2008 Peace Studies Conference

Central New York Peace Studies Consortium
Annual Conference
SUNY Cortland
Dowd Fine Arts Gallery
Saturday November 1, 2008

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8:30-4:30
Cost: $20 including breakfast and lunch (students free)

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8:30-9:00
Continental Breakfast
Bagels, Fresh Fruit, Coffee, Tea, Orange and Cranberry Juice

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9:00-9:30
Welcome
Main Gallery

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9:30-11:00

Room A
Christina Michaelson (Le Moyne College, NY) “Pedagogy in Peace Education”
Abby Thomas (Kerela, India) “Educating for Peace: An Asian Philosophical Blueprint”

Room B
Animals and Violence Panel
Steve Best (University of Texas, El Paso), Andrew Fitz-Gibbon (SUNY Cortland) and Anthony Nocella (SUNY Cortland)

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11:00 -11:15
Break

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11:15-12:00

Main Gallery
Dennis Rothermel (California State University, Chico) “Teaching Anti-War War Films”

Room A
Colleen Kattau (SUNY Cortland) Workshop: “The Power of Song for Nonviolent Transformative Action”

Room B
Wendy Hamblet (North Carolina A&T State University) “Cultivating Peaceful Communities: An Exploration of the Paradoxes and Frustrations”

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12:00- 1:00

Lunch
Roast Turkey or Hummus Sandwiches, Pickles, Potato Chips, Cookies and Brownies, Cold beverages

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1:00-2:30

Room A
Andrew Fitz-Gibbon (SUNY Cortland) “Religious Nonresistance to Violence as Political Resistance to the State
Barry Gan (St. Bonaventure University, NY) “Pacifism as Pathology”

Room B

Anna Lübbe (University of Applied Sciences of Fulda, Germany.) “Systemic Constellations and Their Potential in Peace Work”

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2:30-2:45

Break

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2:45-4:30

Main Gallery
Resisting War Panel
Chair: Larry Ashley (SUNY Cortland)
Panel: Michael Smith (Ithaca College, NY), Ron Hershbein (California State University Chico), (others to be confirmed).

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4:30-5:30

CPP Annual Meeting, Room A

CNYPSC Executive Committee Meeting, Room B

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