that by providing students with opportunities to complete their education in
the United States, there will be a generation of young Iraqis who will possess the skills necessary to rebuild their country.
In addition, the students’ presence on campuses in the United States will allow for the development of person-to-person
relationships. It is the project’s hope that these experiences of getting to know the “enemy” will increase people’s
commitment to say no to war and work to build peace in the world. Kennelly and an Iraqi university student will discuss
the history, success, and shortcomings of the Iraqi Student Project as a model for peacemaking.
Patrick Kennelly
Associate Director, Center for Peacemaking, Marquette University
A co-founder of the Iraqi Student Project Milwaukee
Member of the Casa Maria Catholic Worker community
Fall 2012
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Yoga’s Understanding of War and Peace
The 5,000-6,000-year-old tradition of Yoga, originally known as the Vedic Tradition of the Himalayas, has a very precise and
specific understanding of the causes of war and discontent in the world. This Himalayan Tradition teaches a very clear
method of manifesting peace in today’s world. This presentation will elaborate on the theoretical and practical
foundations of peace from the Himalayan Tradition’s worldview. Participants will experience yogic practices that will
nurture peace within the individual, which then can become global peace.
Michael A. Ketterhagen
Associate Professor, Department of Theology
Marian University
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
Academic specialties: Yoga Science and Philosophy, especially the science of non-violence; Meditation and
Mindfulness; Non-violence toward self in one's daily lifestyle; Holistic Health--theory and practice
Prefers Monday and Wednesday mornings or Fridays
May be willing to speak remotely
MKetterhagen@marianuniversity.edu
Additional topic: Meditation's Method of Peacebuilding. Meditation is the practice of building internal peace.
The two core dimensions of meditation, namely mindfulness and relaxed concentration, have been shown to
restructure the neuroplastic brain, allowing the practitioner to become more able to deal with many alternatives.
A daily meditative practice can transform tension and anxiety and frustration toward others into calm, healing
activity.
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Opportunities and risks created by the demise of the Soviet Union
The following lectures are offered:
Lessons from the Rise and Fall of Soviet Communism
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The Fall of the Soviet Union and the Rise of 21 -Century Socialism
The Paradox of Plenty and Global Competitiveness
Who is in Charge in the Kremlin? The Key Factors of Russian Political Life
Russia: Hydrocarbons, Autocracy, and Power Politics
Perestroika and Demise of the USSR: Personal Reflections
The World of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Yuri N. Maltsev
Department of Economics
Carthage College
Yuri Maltsev, Professor of Economics at Carthage College in Wisconsin, earned his B.A. and M.A. degrees at Moscow State
University, and his Ph.D. in Labor Economics at the Institute of Labor Research in Moscow, Russia. Before defecting to the
United States in 1989, he was a Chief Consultant of the Bank for Foreign Trade and then a member of a senior team of Soviet
economists that worked on President Gorbachev's reforms package. Prior to joining Carthage, Mr. Maltsev was a Peace Fellow
at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C., a federal research institution. Mr. Maltsev also consulted with
different departments of the U.S. government and testified before Congress. He has lectured at leading universities,
corporations, banks, colleges, churches, and schools all over the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia and Africa. Dr. Maltsev has
appeared on Cable Network News, Fox News, PBS NewsHour, C-Span, CBC and other American, Canadian, Spanish, Lithuanian
and Finnish television and radio programs. He has authored five books and over a hundred articles published in The Christian
Science Monitor, Newsday, Washington Times, Free Market, San Diego Union Tribune, Journal of Commerce, Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel, Seattle Times and others. His chapter on Franklin Delano Roosevelt was included in a monumental volume:
Reassessing American Presidency, published in 2001 in Auburn, Alabama. Now he is working on a book "The Tea Party
Movement" for Praeger Academic Publishers and on the second edition of his previously published “Requiem to Marx” (1994).
He contributed to the Encyclopedia of the World Poverty and numerous other publications.
http://faculty.carthage.edu/ymaltsev
Fall 2012
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Systems Thinking and Peacebuilding: A New Frontier
Policymakers, practitioners, and academics have seized on the need for peacebuilding programs to be as complex and
adaptive as the societies within which they work. As a result, there are loud calls for "whole of government" or "whole of
community" approaches that cross traditional sectoral boundaries. The problem is that these approaches are very difficult
to implement. In this talk, Rob Ricigliano will present an overview of his new book, Making Peace Last, which articulates
the theory and practice of systemic peacebuilding, a holistic approach to dealing with complex adaptive social systems. In
the last two years, the author has worked with USAID, the US Department of State, and the US Department of Defense to
integrate systems thinking tools into their assessment and planning frameworks.
Robert Ricigliano
Director, Peace Studies/Institute of World Affairs
Department of Communication
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
http://www4.uwm.edu/letsci/communication/faculty/ricigliano.cfm
Fall 2012
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The Price of Tourism in Argentina: How much is too much?
