GVPT309X

Cross-listed with: ISRL349X. Credit only granted for: GVPT309X or ISRL349X. Also offered as ISRL349X. Credit offered for GVPT309X or ISRL349X. This interactive course provides contending and shared perspectives of the cycles of war and peacebuilding with simulations. Topics include common ground on Jerusalem, Palestinian refugees, Jewish settlements, water, borders and security. Professor Kaufman has been Director of both the Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) and the Center for International Development and Conflict Management (UMD). He is concurrently teaching in Israel. Professor Hassassian has been Dean and Vice-President of Bethlehem University and is currently Palestinian Ambassador to Denmark. For more information, contact kaufmane@umd.edu. Course preview is available on YouTube and internet: search for 'Israeli Palestinian Team Teaching'. Click here for more course information.