Peace, Conflict and Violence:  Peace Psychology for the 21st Century, by Daniel J. Christie, Richard V. Wagner and Deborah DuNann Winter.  Upper Saddle River, NJ:  Prentice Hall (2001). 

The Moral Architecture of World Peace:  Nobel Laureates Discuss our Global Future, by Helena Cobban.  Charlottesville:  University Press of Virginia (2000).  (Use for Research Paper.)

Addicted to War:  Why the U.S. Can't Kick Militarism, by Joel Andreas. 

The Open Space of Democracy, by Terry Tempest Williams

This course is an interdisciplinary exploration of war and peace.  Operating in a seminar format, students are expected to prepare, for each class session where readings are assigned:  (1) a brief summary of the reading (one paragraph); and (2) a "reaction statement" that presents the student's personal reactions, reflections, opinions, or questions relevant to the reading. The reaction statement may be between one paragraph and one page in length.  See instructor's sample.

This course is writing intensive.  In addition to the aforementioned summaries and reaction statements, students are required to submit three lenghthier papers:  (1) a reflection paper; (2) an argument paper; and (3) a research paper.  These paper types are described at the end of this syllabus, and handouts will be given in class to exemplify each writing type.

Students may elect to have their work published on the Internet as part of this course syllabus.  Their pages are here:  Students' Web Pages.

Date	Topic	Readings
8/26/05	Introductions and Course Overview
8/30/05	Beginnings:  My (our) position(s) on the war in Iraq. Fairchild's Position Statement Aug 30, 2005	Assignment for today:  Please bring a one paragraph (or two) statement that summarizes your position on the war in Iraq.  Honesty is more important than being for or against the war. Discussion
9/1/05	Orientation:  Misperception as a Cause of War Instructor's Notes & S/R Papers	Text: Introduction to Peace Psychology (pp. 1-13); White, Ralph K.  (1968).  Misperception as a cause of two world wars.  Chapter 1 in Nobody Wanted War, by Ralph K. White.  Garden City, NY:  Doubleday & Co., Inc.; Paddock, Richard C.  Shots to the heart of Iraq, Los Angeles Times, July 25, 2005.
9/6/05	Intimate Violence & Anti-Gay/Lesbian Violence in the U.S.	Text:  Chapters 1 and 2 Civilian deaths in Iraq at 200,000 and counting
9/8/05	Intrastate Violence & Nationalism and War	Text:  Chapters 3 and 4.  Fairchild's SR paper
9/13/05	Reflection Paper is Due Today.	Text:  Open Space of Democracy.
9/15/05	Plenary Session - Discussion of the Open Space of Democracy  (Meet in Avery Auditorium)
9/20/05	Integrative Complexity and Political Decisions that Lead to War or Peace Visit:  Career Services	Text:  Chapters 5 Fairchild's SR Paper
9/22/05	Genocide and Mass Killing:  Their Roots and Prevention Children and Structural Violence	Text:  Chapters 6
9/27/05	Weapons of Mass Destruction	Text:  Chapters 7 -- Fairchild's SR Paper
9/29/05	Structual Violence and Social Injustice	Text:  Chapters 8
10/4/05	The War Close to Home: Children and Violence in the U.S. Argument Paper is Due	Text:  Chapter 9
10/6/05	Children and Structural Violence	Text:  Chapters 10
10/11/05	Open Discussion	Current Events
10/13/05	Plenary Session:  Social Responsibility & Service Learning  (Meet in Avery Auditorium)
10/18/05	Fall Break
10/20/05	Women, Girls, and Structural Violence	Text:  Chapters 11
10/25/05	Understanding Militarism: Money, Masculinity... Globalism and Structural Violence	Text:  Chatpers 12 & 13
10/27/05	Human Rights Violations as Structural Violence	Text:  Chapters 14
11/1/05	Plenary Session:  Interdisciplinary Approaches  (Meet in Avery Auditorium)
11/3/05	U.N. Peacekeeping The Cultural Context of Peacemaking Research Paper Topic and Bibliography is due	Text:  Chapters 15 & 16
11/8/05	The Trail of Tears	Jahoda, Gloria.  (1975).  Introduction.  The trail of tears.  NY: Wings Books.
11/10/05	Picture of Inequality Is the U.S. Addicted to War	Website Addicted to War
11/15/05	Cultures of Peace	de Rivera, Joseph.  (2004).  Introduction:  Assessing cultures of peace.  Peace and Conflict:  Journal of Peace Psychology, 10(2), 95-100.  Anderson, Royce.  (2004).  A definition of peace.  Peace and Conflict:  Journal of Peace Psychology, 10(2), 101-116.
11/17/05	Alternative Definitions Assessing Cultures of Peace Draft of Research Paper is Due	Fernandez-Dols, Jose-Miguel, Hurtado-de-Mendoza, Alejandra, & Jimenez-de-Lucas, Isabel.  C.  (2004).  Culture of peace: An alternative definition and its measurement.  Peace and Conflict:  Journal of Peace Psychology, 10(2), 117-124. deRivera, Joseph.  (2004).  A template for assessing cultures of peace.  Peace and Conflict:  Journal of Peace Psychology, 10(2), 125-146.
11/22/05	Cultures of Peace in Spain	Morales, J. Francisco, & Leal, Jose Antonio.  (2004).  Indicators of a culture of peace in Spain.  Peace and Conflict:  Journal of Peace Psychology, 10(2), 147-160.
11/24/05	Thanksgiving Break
11/29/05	Plenary Session:  Intercultural Approaches.  (Meet in Avery Auditorium)	Plenary Session
12/1/05	Assessing Brazil's Culture of Peace Research Paper is Due	Milani, Feizi M., & Branco, Angela Uchoa.  (2004).  Assessing Brazil's culture of peace.  Peace and Conflict:  Journal of Peace Psychology, 10(2), 161-174.
12/6/05	To be announced	To be announced.
12/8/05	Course Rap-Up