Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution


MARC GOPIN INSTITUTE FOR CONFLICT ANALYSIS AND RESOLUTION GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY MSN 4D3 ARLINGTON, VA 22201 Phone: (703) 993-1308 Fax: (703)-993-1302 E-mail: mgopin@gmu.edu Marc Gopin Bio

EDUCATION	Ph.D., BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, 1992 Dept. of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies Dissertation Topic: The Religious Ethics of Samuel David Luzzatto M.A., BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, 1988 Dept. of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies B.A. COLUMBIA COLLEGE, 1979 Major: European Intellectual History
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS	GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY, Fairfax, VA INSTITUTE FOR CONFLICT ANALYSIS AND RESOLUTION James H. Laue Professor of World Religions, Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution Director, Center for World Religions, Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution, 2003-present FLETCHER SCHOOL FOR LAW AND DIPLOMACY, Senior Researcher, Institute for Human Security, 2001-present FLETCHER SCHOOL FOR LAW AND DIPLOMACY,Visiting Associate Professor of International Diplomacy Senior Researcher, Institute for Human Security, 2001-2003 FLETCHER SCHOOL FOR LAW AND DIPLOMACY, Adjunct Professor of International Diplomacy, 1999-2001 PROGRAM ON NEGOTIATION, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Visiting Scholar 2001-2002 GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY, Fairfax, VA, Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion and Conflict Resolution, 1995-1999 CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, Washington, DC Senior Associate in the Program for Preventive Diplomacy, 1996-Present DEPT. OF SOCIOLOGY, BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Research Associate, 2000 INSTITUTE FOR PEACEBUILDING, EASTERN MENNONITE UNIVERSITY Program Associate, 1999-2000 AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, Washington, DC, Adjunct Professor, Spring, 1995 UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, Amherst, Visiting Assistant Professor, 1993
BOOKS	Between Eden and Armageddon: The Future of World Religions, Violence and Peacemaking (Oxford University Press, 2000) Holy War, Holy Peace (Oxford University Press, 2002) Healing the Heart of Conflict (Rodale Press, 2004)
CHAPTERS	“Religion as an Aid and a Hindrance to Post-conflict Coexistence Work.” In, Imagine Coexistence: Restoring Humanity After Violent Ethnic Conflict. Josse-Bass, San Francisco, CA, 2003, pp 252-66 “Jewish-Islamic Negotiations in Israel and Palestine: A Participants Observer’s Critical Analysis.” In, Promise and Peril: The Paradox of Religion as Resource and Threat. University of Notre Dame, IN 2003, pp 22-36 “Judaism and Peacebuilding in the Context of Middle Eastern Conflict” and “Appendix: Peacemaking Qualities of Judaism as Revealed in Sacred Scripture.” In, Faith-Based Diplomacy: Trumping Realpolitik. Oxford University Press, New York, 2003, pp 91-123 “The Religious Foundations of a More Peaceful World.” In, The Future of Peace: In the Twenty-First Century. Carolina Academic Press, Durham, NC, 2003, pp 440-53
RELIGIOUS PEACEBUILDING AND TRAINING	INTER-AMERICAN DEFENSE COLLEGE 1998 Course designed for senior officers and diplomats WORLD RELIGIONS AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION 1995-1999 Course designed for George Mason Univsersity RELIGION AND PEACEBUILDING 1996-present Course designed and co-convened at Eastern Mennonite University for international students CAUX SCHOLARS PROGRAM 1996-1999 International student training at Caux, Switzerland CONFLICT RESOLUTION ACROSS THE THEOLOGICAL DIVIDE 1995, 1997 Co-convener of three-part seminar at NCPCR WORLD CONFERENCE ON RELIGION AND PEACE, December, 1994 International Multi-Faith Youth Conference, Riva del Garda, Italy; Academic Advisor MORAL RE-ARMAMENT Spring, 1992 Conference on “Healing the Heart of America” Workshop, Richmond, VA MORAL RE-ARMAMENT August, 1991 Session on Arab-Jewish Reconciliation, Caux Switzerland