Explores the environmental, political, and economic consequences of tourism in Puerto Iguazú, Argentina, through the
lenses of human rights and environmental rights.
The Galápagos Islands: Fishing, Tourism, and Human Rights
Explores the environmental, political, and economic consequences of over-fishing and tourism on the ecosystem and
people of the Galápagos Islands.
Issues in Nuclear Proliferation: Do ‘Know-How’ and Technology from the Former Soviet Union Pose a New
Nuclear Threat?
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Since 1992, newspaper articles have claimed that Russian nuclear scientists and nuclear materials were going east and
south to the highest bidder. This lecture will explore the truth and implications of these claims and whether the United
States should be concerned about the deals that Russia has made with China, Iran, and other countries.
Cuba Today: Myth and Reality
This talk is based on current research and two visits to Cuba (January 2004 and January 2002). Dr. Roberg discusses the
current political, economic, and social atmosphere of Cuba and its ramifications for both Cuba and the United States.
Jeffrey L. Roberg
Department of Political Science
Carthage College
http://faculty.carthage.edu/jroberg
Fall 2012
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Good and Bad Lessons from the “Good War”
The most widely “learned” lesson of World War II—that evil should be nipped in the bud—is a bad one. To justify the lesson “if
you want peace, work for justice,” Rowley argues that the Versailles treaty established a patently unjust international order and
gave Hitler a ready-made strategy for initiating war. To substantiate the lesson “there is no way to peace, peace is the way,” he
argues that appeasement was a just policy and that preemptive war would have been no solution at all. Moreover, Rowley
points out that appeasement did not fail; it was the switch from appeasement to deterrence that precipitated the war. He
concludes that even in 1939, the pursuit of peace and justice was a practical and hopeful policy and the only way the war and
the Holocaust could have been prevented. Dr. Rowley is
Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin–Platteville where he teaches World, Russian, and British history. His
presentation is based on an article published in the Fall 2009 issue of Religion, Conflict, and Peace.
David Rowley
Department of Social Sciences
University of Wisconsin–Platteville
http://www.uwplatt.edu/~rowleyd/
Fall 2012
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Environmental Security: Issues and Politics
This lecture and Powerpoint presentation gives an overview of the different issues involved in Environmental
Security. Environmental Security is the study of the link between human conflict and environmental
degradation. This means both how the environment is affected by conflict as well as how the environment is
part of the cause of conflicts within and between countries. A number of examples and images of these two
aspects are given, followed by a discussion about what current policy is regarding Environmental Security and
what individuals can do to try to lessen these security risks.
Wendy Scattergood
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science/Survey Center
St. Norbert College
DePere, Wisconsin
http://www.snc.edu/academics/faculty/wendy.scattergood.html
Academic specialties or areas of expertise: Environmental Politics and Security, U.S. Elections and Public Opinion
Prefers Tuesdays and Thursdays
May be willing to speak remotely
Uses Powerpoint
Additional topics:
 Energy Security
 Environmental Security of the Great Lakes
 (I do a lot of talks on elections, but more about public opinion and Wisconsin’s part in national elections -peace and conflict only in terms of talking about polarization).
Wendy Scattergood is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at St. Norbert College and associate with the
Strategic Research Institute. A native of the Pacific Northwest, after completing her Bachelor’s degree in
Economics from Washington State University, she was a research analyst and economist for the State of
Washington in Olympia where she conducted surveys for Washington State’s welfare reform program. She then
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pursued graduate work at Purdue University, receiving her Ph.D. in Political Science in 2001 in International
Relations. At St. Norbert College, she conducts the biannual Wisconsin Survey, jointly sponsored by St. Norbert and
Wisconsin Public Radio, as well as several other surveys. She teaches courses in American Politics, Political
Economy, Policy Analysis, Public Administration, Environmental Policy, and International Law and Security. Her
survey work has been cited in both state and national media and she has presented her research on environmental
security at national conferences as well as in England and Greece. Her most recent publication is a book chapter on
security and climate change.
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Tourism, Development, and Mbyá Guaraní Communities in Argentina: Continuing Cultural Conflicts Over Land
In Argentina, the Mbyá Guaraní ethnic people live in an area near the Cataratas del Iguazú that is being rapidly developed
for tourist use. While tourism has brought needed income to some Mbyá communities, there have been concurrent
changes in culture and physical and psychological health. This talk examines concerns about how governmental policy
makers have developed tourism on Mbyá lands, and suggest goals that stakeholders should achieve in their plans for
sustainable development. Finally, programs of sustainable tourism must include the indigenous participation at all levels
of planning and implementation, a practice seldom followed in the case of the Mbyá.
