Research Group on Culture and Globalisation (RGCG)
Department of English Studies (Abdelmalek Essaadi University)
Steering Committee
Abdellatif Akbib
Abderrazzak Essrhir
Ahmed Mars
Alfred Hackensberger
Jamal Eddine Benhayoun
Khalid Amine
Robert Wesley, TRI, USA
Titles & Abstracts
Dr. Kerstin W. Shands (Södertörn University College, Stockholm): "Spiritual Politics and Peace from Within: Forgiveness and Reconciliation as Precept and Political Practice" Dr. Abdellatif Akbib (Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Tetuan): "Academic Peace Post 9/11: The Erosion of the American Democratic Dream" Dr. Mohamed Khalil Ennassiri (Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Tetuan): "The Concept of Peace in the Qur’an" Dr. Jamal Eddine Benhayoun (Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Tetuan): "The Idea of Peace in the Post-9/11 World: Clashes, Coalitions, Terrorism, and Survival" Ms. Laura Val (Filmmaker and interculturalist, Maine, USA): “Who am I? and Who are you? - Communicating Effectively Across Cultures" Dr. Perri Giovannucci, The American University in Dubai, UAE): "Waging the Peace: A Postcolonial Analogy for a “Post-9/11” World" Dr. Vanessa Paloma (Senior Fulbright Research Scholar and Artist Morocco-USA): "Visions of Peace in Jewish Mysticism" Mr. Alfred Hackensberger (journalist and writer, Morocco-Germany): "Peace and Power" Dr. Viorella Manolache (Scholar and researcher, the Institute of Political Science and International Relations, the Romanian Academy,Bucharest, Romania): "Historian Pressure and Oppression: Philosophical Discourse after 11 September 2001" Dr. William A. Cook (University of La Verne, La Verne, USA): "The War of Words: Living without Morality – Profit not Peace" Mr. Amir Rana (Director, Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS)Islamabad, Pakistan): "Counter-Ideology and Peace" Mr. Muhammad Azam (PhD candidate, Department of Politics & IR, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan): "Linking Peace and Security to democracy: A Case Study of Pakistan" Dr. Shabana Fayyaz (Assistant Professor, Defence & Startegic Studies, Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan): "New Meaning of Peace in the War on Terror - Case of Pakistan" Mr. Abderrahman BOUKHAFFA (ALC - Tangier): "Promoting Peace through International Organizations: The Case of 'People to People Internationa'l" Ms. Franziska Amsel Muheim (Artist and researcher, Zürich, Switzerland): "Literature and Trauma" Prof. Abderrazzak Essrhir (Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Tetuan): The Location of Peace: Identity, Global Encounters, and the Postcolonial Debate
