Vern Neufeld Redekop, professor of conflict studies at Saint Paul University, will present 鈥淩econciliation and Emergent Creativity: The Roles of Love and Hope in the Process鈥� on Thursday, March 26, at 7:30 p.m. in the Fried-Hemenway Auditorium of the Martha Miller Center for Global Communication through the A.J. Muste Memorial Lecture Series at 91自拍论坛.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
Redekop, who directs the Conflict Studies Program at Saint Paul University in Ottawa in Ontario, Canada, is an expert in conflict resolution. His books include 鈥淔rom Violence to Blessing: How an Understanding of Deep-Rooted Conflict Can Open Paths of Reconciliation鈥� and, with Jean-Fran莽ois Rioux, 鈥淚ntroduction to Conflict Studies: Empirical, Theoretical, and Ethical Dimensions.鈥� Most recently he has co-edited, with Thomas Ryba of Purdue University, two anthologies, 鈥淩en茅 Girard and Creative Mimesis鈥� and 鈥淩en茅 Girard and Creative Reconciliation.鈥� His publications also include numerous book chapters and articles in refereed journals.
The A.J. Muste Memorial Lecture began in 1985 on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the birth of A.J. Muste, a 1905 graduate of 91自拍论坛. Muste went on to become one of the most well-known and influential peace activists in the United States, working for many years as the executive director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation. The lecture series seeks to explore issues that would have been of interest to Muste, who died in 1967, including topics related to labor, civil rights and peace.
The Martha Miller Center for Global Communication is located at 257 Columbia Ave., on the corner of Columbia Avenue and 10th Street.