CONCURRENT SESSIONS: FRIDAY, 2:00-3:00

 

Session 1 Moderator: Dr. Judith Lorber

'Forgetting' the Holocaust: Ethical Dimensions Carlton Room

Of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Dr. Leonard Grob, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Farleigh Dickinson University

Jewish Displaced Persons after the Holocaust Carlton Room

And the Creation of the State of Israel

Avinoam Patt, Professor, University of Hartford

 

Session 2 Moderator: Dr. Carol Austad

Israeli and Palestinian Religious Identities: Conflicting Camp Room

Influence on Support for Political Action and Violence

Ms. Janice Adelman, Doctoral Student, Claremont Graduate University

Religious Dimensions in Peacemaking Camp Room

Yehezkel Landau, Professor, Hartford Seminary

 

Session 3 Moderator: Dr. Barbara Epstein

Bypassing The Gatekeepers: Philbrick Room

A Wire Service for Peace-Building News

Dr. Harriet Feinberg

Academic Objectivity, Political Neutrality, and Other Philbrick Room

Barriers to Israeli-Palestinian Reconciliation

Dennis Fox, Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois at Springfield

 

Session 4 Moderator: Dr. David Blitz

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Resolution - 1849 Room

A Model Based on Psychological and Counseling Principles

Dr. Moises Salinas, Professor, Central Connecticut State University

Hope as Universal and Particular: 1849 Room

Philosophical and Theological Perspectives

Sarah Heidt, Professor, Eastern Michigan University / Ecumenical Theological Seminary

 

 

CONCURRENT SESSIONS: FRIDAY, 3:00-4:00

Session 5 Moderator: Dr. Leonard Grob

Online Argument Between Israelis and Palestinians Carlton Room

Dr. Donald Ellis, Professor, University of Hartford

Listening to the Other: Levinas and Reconciliation in Israel-Palestine Carlton Room

Sarah MacMillen, Professor, Duquesne University

Session 6 Moderator: TBA

Islamic Fundamentalism within the Green Line Camp Room

Mr. Hazza Abu-Rabbia, Lecturer, Central Connecticut State University

Arabs in Israel Must Take Vigorous Role for Final Camp Room

And Just Peace in the Holy Land

Dr. Massoud Eghbarieh, Chairman, Beit Berl College

Session 7 Moderator: Dr. Judith Lorber

Israel and the US Left Philbrick Room

Barbara Epstein, Professor, University of California, Santa Cruz

True Peace Based on Human Rights versus Philbrick Room

The Endless "Peace Process"

Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh

 

 

CONCURRENT SESSIONS: SATURDAY, 10:00-11:00

 

Session 8 Moderator: Dr. Leonard Grob

Lessons for Israeli-Palestinian Negotiation from Nepal's Camp Room

New Ministry for Peace and Reconstruction

Ms. Shiri Barr, SIT Graduate Institute

Israeli and Palestinian Peacemakers: Can They Talk the Talk? Camp Room

Dr. Eric Budd, Professor, Fitchburg State College

Session 9 Moderator: Dr. Judith Lorber

Teaching and Directing in Israel Carlton Room

Michael Rutenberg, Professor, Hunter College

Teaching During the Intifada Carlton Room

Mr. Adam Schonbrun, Lecturer, College of Safed, Israel

Session 10 Moderator: Dr. Barbara Epstein

Israel and Palestine On-Campus: Philbrick Room

Academic Involvement in Peace Oriented Student Activism

Ms. Tammy Shapiro, Union of Progressive Zionists

 

CONCURRENT SESSIONS: SATURDAY, 1:00-2:00

 

Session 11 Moderator: Dr. Judith Lorber

When Israel and the Arabs Were Allies Camp Room

Dr. Peter Feinman, President, Institute of History, Archaeology, and Education

Constructing the Myth of Egyptian-Israeli Brotherhood: Camp Room

Ali Salem's Drive to Israel, the Biblical Exodus, and the Problems of Peace

Mr. Daniel Levine, Doctoral Candidate, Johns Hopkins University

Session 12 Moderator: Dr. Carol Austad

Adolescents Coping with the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Carlton Room

Dr. Hanna Laufer, Lecturer, The Academic College of Emek Yezreel

Identity Changes in Former Combatants Involved in Carlton Room

Israeli-Palestinian Reconciliation Activities

Chaya Rubin, M.A. Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University

Session 13 Moderator: Dr. Shizuko Tomoda

The Psychology of Israeli-Palestinian Peace Philbrick Room

Dr. Aharon Ahuvia, University of Michigan-Dearborn

The Cultural Psychology of Coexistence: Philbrick Room

Israeli and Palestinian Youth in (American) Dialogue

Phillip Hammack, Professor, University of California, Santa Cruz

 

CONCURRENT SESSIONS: SATURDAY, 2:00-3:00

 

Session 14 Moderator: TBA

Domestic Constraints and International Negotiations: Camp Room

Increasing the Bargaining Space in the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process

Mr. Matthew Gottfried, Graduate Student, UCLA

Whether the Two-States Formula: Camp Room

Bush and the Middle East Peace Process

Mohamad Husam, Professor, Qatar University and University of Central Oklahoma

Session 15 Moderator: Dr. David Blitz

Patterns of Religiosity Among Palestinians in Israel and Carlton Room

The Change in Religious Landscape Since 1948

Dr. Ibrahim Abu Rabi', Hartford Seminary

An Israeli-Palestinian Experience Through Poetry Carlton Room

Ms. Sawsan Awwad, University of Hartford

Session 16 Moderator: Dr. Shizuko Tomoda

Peace and Pollution:The Political Economy of Toxic Waste Philbrick Room

In the Case of the Israeli Palestinian Peace Process

Mr. Jamie Levin and Mr. Ilan Alleson, University of Toronto

Urban Planning Policy: The Case of Jerusalem Philbrick Room

Mr. Jonathan Rock, European Project Manager, Town and Country Planning Association

 

CONCURRENT SESSIONS: SATURDAY, 5:00-6:00

 

Session 17 Moderator: Dr. Barbara Epstein

Economic Cooperation as a Pathway to Peace Camp Room

Dr. Michael Littman, Professor, SUNY College at Buffalo

The Prospects for a Two State Solution Between Camp Room

the Israelis and Palestinians Given the Current Situation in Gaza

Andrew Winnick, Professor, Cal State University, Los Angeles

Session 18

Peacebuilding at the Ground Level: Research on Personal and Carlton Room

Institutional Success and Challenges at the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies

Ilan Alleson, University of Toronto; Rabbi Michael Cohen, Arava Institute;

Stuart Schoenfeld, York Universit; Galya Sipos Randor, University of Guelph;

Osama Suliman, York University and Arava Institute; Asaf Zohar, Trent University