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"Contemporary
Essays in Peace Studies":
A Collection of essays in honor of
Tony Bing
Caroline Higgins, director of the PAGS Program, has
collected essays from a dozen of Tony Bing's former students (see
below), to be published in a book titled "Contemporary
Essays in Peace Studies." The book is expected to be available
in Fall '04, just in time for the first ever Earlham PAGS Reunion,
to take place during Homecoming, Oct. 15-17, 2004. Check back here
soon more information about the PAGS alumni and their works.
Tony Bing, professor of English and director of Peace
and Global Studies, came to Earlham in 1970 to teach and be dean
of students. He held the latter post, upgraded to vice president
for student development, until 1980. As a faculty member he specialized
in teaching humanities, Shakespeare, medieval literature, and the
modern novel. Drawing upon his Quaker faith and his earlier experience
as visiting professor for two years at the American University in
Beirut, Tony also taught courses in Earlham's PAGS program. In 1981
he founded the College's Jerusalem Program, which he led five times
over the next 18 years. He also created the Northern Ireland Peace
Studies program. In 1988 he took over the leadership of PAGS and
developed the program into one of Earlham's most popular and identifying
courses of study. Tony also coached the Earlham men's golf team
for four years. He has also produced, directed and performed in
Earlham productions of Gilbert and Sullivan's Mikado and Patience.
Tony Bing - Albert Camus: The Plague and an
Ethic of Nonviolence
Delivered as part of the Charles Lecture Series, Earlham College
1998
I. Nonviolence in a Plague-Stricken World
http://www.earlham.edu/%7Etonyb/bing_charles1.html
II. Exile and Suffering: On Being Stronger Than Our
Solitude
http://www.earlham.edu/~tonyb/charles_2.html
III. Knowing the Path of Sympathy
http://www.earlham.edu/~tonyb/charles_3.html
Contributors:
Ann Clark '82 teaches undergraduate and graduate courses
on international relations theory, human rights, international norms,
and international organizations. Her main research interests are
the development of ethical norms in international relations and
the influence of non-governmental organizations on state behavior.
Her current research focuses on the relationship between nation-states'
participation in global human rights discourse and their human rights
performance. Her recent book, Diplomacy of Conscience, highlights
the role of the international human rights organization, Amnesty
International, in the development of international norms concerning
torture, political killings, and disappearances. Her research co-authored
with Elisabeth Jay Friedman (Columbia University) and Kathryn Hochstetler
(Colorado State University) analyzes and compares the activities,
successes, and failures of human rights, environmental, and women’s
organizations at the United Nations.
Kim Christensen '76
is Associate Professor of Economics and Women's Studies at SUNY/Purchase,
where she is the recipient of the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Distinguished
Teaching and the President's Award for Innovative Pedagogy. She
has been involved in social justice movements for years, most recently,
as an AIDS educator and disability activist. Her writing focuses
on concerns of class, race, and gender, including pieces on welfare
"reform," sexism in AIDS education, and the impact of
wealth inequalities on our electoral system.
Andrés Thomas Conteris '84 has promoted
human rights throughout the Americas for 25 years and is Co-producer
of Hidden in Plain Sight, an award-winning documentary
film about U.S. policy toward Latin America and the U.S. Army's
School of the Americas. Recipient of the Earlham College Sesquicentennial
Alumni Peacemaker Award (1997), Conteris is Program Director for
Latin America and the Caribbean of Nonviolence International in
Washington, D.C. He serves on the Advisory Board of Occupation Watch
monitoring the U.S. presence in Iraq, and is a long-time member
of the Fellowship of Reconciliation Task Force on Latin America
and the Caribbean. He is working on a new film about John Negroponte,
former U.S. Ambassador to Honduras and current ambassador to Iraq
and a documentary about the civil disobedience campaign in Vieques,
Puerto Rico which freed the island of the U.S. Navy after more than
60 years of bombing and military maneuvers.
Caroline Higgins is Professor of History and Director of
Earlham College's Peace and Global Studies Program. Her novel, Sweet
Country (published under the name Caroline Richards), was named
one of the best books of the year by The New York Times in
1979. She is a member of the Peace and Justice Studies Association
and of the Political Economy Commission of the International Peace
Research Association. Her current scholarly interest include the
role of participatory democracy in the transformation of civil society,
especially in the southern cone of Latin America.
