CMEI Colloquium
Larsen Hall, Harvard Graduate School of Education
October 19, 2010

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A fundamental assumption of the peace education industry in Israel and across the globe is that dialogue can help—help to humanize the other, dispel stereotypes, and provide voice to silenced narratives. This presentation critically interrogated this assumption through a synthesis of research with Israeli and Palestinian youth.

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CMEI Colloquium 
Larsen Hall, Harvard Graduate School of Education
March 23, 2016

Education has been understood as a tool for the state to reinforce its national priorities and perceptions. Thus, in Israel/Palestine, school curriculums were criticized for delegitimizing and demonizing “the other”. In other cases of conflicted histories, the processes of rewriting educational curricula occurred years after the politics have been resolved. In this talk, Natalia Gutkowski considered how education can promote a greater understanding of “the other side” during a violent conflict and an occupation.... Read more about Peace Education During Violence: Exploring the Historical Narrative of the Other