GMU President Alan Merten Lecture, "A Syrian Journey: Reflections by President Alan Merten"
Ph.D., Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University
MA in Middle East Studies, American University in Cairo
Ph.D., 1992, Brandeis University, Dept. of near Eastern and Judaic Studies Dissertation Topic: The Religious Ethics of Samuel David Luzzatto
M.A., 1988, Brandeis University, Dept. of near Eastern and Judaic Studies
The Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (ICAR) will present “A Syrian Journey: Reflections by President Alan Merten” on Thursday, Oct. 30, from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
The event will be held at the Arlington Campus in the Truland Building, Room 555.
Syria was one of the countries Mason’s president visited during a trip this past summer that also included stops in Germany, the United Arab Emirates and China.
Merten’s lecture will include a discussion with Marc Gopin, James H. Laue Professor of World Religions, Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution, and director of the Center for World Religions, Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution; and ICAR doctoral candidate Samuel Rizk.
The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.
- Dissertation proposal Defense: Peacebuilding Practice as Function of Practitioners’ Self-Reflection - (Nina Selwan)
- The Journey Toward Less Violence and More Empathy: A Scientific and Spiritual Convergence - (Marc Gopin)