NADIM ROUHANA

INSTITUTE FOR CONFLICT ANALYSIS AND RESOLUTION
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
MSN 4D3

ARLINGTON, VA 22201
Phone: (703) 993-9409 Fax:
(703)-993-1302
E-mail:
nrouhana@gmu.edu

Nadim Rouhana Bio


EDUCATION

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Research Fellow Center for International Studies, 1989-90

Harvard University Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Psychology, 1987-89

Harvard University Graduate Student Associate Center for International Affairs, 1981-85

Wayne State University Social Psychology Ph.D., 1979-85

University of Western Psychology MA, Australia, 1978-79

University of Haifa Psychology & Statistics BA, Israel, 1968-72


PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND APPOINTMENTS

George Mason University Instit. for Conf. Analysis Professor and Resolution, 2004 - present

Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy Visiting Associate Tufts University Professor, 2004

Tel Aviv University Dept. of Sociology Associate & Anthropology Professor, 2001-04

Present Arab Center for Applied Social Research-MADA Founding Director, 2002

Present Harvard University Center for International Associate Affairs, 1992

Tel Aviv University Dept. of Sociology & Visiting Associate Anthropology Professor, 1999 (Spring)

University of Massachusetts Graduate Program in Assoc. Professor, Boston Dispute Resolution
1997-2000

Boston College Dept. of Psychology Asst. Professor, 1990-97

Harvard University Dept. of Psychology Lecturer, 1989-90

Van Leer Institute, Jerusalem Research Fellow, 1985-87

Najah National University Dept. of Psychology Lecturer (West Bank), 1985-86


OTHER INSTITUTIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Harvard University Center for International Affairs Chair of Program on International Academic
Conflict Programs, 1992-2002

Harvard University Center for International Affairs Seminar, 1992-2001


PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS

Rouhana, N.N. (1997). Palestinian citizens in an ethnic Jewish state: Identities in conflict. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 312 pp.

ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

Rouhana, N. N. (In press). Truth and reconciliation: The right of
return in the context of past injustice. In I. Lustick and A. M. Lesch (Eds.). Exile and return. University of Pennsylvania Press.

Peled, Y. & Rounaha, N. N. (2004). Transitional justice and the right of return of the Palestinian refugees. Theoretical Inquiries in Law. 5, 317-332.


Rouhana, N. N. (2004). Reconciliation in protracted national conflict. In Eagly, A. H., Hamilton, V. L., & Baron, R. M. (Eds.). (2001). The social psychology of group identity and social conflict: Theory, application, and practice.

Rouhana, N. N. (2004). Group identity and power asymmetry in reconciliation processes: The Israeli-Palestinian case. Peace and Conflict, 10, 33-52.
Peled, Y. and Rouhana, N. (2004).

Rouhana , N. N. (2002). On reconciliation in unrealistic times. Israeli Sociology, 4, 213-216. (Hebrew).

Rouhana , N. N. (2002). Outsiders' identity: Are the realities of the "inside Palestinians" reconcilable? Palestine-Israel Journal ,9, 61- 70.

Rouhana, N. N. (2001). Power and identity in reconciliation processes. Israeli Sociology 3, 277-295. (Hebrew).

Ghanem, A. & Rouhana, N. (2001). Citizenship and the parliamentary politics of minorities in ethnic states: The Palestinian citizens of Israel. Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, Vol 7, 66-86.

Rouhana, N.N. (2000). Interactive conflict resolution: Theoretical and Methodological Issues. In P. Stern, A. George, and D. Druckman (Eds.). International conflict resolution after the cold war. pp. 299-343. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.

Yiftachel, O., Ghanem, A. & Rouhana, N. (2000). The debate over democracy in Israel. Jama'a 6, 58-78. (Hebrew).

Rouhana, N.N. (1999). Differentiation in understanding one's own and the adversary's identity in protracted intergroup conflict: Zionism and Palestinianism. Journal of Applied Social Psychology 29, 1999-2023.

Rouhana, N.N. (1999). Israel as a binational state. In S. Ozacky-Lazar, A. Ghanem, & I. Pappé (Eds.). Seven roads: Theoretical Options for the status of the Arabs in Israel. pp. 243-269. Givat Haviva: The Institute for Peace Research. English translation available.

Rouhana, N.N. (1998). Unofficial intervention: Potential contributions to resolving ethnonational conflicts. In J. Melissen (Ed.), Innovations in diplomatic practice, pp. 111-132. Basingstoke: MacMillan.

Rouhana, N.N. (1998). Israel and its Arab citizens: Predicaments in the relationship between ethnic states and ethnonational minorities. Third World Quarterly 19, 277-296.

Rouhana, N.N. (1998). The test of equal citizenship: Israel between Jewish ethnocracy and binational democracy. Harvard International Review 20, 74-78.

Rouhana, N.N. & Bar-Tal, D. (1998). Psychological dynamics of intractable ethnonational conflicts: The Israeli-Palestinian case. American Psychologist 53, 761-770.

Rouhana, N.N. & Ghanem, A. (1998). The crisis of minorities in ethnic states: the case of Palestinian citizens in Israel International Journal of Middle East Studies 30, 321-346.

Ghanem, A., Rouhana, N.N. & Yiftachel, O. (1998). Questioning ethnic democracy. Israel Studies 3, 253-267.

Rouhana, N.N. & Korper, S. (1997). Power asymmetry and goals of unofficial third party intervention in protracted intergroup conflict. Peace and Conflict 3, 1-17.