Penny Seymoure
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience Program
Carthage College
Kenosha, Wisconsin
http://faculty.carthage.edu/pseymoure/
pseymoure@carthage.edu
(262) 553-5515
Prefers Monday or Friday, willing to speak remotely, needs data projector for laptop
I have two lines of research that are reflected in the courses that I teach: (1) The development of the brain and the
emergence of brain-behavior relationships. (2) Current land rights and human rights violations against the Mbya
Guaraní, an indigenous rainforest culture, in northeastern Argentina, including the loss of their indigenous wisdom
regarding forest and animal management, physical and psychological health issues that are a consequence of
development-induced displacement from the forest, and the economic and social effects of increasing Mbya
interactions with tourists. I am the co-editor of a recent book that examines the impact of tourism and tourism
development on the culture of the Mbya.
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The Theatre of Empowerment: Prison Theatre and Social Change
For over 15 years, Jonathan Shailor has been using theatre as a means to teach prison inmates about themselves, about
others, and about conflict resolution. This remarkable work has been featured in The New York Times, on Wisconsin Public
Radio, and elsewhere. In this talk, Jonathan will share stories of his experiences in directing and acting with inmates, and
he will discuss how this “theatre of empowerment” has changed his perspective on the U.S. prison system. Jonathan is the
author/editor of several publications on arts in corrections, including the book "Performing New Lives: Prison Theatre"
(Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2011). For more information, go to http://shakespeareprisonproject.blogspot.com/.
Jonathan Shailor
Founder and Director
Certificate Program in Conflict Analysis and Resolution, University of Wisconsin-Parkside
and The Shakespeare Prison Project
http://www.uwp.edu/departments/academic.affairs/
faculty.profiles/index.cfm?uid=shailor
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“Til All Need For Witness Cease,” Poems To Celebrate the Hundredth Anniversary of World War I
A dramatic reading in three acts, these poems are a bitterly ironic critique of the World War I, and by implication, all wars.
It would be a good discussion starter for history classes and peace studies courses.
Kent Shifferd
Professor Emeritus, Northland College
Author, From War to Peace: A Guide to the Next Hundred Years (2011)
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How to Create a Civil War and Destroy a World: What Shakespeare Has to Say About Today
We live in an age of ideologies, a time when contrasting world views compete for control of human thought and society—
in our own country and throughout the world. That conflict tends to focus, often in a very nasty way, in matters of culture:
entertainments and diversions; the status of women; attempts by one group to regulate the behavior and social and
religious practices of another group; the tendency to demonize those with opposing views (“I'm right, you're evil”). The
age of ideologies actually began in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries—the age of Shakespeare and his
contemporaries. His plays not only reflect the competition of those ideologies, they chart the process by which a
conflicted society can spiral from disagreement to civil war and the death of a peaceful, coherent, society. Professor
Stokes uses Shakespeare’s texts together with a wealth of contemporary historical documents to illustrate Shakespeare’s
prophetic understanding of that disintegration, not only as it occurred in his own society, but as it is occurring in our own.
Is a Common Conscience Possible in the Modern World?: Building a Framework of Principle as a First Step
toward Global Peace
As a Baha'i, Professor Stokes has an abiding interest in the quest for world self-governance. Is the ancient yearning for
peace a practical hope? Is it possible to define a process by which sustained peace may be achieved? The presentation
argues that it is, and that such a process begins with the gradual development of “a common conscience,” via the building
of a framework of principle as a first step.
James Stokes
Department of English
University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point
Fall 2012
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Identity Opportunities in Peace Movement Discourse
Drawing on the data and analysis behind her co-authored book Contesting Patriotism: Culture, Power and Strategy in the
Peace Movement (Rowman& Littlefield, 2008/2009), this presentation considers how race, class, gender, and religion serve
as focal points for the discourse of some peace movement organizations but not for others.
Is Pink more Peaceful? Stereotypes, Social Realities, and Women on the Global Stage
Why is the debate about whether women are more peaceful still not solved? What do we find at the intersection of peace
discourse and movements for gender equity? This interactive presentation reviews historic arguments about women and
peace and brings those discussions up to present realities.
Peacebuilding is more than Peacemaking
An introduction to the concept of "Peacebuilding," this talk outlines what is meant by this term and how it is
used from the local to the global to link peacemaking, restorative justice, and community development.
Lynne M. Woehrle
Professor of Sociology
Department of Behavioral Science
Mount Mary University
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
woehrlel@mtmary.edu
(414) 258-4810 ext. 413
http://www.mtmary.edu/faculty_woehrle.htm
Prefers Wednesday and Friday; willing to speak remotely; needs A/V
Additional topics: Workshop on Imaging a World without violence
I've been involved in the field of Peace Studies since my first year in college. I have held regional and national
positions of leadership related to the field and teach several courses related to peacebuilding and social justice.
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The identity talk is based on the 2008 book and a recent update of the research which is in process but not yet
published. The other talks are based on conference presentations. While I often use electronic files to present my
talk I am equally comfortable with a seminar style or leading a workshop format.
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