RECENT PUBLICATIONS	“Religious Ethical Pluralism,” Paper commissioned by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, Hebrew College, and Andover Newton Theological School, in The Journal of Human Rights, ed. Tom Cushman (forthcoming) “Shared Public Space and Peacemaking: New Visions of Place in Israel and Palestine,” in The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs 26:1 (Winter/Spring 2002) “Judaism, the Limits of War, and Conflict Resolution,” paper commissioned by the Tannenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding, in Religion, Law, and the Role of Force: A Study of Their Influence on Conflict and on Conflict Resolution (Transnational Publishers, forthcoming) “Jewish/Islamic Negotiations in Israel and Palestine: A Participant Observer’s Critical Analysis,” in Promise and Peril: The Paradox of Religion as Resource and Threat, ed. Leroy Rouner (forthcoming) “Judaism and Peacebuilding in the Context of Middle Eastern Conflict,” paper commissioned by the International Center for Religion and Diplomacy in Doug Johnston ed., Faith-based Diplomacy: Trumping Realpolitik (New York: Oxford University Press, Feb. 2003) “This War is About Religion, and Cannot Be Won Without It,” Shma (November, 2001) “World Religions, Violence, and Myths of Peace in International Relations,” in Religion, Violence and Visions for Peace, ed. Gerrie ter Haar (forthcoming) “The Religious Foundations of a More Peaceful World,” paper commissioned by the Eleanor Roosevelt Institute for Justice and Peace, in The Future of Peace in the 21st Century (Eleanor Roosevelt Institute for Justice and Peace, 2002) “Religion as an Aid and Hindrance to Post-Conflict Coexistence Work,” paper commissioned by the Coexistence Forum, in Imagine Coexistence (Jossey-Bass, forthcoming) “The Use of the Word and its Limits: A Critical Evaluation of Interfaith Dialogue as Peacemaking,” in David Smock, ed., Interfaith Dialogue (Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace, 2002) “What Do I Need to Know About Religion and Conflict,” in Handbook of Conflict Resolution, ed. John Paul Lederach (Jossey-Bass, 2002) “Arafat’s Tragic End and New Beginnings,” oped, Christian Science Monitor, August 16, 2001 “Religion and International Relations at the Crossroads,” International Studies Review 3:3 (Fall 2001), [review] “Forgiveness as an Element of Conflict Resolution in Religious Cultures: Walking the Tightrope of Reconciliation and Justice,” in Reconciliation, Coexistence, and Justice in Interethnic Conflicts: Theory and Practice, ed. Mohammed Abu-Nimer (Lexington Books, 2001) “Judaism and Peacebuilding,” in Religion and Peacebuilding, ed. Harold Coward (SUNY Press, forthcoming 2003) “Mennonite Conflict Resolution Practice”, in From the Ground Up: Mennonite Contributions to International Peacebuilding, ed. C. Sampson (Oxford University Press, 2000) “Confronting the Secular/Religious Conflict in Israel: Suggested Solutions,” in Religious Secular Relations in Israel: Social and Political Implications, eds. Ephraim Ya’ar & Tamar Herman(Tel Aviv, Steinmetz Center for Peace Research, Tel Aviv University and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, 1998), pp. 81-94 Foreward to Shireen Hunter, The Future of Islam and the West: Clash of Civilizations or Peaceful Coexistence? (Westport, CT: Praeger, 1998) “An Orthodox Embrace of Gentiles? Interfaith Tolerance in the Thought of S. D. Luzzatto and Rabbi E. Benamozegh,” Modern Judaism (Spring, 1998) “Religion, Violence And Conflict Resolution,” Peace and Change 22 (January, 1997), No. 1: 1-31 “Religion, Violence And Conflict Resolution,” Issue