Preliminary Program

THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THE

CONTRIBUTIONS OF PSYCHOLOGY TO PEACE:
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF BUILDING A PEACEFUL WORLD

hosted by
Randolph-Macon College
August 15 - 19, 1993

Organizing Group: The Committee for the

Psychological Study of Peace
Chair: Michael Wessells
Co-Sponsor: The Political Psychology Division
of the International Association of
Applied Psychology

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
Vladimir Ageyev (Russia)
Sameer Mahmood (West Bank)
Anne Anderson (USA)
Daniel Mayton (USA)
Ruben Ardila (Colombia)
Susan McKay (USA)
David Bargal (Israel)
Jean-Claude Metraux (Switzerland)
Hector Betancourt (USA)
Alexander Melnikov (Russia)
ke Bjerstedt (Sweden)
Christina Montiel (Philippines)
Herbert Blumberg (UK)
Suman Nangia (India)
Klaus Boehnke (Germany)
Linden Nelson (USA)
Anima Bose (India)
Maria Oyarzabal (Venezuela)
Abelardo Brenes (Costa Rica)
James Polyson (USA)
Ed Cairns (Northern Ireland)
Linda Price (USA)
Leila Dane (USA)
Raija-Leena Punamaki-Gitai (Finland)
Morton Deutsch (USA)
N. Y. Reddy (India)
Leonid Dobrokhotov (Russia)
Mchel Roe (USA)
Wolfgang Frindte (Germany)
Milton Schwebel (USA)
Erica Frydenberg (Australia)
Irena Sarovic (USA/former Yugoslavia)
Ilse Hakvoort (Netherlands)
Lisa Sherwin (USA/Israel)
Mohammad Haji-Yusuf (Malasia)
Sushila Singhal (India)
Scott Hamilton (USA)
Gillian Straker (South Africa)
Carmi Harari (USA)
Mohammad Ali Sulaibi (West Bank)
Rasmiyah Sa'id Hanoun (West Bank)
Judith Van Hoorn (USA)
Takayo Inoue (Japan)
Mike Wessells (USA)
Toshio Iritani (Japan)
Michael Wessells (USA)
Takehiko Ito (Japan)
Herbert Kelman (USA)
V. K. Kool (USA)
Ivan Kos (USA)

PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

SUNDAY, AUGUST 15
3:00 - 6:00 PM Registration & Check-In
Conrad Hall
6:00 - 7:30 PM Dinner
7:30 - 10:00 PM
Informal Reception
Washington-Franklin Hall
Note: Unless indicated otherwise, all sessions
will be held in the Washington Room of
Washington-Franklin Hall, and meals will
be in the Estes Dining Hall.

MONDAY, AUGUST 16
7:30 - 8:30 AM

Breakfast

8:30 - 8:45 AM

Welcome and Opening Remarks, M. Wessells

8:45 - noon

with break at 10:00

Symposium on Ethnicity and Peace

Chair: Toshio Iritani
Vladimir Ageyev (Russia). Crisis of Identity in Post-Communist and Post-Imperial
Russia: What Can Psychologists Do?
Ardila, R. (Colombia). Peace, National Consciousness and Internationalism: Latin
American Perspectives.
Hector Betancourt (U. S.) Group Identity and Psychological Processes in Ethnic
Conflict and Peace.
Edward Cairns (Northern Ireland). Psychology's Contribution to Understanding Ethnic
Conflict: Northern Ireland, A Case Study.

Monday, August 16, cont.

Wolfgang Frindte (Germany). Social Constructions about Xenophobia and Right-Wing
Extremism in Germany.
Mohammad Haji-Yusuf (Malaysia). Modes of Handling Interpersonal Conflict in a Multiethnic Society: The Case of Malaysia.
Noon - 1:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 - 3:00 PM Symposium on Ethnicity and Peace, cont.

Chair: Toshio Iritani
Takehiko Ito and Takayo Inoue (Japan). Prevention of Violent Conflicts in Japan.
Toshio Iritani (Japan). The Problem of Accepting and Enculturating Refugees and
Immigrants in Developed Countries: A Vital Issue on Peace and Social Psychology.
Alexander Melnikov (Russia). Absorption of Immigrants as the Way for Prevention of
Cross-National Conflicts.
Judith Van Hoorn (USA). Hungarian Adolescents Reflect on Issues of National Identity.
3:30 - 5:00 PM
Symposium on The Crisis in Former Yugoslavia
Chair: Anne Anderson
Ivan Kos (U. S.). Fear Management and Cultural Sensitivity in the Psychosocial
Rehabilitation of Former Yugoslavia.
Irena Sarovic (U. S./former Yugoslavia). The Not-So-Obvious Victims of the War in
Former Yugoslavia.
6:00 - 7:30 PM Dinner
8:00 - 9:00
PM
Public Address
Location: Room 100, Copley Science Center
Chair: Milton Schwebel
Herbert Kelman (U. S.):
Social-Psychological Contributions to Peacemaking in the Middle East [enlarged]
9:30 - 10:30 PM

