Marc Gopin

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Marc Gopin is the director of the Center for World Religions, Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution (CRDC), and James H. Laue Professor at the School of Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University.[1]

The Association for Conflict Resolution awarded Gopin its Peacemaker Award for his contribution to the conflict resolution field.[2][3] Gopin also received the Andrew Thomas Peacebuilder Award from the New York State Dispute Resolution Association.[4]

Gopin designed peacebuilding projects for the CRDC. THese projects included training peacebuilders in Afghanistan, Iran, Syria, Palestine and Israel.[5]

Gopin has worked in Ireland, Israel, India, Switzerland, and Italy, and has presented at Harvard, Yale, Columbia, and Princeton Universities.[6][7] He has also engaged in ddiplomacy with religious, political, and military figures on both sides of entrenched conflicts, especially in the Israel-Palestine conflict, Jordan, and Syria.[8]

Education

Gopin got his B.A. in European Intellectual History from Columbia College in 1979. In 1983, Gopin was ordained as a rabbi at

Joseph Soloveitchik.[9] He received his M.A. from Brandeis University
in 1988 where he also got his PhD in 1992 from the Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies.

Published Works

References

  1. ^ "Marc Gopin - Center for World Religions, Diplomacy, and Conflict ResolutionCenter for World Religions, Diplomacy, and Conflict Resolution". crdc.gmu.edu. Retrieved 2017-02-02.
  2. ^ "Association for Conflict Resolution Leadership". My Site. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
  3. ^ "2016 Award Recipients". www.acrannualconference.org. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
  4. ^ "Awards - New York State Dispute Resolution Association, Inc". www.nysdra.org. Retrieved 2017-02-04.
  5. ^ "Marc Gopin | The School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution". scar.gmu.edu. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
  6. ^ "Changing Course: a new Direction for U.S. Relations With the Muslim World" (PDF). U.S. Muslim Engagement Project.
  7. ^ Steinberg, Jessica (12 January 2015). "What Aziz Abu Sarah learned in Hebrew school". Times of Israel. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  8. ^ "Marc Gopin | The School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution". scar.gmu.edu. Retrieved 2017-02-02.
  9. ^ Lauren Gelfond Feldinger (January 21, 2010). "The Lonely Man of Peace". The Jerusalem Post.
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