Deborah
“Misty” Gerner, who graduated from Earlham
in 1977 with majors in religion and peace and conflict studies,
can’t remember a time in her life when she wasn’t involved
in peace and social justice activities. Currently, she is professor
of political science and co-director of the Center for International
Political Analysis at the University of Kansas where she teaches
courses in international mediation and conflict resolution, Middle
East politics, U.S. foreign policy, and international relations,
among other topics. She has won a number of teaching awards, but
her favorite recognition was as an Earlham College “distinguished
alumnae” in 1999. Her book, One Land, Two Peoples: The Conflict
over Palestine, has been used by Earlham college courses on the
Middle East and she recently completed editing the second edition
of an interdisciplinary volume, Understanding the Contemporary Middle
East, with Jillian Schwedler. Misty is a Quaker and was part of
the American Friends Service Committee working group (co-chaired
by Tony Bing) that wrote When the Rain Returns: Toward Justice and
Reconciliation in Palestine and Israel. Most of her course syllabi,
articles, and lots of useful links are available at http://people.ku.edu/~gerner.
Phillip A. Schrodt, who with Deborah contributed to this volume,
is a professor of political science at the University of Kansas.
Liz Kropp graduated in 2004 with a degree in Peace
and Global Studies. She recently returned from Mexico, where she
worked as a leader at an international summer camp with a focus
on peace education. She will soon be working with the Association
of Community Organizations for Reform Now, (ACORN), in Cincinnati,
Ohio, working to increase progressive voter participation in one
of the largest swing states. Liz spent Dec. of 2003 in Nicaragua.
Part of her essay derives from her research there.
Chris Ney Chris Ney, PAGS 89, is US Coordinator
of CRISPAZ-Christians for Peace in El Salvador. This article—written
before the global anti-war protests of February 2003—is
adapted from his introduction to Guns, Greed, and Globalization:
A Guide to the New World Economy, published by the War Resisters
League where he served as Disarmament Coordinator. He holds a Master
of Divinity degree from Union Theological Seminary in New York,
is ordained in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and has
written on nonviolence, human rights, and Latin America.
Co-Authors Frances Moore Lappé
and Jeff Perkins
Jeff
Perkins,
PAGS 94, has worked in social change organizations for ten years
in such fields as citizen democracy, education, and political organizing.
He is co-founder of Curious Minds (curiousminds.org), an organization
that helps people clarify their mission and purpose in the world.
They do this by creating space to explore possibilities through
meeting with individuals one-on-one, in small groups, and in workshops.
He has his MA in American Studies from the University of Massachusetts
Boston and his BA in Peace and Global Studies and Politics from
Earlham College.
Frances
Moore Lappé, EC 66, became a public figure upon
the release of the now classic Diet for a Small Planet in 1971.
Lappé, a sought-after public speaker, travels the world addressing
the problems of hunger, sustainability, the environment, human rights,
and much, much more. She has appeared as a guest on hundreds of
radio and television programs and her articles and opinion pieces
have been published in venues from The New York Times to Reader's
Digest to Harper's. Additionally, she has been profiled in such
diverse places as People, The Boston Globe Magazine, Organic Style,
Hope Magazine, Glamour, and The Utne Reader. Lappé has authored
or co-authored 13 books and is the founder of two national organizations,
including the 30-year-old California-based Institute for Food Development
Policy, better known as Food First. She is the recipient of 16 honorary
doctoral degrees from distinguished institutions and in 1987 she
was honored with the Right Livelihood Award, often called the "Alternative
Nobel."
Michael Shellenberger
is President of the Breakthrough Institute, which
advocates strategic initiatives to advance economic prosperity and
community
well being. He is co-founder of the Apollo Alliance and the campaign
to put
Martin Luther King, Jr. on the twenty-dollar bill. His work can
be seen at
www.TheBreakthrough.org and www.ApolloAlliance.org.
John Sniegocki, PAGS 85, is a visiting professor
of Christian ethics at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. His
primary academic interests include Catholic social thought, world
hunger, globalization, grassroots social movements, the theory and
practice of nonviolence, ecological ethics, and Buddhist-Christian
dialogue.
Jeff Streiffer, PAGS 92, is Field Attorney
for the United States Department of Agriculture, Office of General
Counsel. He is active in the cooperative movement and an elected
board member of a 64,000-member credit union with about a half a
billion dollars in assets.
Joanna "Gypsy" Swanger graduated from Earlham
in 1990 with a degree in Peace and Global Studies. After serving
for a year as Coordinator of the Houson Refugee Pro Bono Project,
she attended graduate school at the University of Texas at Austin.
She received a Master's degree in Latin American Studies in 1993
and a doctorate in Latin American History in 1999. She is a labor
historian and currently serves as Resident Director of Earlham College's
Border Studies Program.
Jim Zwick graduated from Earlham in 1981 with a double
major in Peace and Conflict Studies and Chinese Studies. He is the
editor of "Mark Twain’s Weapons of Satire: Anti-Imperialist
Writings on the Philippine-American War" (1992) and creator
of
' BoondocksNet.com', a site that focuses on the political and cultural
history of U.S. imperialism and the anti-imperialist movements created
to oppose it.
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