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Wednesday, 05 November 2008 12:59 |
 Expert Interview: Dr. David ComminsInterview Conducted by Tharwa Staff
Dr. David Commins is Professor of History at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He earned his B.A. at the University of California, Berkeley, and his PhD from the University of Michigan. He has received Fulbright grants to fund Arabic study at Damascus University (1981-82), to research Islamic modernism in Ottoman Syria (1982-1983), and to study Wahhabism in Saudi Arabia (2001-2002). A specialist in modern Islamic thought, Commins's publications include journal and encyclopedia articles on the subject as well as Islamic Reform: Politics and Social Change in Late Ottoman Syria and Historical Dictionary of Syria.
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Wednesday, 22 October 2008 15:16 |
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Expert Interview Series: Dr. Stephen Worchel
Interview Conducted by V. Valosik
 Dr. Stephen Worchel is a psychologist and known expert in the field of ethnic identity and conflict. By looking at these issues from a psychological perspective, Dr. Worchel sheds light on the issues surrounding ethnic identity in Syria in a recent email interview with Tharwa Foundation. He is a professor and the Chair of the Department of Psychology at the University of Hawaii, Hilo. His research interests include human conflict, social identity, minority group relationships and influence. Dr. Worchel has written and/or coauthored several books on ethnic identity and conflict, including The Psychology of Ethnic and Cultural Conflict: Psychological Dimensions to War and Peace, and Written in Blood: Ethnic Identity and the Struggle for Human Harmony.
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