Paper #1, Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, October, 1998 “Carnal Israel: The Future of Jewish Spirituality in the Age of Zionism”, Tikkun May/June 1998 13:3, pp. 62,63 “Jewish Tradition in Conversation with African Wisdom,” Cantilevers vol. 5, Summer 1998, pp. 21-22 “No Peacemaking Without People,” Editorial, International Herald Tribune, October 22, 1997 “Religion As a Way of Ordering the World,” Interview, The Times of India2/4/97 “Hope for the Middle East Peace Process,” Christian Science Sentinel, May, 1996, 98:19, 27-30 “Is There a Jewish God of Peace?” in The Challenge of Shalom, eds. Murray Polner and Naomi Goodman (Philadelphia: New Society Publishers, 1994), pp. 32-39. Jewish Civics: A Tikkun Olam/World Repair Manual, co-authored with Rabbi Mark Levine and Rabbi Sid Schwarz (New York and Washington, DC: Coalition for the Advancement of Jewish Education, 1994) "Religion: Path to Calamity or to Global Community," der Überblick, no.2, 1994. “More Rwandas? More Bosnias? Some Suggestions for Preventing Genocide,” Editorial, The Jewish Advocate, Summer 1994 “The Judgment of Rosh Hashana and the Condition of World Poverty,” Jewish Telegraph Agency, August 1994 "The Ethics of Voting in 1992,"Tikkun, September/October 1992 "In the Footsteps of Aaron: Towards a Jewish Philosophy of Peace," Jerusalem: Oz ve-Shalom Publications, 1984
PRESENTATIONS ON PEACEBUILDING, RELIGION AND DEVELOPMENT	1984-present “Religion, Conflict, Terrorism and Conflict Resolution Alternatives,” Nato Defense College, World Religions and Conflict,” Georgetown University, “World Religions, Diplomacy and the Current Israeli/Palestinian Impasse,” American University, “The Geneva Understandings,” Washington College of Law, “Religions as A Force For Good In the World Post 9-11”, Ehah Conference, NYC, “Waging Peace: A Two part Discussion of Religion-Based Peacemaking,” Washington National Cathedral,“The Faith Imperative: An Abrahamic Prospective,” Institute for Global Engagement, “Religion and Conflict” The Muskie Institute,“Religions Peacemakers of the Middle East, “Woodfords Congregational Church,“Interfaith Dialogue and Peacemaking,” Bangor Theological Seminary, “Mediation and Religion: Reflections from International Interventions,” Goergia Commision on Dispute Resolution,“Jewish/Islamic Negotiations in Israel and Palestine,” Boston University; “Religion and Violence,” M.I.T.; Congressional Research Service, Conference on Counter-Terrorism; “Between Eden and Armageddon: the Future of Religion and Violence,” Emory University; “Holy War, Holy Peace,” Brandeis University; “Religion, Terrorism, and Conflict,” Search for Common Ground and Johns Hopkins; “Culture and Conflict Resolution, with Special Reference to the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict,”Israel Arbitration Association; The Limits of Force in Islam and Judaism,” Woodrow Wilson Center, Princeton University; “The Future of Palestinian/Israeli Relations,” Massachusetts Institute of Technology; "Between Vengeance and Forgiveness: Re-imaging Alternatives to Violence", Boston College; “Culture, World Religions, and New Perspectives on Conflict Resolution Practice, with Special Reference to the Failed Middle East Peace Process," Mass. Association of Mediators; “A Critique of Forgiveness,” Program on Negotiation, Harvard University; “The Future of the Middle East Peace Process and the Role of Religion,” Harvard University; “New Trends in Conflict Resolution Theory and Practice, and a Review of “Between Eden and Armageddon”,” Columbia University; “The Future of Religion, Violence and Conflict Resolution in the Arab/Israeli Conflict,” Middlebury College; “Forgiveness as an Element of Conflict Resolution in Religious Cultures: Walking the Tightrope of Reconciliation and Justice,” American University; “Between Eden and Armageddon: The Future of Religion, Violence and