Adam Curle remembered
The centenary of Quaker peace scholar's birth to be marked
The peace scholar Adam Curle is to be remembered at the University of Bradford next month, when the centenary of his birth will be marked.
The Adam Curle Centenary Symposium on 5 and 6 September will bring together peace researchers and practitioners from around the world.
Adam Curle was the first professor of peace studies at the university and the theme of the symposium is ‘Peaceful Relations and the Transformation of the World’.
Among the keynote speakers are John Paul Lederach, professor of international peacebuilding at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana. He is joined by Cynthia Enloe, adjunct professor of political science at Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts, and James Thompson, professor of applied and social theatre and associate vice president for social responsibility at the University of Manchester.
Professor Jenny Pearce of the University of Bradford said: ‘The symposium brings into focus Adam’s wider understandings of the conditions for peace, exploring how our relationships after war do or do not change; how art and peace intersect; how peace is “made” or “built”; how nonviolence can challenge inequalities, racism and oppression; and whether and how education can contribute to peace.’
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