Reception & Conversation, 105 Macon Circle

Tuesday, August 17

TUESDAY, AUGUST 17
7:30 - 8:30 AM

Breakfast

8:30 - noon with break at 10:00

Symposium on Children, Families, and War
Chair: Gillian Straker
Ilse Hakvoort (Netherlands; with Louis Oppenheimer). A Social Cognitive and
Cross-Cultural Approach to Children and Adolescent's Developing Conceptions
of Peace, War, and Strategies to Attain Peace.
Rasmiyah Sa'id Hanoun (West Bank). Fulfillment of Psychological Needs of Palestinian
Children Under Unusual Circumstances.
J. C. Metraux (Switzerland). Similarities Beyond Our Differences: A Multi-Family
Intervention with Families from Bosnia.
Raija-Leena Punamaki-Gitai (Finland). The Mental Health Function of Play, Dreaming
and Bereavement among Children Exposed to War Experiences.
Mchel Roe (U. S.). Cultural Contexts of Children in War Settings: Childhood as
Social Status.
Gillian Straker (South Africa). An Investigation into the Effects of Diverse Forms
of Political Violence on Adolescent Emotional and Moral Concerns.
12:00 - 1:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 - 5:00 PM with break at 3:00

Symposium on Conflict and Nonviolent Conflict Resolution
Chair: Erica Frydenberg
David Bargal (Israel). The Contact Hypothesis vs. the Encounter of Social Selves
Approach in Conducting Intergroup Workshops for Arabs and Jews.
Leila Dane (U. S.). A Bi-cultural Promotion of Conflict Resolution in the Mideast.
Erica Frydenberg (Australia; with Penny Anderson and Roger Saljo). Conflict and
Discontinuity of Conflict During Family Discourse.

Carmi Harari (U. S.). Notes on the International Development of Peace Psychology.
Tuesday, August 17, cont.
V. K. Kool (U. S.). Schemas, Nonviolence, and Nonviolent Behavior.
Cristina Montiel (Philippines). Cultural Dimensions of Political Conflict Resolution
in the Philippines and Other Asian Countries.
Lisa Sherwin (U. S./Israel). Accounting for Culture: Implications for the Definition of
Peace in the Middle East.
Sushila Singhal (India). Secularism and Societal Peace in India: Some Socio-Psychological
Interpretations.
Michael Wessells (U. S.). Nuclear Proliferation Following the Cold War: A SocialPsychological Analysis.
6:00 - 7:30 PM Dinner
8:00 - 9:00
PM
Public Address
Location: Room 100, Copley Science Center
Anima Bose (India):
The Gandhian Approach to Peace and Nonviolence: A Theoretical Perspective [enlarged]

9:30 - 10:30 PM

Reception & Conversation, 105 Macon Circle

Wednesday, August 18

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18
7:30 - 8:30 AM

Breakfast

8:30 - 10:30 AM
Symposium on Global Crises as Macro-Social Stress
Chair: Klaus Boehnke
Klaus Boehnke (Germany). Value Orientations as a Variable Mediating the Influence of
Macro-Social Stress on Psychosocial Well-Being.
Wolfgang Frindte (Germany). After the Unification: Macro-Social Stresss in East Germany.
Erica Frydenberg (Australia; with Glen Rowley). Coping with Social Issues: What University
Students Do.
Scott Hamilton (U. S.). Individualism, Collectivism, and Selfless Giving: Scale Development
and Preliminary Psychometric Data.
N. Y. Reddy (India). Stereotypes, Worries and Fears of Young Adults of Major Religious
Groups in India--A Psychological Study of Inter-Community Conflicts.
10:45 - 11:45 AM
Symposium on Political Activism
Chair: Milton Schwebel
Daniel Mayton (U. S.). The Role of Values in Political Activism.
Milton Schwebel (U. S.). What Moves the Peace Movement?

Noon - 1:30 PM
Public Luncheon and Address
Chair: Jerome Garris, Provost and Dean of the College
Morton Deutsch
Conflict Resolution for the World Today [enlarged]

Wednesday, August 18, cont.

2:30 - 4:30 PM
Symposium on Women and Peace Psychology
Chair: Suman Nangia
Susan McKay (U. S.). Women's Inclusion in Peace Psychology: A Feminist Agenda.
Suman Nangia (India). Peace--At What Price? At Whose Cost?
6:00 - 7:30 PM Dinner
7:30 - 9:00

PM
Meeting of the Committee for the
Psychological Study of Peace
Chair: Michael Wessells

9:30 - 10:30 PM

Conversation, 105 Macon Circle

THURSDAY, AUGUST 19
7:30 - 8:30 AM

Breakfast

8:30 - noon with break at 10:00 AM

Symposium on Peace and Education
Chair: Abelardo Brenes
Herbert Blumberg (England). Perception and Misperception of Others: Implications for
Peace Education.
Abelardo Brenes (Costa Rica). The Holistic Model of Peace Education Within the
Framework of Human Rights and Duties
Linden Nelson (U. S.). Effects of Teaching a Problem-Solving Model for Interpersonal
and International Conflict.
Maria Oyarzabal (Venezuela). Knowledge as Liberation.
James Polyson (U. S.). Peace Psychology: Too Much to Learn?
Mohammed Ali Sulaibi and Sameer Mahmood (West Bank). The Impact of Religious
Education in Peace.
noon - 1:00 PM

Lunch and Closing Comments

1:00 - 6:00 PM Departures