War and Peace as Liberal Arts - Westmont College [PDF]

War and Peace as Liberal Arts The 12th annual

Conversation on the Liberal Arts February 21 – 23, 2013

Hosted by The Gaede Institute for the Liberal Arts at Westmont

Keynote  speaker  Michael  Walzer  talks  with  Westmont’s     Mark  Nelson,  one  of  the  conference  organizers.  

Michael  Walzer  opened  the  conference    with  an  address  on  “What  is  Just  War  Theory  About?”  

Scholars  came  from  around  the  world.  Here  Hadassa  Noorda     of  the  University  of  Amsterdam  listens  to  Walzer’s  address.  

Michael  Walzer  in  conversaIon  with  conference  parIcipants  aJer  his  talk.   Each  address  was  followed  by  extensive  Ime  for  discussion  with  the  speaker.    

Ron  Hirschbein  of  Walden  University  listens     as  Walzer  responds  to  his  quesIon.  

In-­‐depth  discussion  enhanced  the  already  outstanding  addresses.  

Cian  O’Driscoll  of  the  University  of  Glasgow  chuckles     at  a  comment  by  Michael  Walzer.  

Some  of  the  best  conversaIons  happened  between  sessions.  Here  Pepperdine  University’s     Graciela  Boruszko  of  talks  with  Brant  Himes  of  Fuller  Theological  Seminary.  

Speakers  were  with  for  the  enIre  conference  giving  ample  opportunity  for  one-­‐on-­‐one   conversaIons.  Here  Judith  Rood  of  Biola  University  talks  with  Michael  Walzer.  

Speakers  approached  the  topics  from  a  range  of  backgrounds.  Gerald  Mast  addressed  the     conference  on  teaching  war  and  peace  at  BluXon  University,  a  Mennonite  insItuIon...  

and  Chris  Eberle  spoke  on  teaching  war  and     peace  at  the  US  Naval  Academy.  

Shannon  French  of  Case  Western  Reserve  University  and  Nolen  Gertz     of  Delta  College  discuss  the  panel  on  Teaching  War  and  Peace.  

Chris  Eberle  and  Gerald  Mast  discuss  teaching  war     and  peace  at  their  very  different  insItuIons.  

Students  also  took  part  in  the  conference.  Westmont  poliIcal  science  students  Emily  Keach  and   KaIe  Hopper  were  part  of  a  team  of  students  who  presented  a  paper  at  a  concurrent  session.  

Gerald  Mast  in  conversaIon  with  parIcipants  aJer  his  panel  with  Chris  Eberle.  Westmont     poliIcal  scienIst  Tom  Knecht,  moderator  for  the  session,  was  among  the  conference  organizers.  

Lester  Monts,  Senior  Vice-­‐Provost  for  Academic  Affairs  at  the  University  of  Michigan,  has  been     the  most  faithful  parIcipant  in  the  ConversaIon  on  the  Liberal  Arts  over  the  past  12  years.  

Judith  Rood  discusses  the  panel  on  Teaching  War  and  Peace.  

IncorporaIng  Westmont’s  regularly-­‐scheduled  chapel  program  into  the  conference  schedule     gave  the  enIre  Westmont  community  a  taste  of  the  ideas  being  shared  at  the  conference.     Duncan  Morrow  of  the  University  of  Ulster  in  Northern  Ireland  spoke  on  Jesus’  controversial     saying,  “I  come  not  to  bring  peace,  but  a  sword.”  

Westmont  faculty  members  Tom  Knecht  and  Chandra  Mallampali     share  a  laugh  between  sessions.  

Duncan  Morrow’s  address  to  the  conference  offered  reflecIons  on     revenge,  reconciliaIon  and  resentment  in  Northern  Ireland.  

John  Wilson  of  Vanguard  University  takes  in  a  point  by  Duncan  Morrow.  

Khalil  Dokhanchi  and  Karl  Bahm  of  the  University  of  Wisconsin-­‐Superior  gave  a  presentaIon     on  their  interdisciplinary  course  on  War  and  Peace  that  takes  place  in  Bosnia.  

Westmont  students  CelesIne  Jahren  and  Emily  Keach  in  conversaIon  between  sessions.     Thanks  to  CelesIne  and  her  fellow  students  for  their  logisIcal  support  of  the  conference.  

Helen  Frowe  from  the  University  of  Kent     spoke  on  “ResisIng  CondiIonal  Force.”     Sadly  our  photographer  couldn’t  be     there,  but  click  on  the  image  above  to   watch  Helen’s  address.  

Sherman  Jackson  of  the  University  of  Southern  California  spoke  on  “My  Body,  This  Paper,     This  Fire:  The  Future  of  Violence  in  Islam?”  

Westmont  faculty  and  students  were  able  to  hear  the     plenary  addresses  alongside  conference  parIcipants.  

Westmont  faculty  from  a  range  of  departments  incorporated     conference  parIcipaIon  into  their  course  acIviIes.  

Thanks  to  all  who  took  part  for  three  days  of  sImulaIng   conversaIon.  We  hope  to  see  you  in  the  future.