The National Spiritual Assembly of the United States is happy to share with you the below announcement prepared by the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences at the University of Maryland inviting applications for the next holder of the Baha'i Chair for World Peace. As you may be aware, Dr. Soheil Bushrui, who has held this position since the inauguration of the Chair in 1991, will be retiring as holder of the Chair at the end of the current academic year.
Please feel free to share this announcement with friends who might either be good candidates for this important and distinguished position or be able to suggest or encourage other qualified believers who might be viable applicants for holder of the Baha'i Chair for World Peace. *********************************************************************************************** The Baha'i Chair for World Peace Search Announcement - 2004 The College of Behavioral and Social Sciences at the University of Maryland, in conjunction with its Center for International Development and Conflict Management, is pleased to announce the search for the next holder of the Baha'i Chair for World Peace. The mission of the Baha'i Chair is to develop alternatives to the violent resolution of conflict through conflict management, global education, international development and spiritual awareness. The Chair engages in a wide range of activities. It conducts and publishes research, designs and teaches courses, and organizes seminars and international conferences. All its undertakings are intended to promote an awareness of factors that create conflicts within and between nations, and among communities and individuals, and assist in the search for peaceful solutions to resolve them. Its work assumes that all legitimate forms of human expression, including literature, poetry, music, and art have a role to play in producing understanding that leads to peace. Established in 1991, the Baha'i Chair plays a central role in the university's Center for International Development and Conflict Management (CIDCM). That Center is strategically located at the nexus of theory and practice, academics and activism, economic development and civil society, technology and human needs. The projects of CIDCM have been dedicated to pursuing new and better understanding about the dynamics of conflict and conflict resolution in conflict-prone societies. For more than 20 years, scholars and practitioners at CIDCM have sought ways to understand and address conflicts over security, identity, and distributive justice. CIDCM programs are based on the belief that peace building and development-with-justice are two sides of the same coin. With this philosophy at its core, the Center has acted as a forum for the expression of a broad range of views about the transition from war to peace. CIDCM is the home of both the Baha'i Chair for World Peace and the Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development, and houses major projects such as Minorities at Risk, POLITY, International Crisis Behavior, the ICONS simulations, and Partners in Conflict. Information on the Baha'i Chair and on CIDCM can be found at their respective websites: http://www.cidcm.umd.edu/bahaichair/frameset.html , and http://www.cidcm.umd.edu/ Candidates for the Baha'i Chair shall have a proven record of scholarship and teaching, and/or extensive and high level policy experience. This record shall demonstrate the candidate's expertise in the development of alternatives to the violent resolution of conflict and the promotion of global education, international development, spiritual awareness, and world trade; sufficient knowledge of the Baha'i international community and its teachings, experience, and culture to offer it as a model for study; and capacity to establish academic linkages with and provide technical assistance to Baha'i institutions in the fields of peace education and international development. Scholars and/or those with extensive or high level policy experience in a wide variety of fields will be considered, with a preference for someone with proven academic accomplishments in one or more of the social and behavioral sciences. Appointment to the Baha'i Chair will be for a five year term, renewable. Inquiries concerning the Baha'i Chair for World Peace may be addressed to Professor Jonathan Wilkenfeld, Chair, Baha'i Chair Search Committee, Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, telephone (301)314-7703, FAX (301)314-9256, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Search Committee will be assisted by a seven-member International Advisory Committee for the Baha'i Chair, chaired by Judge Dorothy Nelson of the US Court of Appeals 9th Circuit. For best consideration, candidates should submit a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, list of at least three references, and other relevant material by January 15, 2005. 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