Peacemaking, Lafayette College; “The Future of the Environment: A Jewish Perspective,” Washington National Cathedral; “The Current State of Israeli and Palestinian Peacemaking,” Haverford College; “Christian Just Peacemaking: a Critique”, American Academy of Religion”; ”The Future of Peacemaking in Jewish-Palestinian Relations in Israel,” Community Mennonite Church, Harrisonburg, VA; “God and the Search for Wonder and Meaning in the Contemporary World,” Keynote address, Board of Jewish Education Annual Teachers’ Conference, Fairfax, VA; “Religion, Tolerance, and Forgiveness,” panel discussion of the Senior Seminar, Foreign Service Institute, National Foreign Affairs Training Center, Arlington, VA; “Constructing Paradigms of Religious Conflict Resolution in a Modern Context: A Case Study of Judaism,” Conference on The Sacred, The Sword, and Global Security, University of Notre Dame; “Communication, Conflict, and Inter-Cultural Violence,” Department of Communications, University of Maryland; “The Concept of the Other (Ger) in Classical Judaism,” (series in four parts), Foundation for Jewish Studies, Washington, DC; Zikhron Ya’akov, Israel, Conference on Religious/Secular Conflict, “Confronting the Secular/Religious Conflict in Israel: The Underlying Obstacle to Peace”; Belfast, Conference on Sectarianism, “Sectarianism, Identity and Religion”; Political Psychology Forum, George Washington University, “Religion, Violence and Conflict Resolution: Cross-Cultural Perspectives”; U. S. Institute of Peace, “The Challenge of Religious Conflicts for International Policy Makers”; Panchgani, India, “The Future of India,” All-India Conference on the Future of India; Caux, Switzerland, “Preparing for the Twenty-first Century: The Spiritual Nature of the Human Being”, Lecture and Panel Discussion, with the Dalai Lama, Franz Cardinal Koenig, and Dr. Heinrich Rusterholz; Gallaudet University, Democratic Caucus of the U.S. House of Representatives, “National Politics and the Cultivation of Values”; United Nations, World Conference on Religion and Peace, “Religion as a Source of Peace and Conflict”; Third Global Structures Convocation, “The Dual Legacy of World Religions”; Voice of America, “Religion and Conflict”; Christian Science Monitor Radio, “Violence and the Limits of Free Speech”; American Academy of Religion, “War in Judaism and Islam”; Amherst Jewish Community Center, “Jewish Ethics and the Question of Nuclear Warfare”; Brandeis University, “Rabbinic Sources on Conflict Resolution”; Pacific School of Religion, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, Dialogue on Buddhism, Judaism and Compassion, “The Concept of Compassion in Biblical and Rabbinic Judaism”; Jewish Institute of Renewal Conference, Bryn Mawr College, “International Development and Jewish Ethics”; Cambridge, MA, Hesed International, Dialogue with the venerable Dr. A. T. Ariyaratne of the Sarvodayah Movement, Sri Lanka, “Buddhist and Jewish approaches to Compassion for the Poor”; Harvard University Hillel Table Talk Series, “The `Stranger’ as a Category of Jewish Ethics; Conference on Judaism in Rural New England, “Compassion as the Foundation of Judaism: the Ethics of Samuel Luzzatto”
FELLOWSHIP HONORS	Holy War, Holy Peace, one of four noteworthy books of 2002 chosen by the Christian Science Monitor The Nachum and Anne Glatzer Endowed Prize for Excellence in Judaic Scholarship Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture Jacoby Fellowship, Brandeis University Hirschfield Fellowship, Brandeis University Dean's List, Columbia College
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS	A DIFFERENT FUTURE, Board member.Organization dedicated to the use of media to uncover and promote shared values of the monotheistic traditions in response to 9/11 AMERICAN FRIENDS OF OPEN HOUSE AT RAMLE, Board member. Organization dedicated to Arab/Israeli coexistence and coeducation