Rouhana, N.N., O'Dwyer, A., & Vaso, S. (1997). Cognitive biases and political party affiliation in intergroup conflict. Journal of Applied Social Psychology 27, 37-57.

Rouhana, N.N. & Korper, S. (1996). Dealing with the dilemmas posted by power asymmetry in intergroup conflict. Negotiation Journal 12, 353-366.

Rouhana, N.N. (1995). The dynamics of joint thinking between adversaries in international conflict: Phases of the continuing problem-solving workshop. Political Psychology 16, 321-345.

Rouhana, N.N. (1995). Unofficial third-party intervention in international conflict: Between legitimacy and disarray. Negotiation Journal 11, 255-271.

Rouhana, N.N. & Fiske, S. (1995). Perception of power, threat, and intensity of conflict intensity in asymmetric intergroup conflict. Journal of Conflict Resolution 39, 49-81.

Rouhana, N.N. & Kelman, H. (1994). Promoting joint thinking in international conflict: An Israeli-Palestinian continuing workshop. Journal of Social Issues 50, 157-178.

Rouhana, N.N. (1993). Accentuated identities in protracted conflicts. Asian and African Studies 27, 97-127.

Rouhana, N.N. & Ghanem, A. (1993). The democratization of a traditional minority in an ethnic democracy: The Palestinians in Israel. In E. Kaufman, S. Abed & R. Rothstein (Eds.), Democracy, peace, and the Arab-Israeli conflict, pp. 163-185. Boulder, CO: L. Rienner Publishers.

Rouhana, N.N. (1992). Collective identity and regional arrangement. In M. Cogen (Ed.), Proceedings of the seminar Dynamics of self-determination, pp. 167-173. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: VU University Press.

Rouhana, N.N. (1991). Palestinians in Israel: Responses to the uprising. In R. Brynen (Ed.), Echoes of the Intifada: Regional repercussions of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, pp. 97-117. Boulder, San Francisco & London: Westview Press.

Rouhana, N.N. (1990). The Intifada and the Palestinians of Israel: Resurrecting the green line. Journal Palestine Studies 19, 58-75.

Rouhana, N.N. (1989). The political transformation of the Palestinians in Israel: From acquiescence to challenge. Journal of Palestine studies 18, 38-59.

Rouhana, N.N. (1988). The civic and national subidentities of the Arabs in Israel: A psychopolitical approach. In J. Hofman (Ed.), Arab-Jewish relations in Israel, pp. 123-153. Bristol, Indiana: Wyndham Hall Press.

Rouhana, N.N. (1987). Education for coexistence between Arabs and Jews in Israel: A social-psychological approach. Israel's Yearbook of Psychology and Counseling in Education. 188-206. (Hebrew).

Rouhana, N.N. (1986). Collective identity and Arab voting patterns. In A. Arian & M. Shamir (Eds.), The elections in Israel, 1984, pp. 121-149. NJ: Transaction Books.

Hertz-Lazarowitz, R., Rouhana, N.N., Hofman, J.E. & Beit-Hallahmi, B. (1978)
Influence of curricula and educational environment on identity formation. Studies in Education 10, 153-168. (Hebrew).

Hofman, J.E. & Rouhana, N.N. (1976).Young Arabs in Israel: Some aspects of conflicted social identity, Journal of Social Psychology 99, 75-86.


SELECTED RECENT PRESENTATIONS AND PARTICIPATION IN SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS

October 2002 Truth and reconciliation in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A paper presented at the conference on "The predicaments of Palestinians and Jews: The meanings of catastrophe, historical knowledge, and the return of exiles." The Solomon Asch Center, University of Pennsylvania, PA.

July 2002 Before the Abyss: The dynamics of escalation in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A paper presented at the conference of the International Society of Political Psychology, Berlin, Germany.

May 2002 Resistance and reconciliation of a homeland people: The Palestinian case. A paper presented at the conference on "Broken Peace." Department of Government, Tel Aviv University

April 2002 Power and identity in reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians. Paper presented at the Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution. Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.

February 2002 Outsiders' identity: Are the realities of the "inside Palestinians" reconcilable? Paper presented at the conference on "Identities in the Middle East," Turin University, Italy.

November 2001 Relations between Arab and Jewish citizens in Israel. A paper presented at a conference on "Cleavages in Israeli Society," Department of Sociology, Tel Aviv University.

October 2001 Seminar on Conflict Resolution and Human Rights held in Bellagio, Italy, and organized by the Harvard Law School

April 2001 The Holocaust and psychological dynamics of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A paper presented at the "International Symposium: Third World Views on the Holocaust." Boston, Northeastern University.

February 2001 Identity and power in reconciliation in protracted national conflict. A paper presented at the "International Conference on Reconciliation and Conflict Resolution." The Minerva Institute for Human Rights, Tel Aviv University.

September 2000 Organizer and co-Chair, "Old Challenges and New Directions," a conference organized by PICAR and held at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.

September 2000 Rethinking conflict resolution. Paper presented at the conference, "Critical Issues in Conflict Resolution: Old Challenges and New Directions," Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.

June 2000 Binationalism in Israel and in Historic Palestine: Dilemmas of reality and consciousness. Paper presented at the Association for Israel Studies, Tel Aviv, Israel.

May 2000 Reality and consciousness of binationalism in Israel and historic Palestine. Paper presented at the conference "The Middle East Peace Process and its Vicissitudes," Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.


RECENT GRANTS

2003 THE JOHN D. AND CATHERINE T. MACARTHUR FOUNDATION
Research and Writing Grant, Program on Global Security and Sustainability
Palestinian Refugees and the Right of Return