Summer course - GVPT309X / ISRL349X: Topics in International Relations: Conflict Resolution - The Israeli Palestinian Experiment

Groundbreaking, Interactive, Conflict Resolution Summer Course…

GVPT309X / ISRL349X:

Topics in International Relations: Conflict Resolution - The Israeli Palestinian Experiment (3 credits)

Credit would count toward GVPT major or ISRL minor!!!

Summer 2012 – Session II-D

Dates: July 30^th – August 17^th

Days: Tuesday/Thursdays

Time: 6:00pm – 9:20pm

Location: 2110 Tydings Hall

Professors: Manuel Hassassian and Edy Kaufman

Course Info on Testudo: http://www.sis.umd.edu/bin/soc?crs=GVPT309X&sec=&term=201206

YouTube Introduction by Prof. Kaufman & Prof. Hassassian:

http://www.youtube.com/ISRAELPALESTINETEAM

Course Description:

This groundbreaking interactive course provides an in-depth understanding of this conflict using simulations exploring contending historical perspectives and the search for common ground. Topics include Jerusalem, refugees, settlements, water rights, border disputes and security concerns. Professor Manuel Hassassian has been the Executive Vice-President of the Bethlehem University and currently the ambassador of the Palestinian Authority in the United Kingdom. Professor Edy Kaufman, has been the Director of both the Harry S. Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Center for International Development and Conflict Management at UMD and is concurrently teaching at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzlyia, Israel.  In addition to the scheduled class time, the course will also meet on Saturday, August 11th and Sunday, August 12th from 9:00am-6:40pm for an interactive conflict resolution workshop. Students who wish to register for this section after July 13, 2012, please e-mail: summer@umd.edu

For more information, see the following:

Course Syllabus:  http://www.bsos.umd.edu/gvpt/courses/summer2010/309kaufman.pdf