1999 Summer Institute Schedule
University of Pennsylvania
(3 June - 13 Aug 1999
WEEK 1: INTRODUCTION AND CASE HISTORIES OF ETHNOPOLITICAL CONFLICT
3 June 1. Welcome to SACSEC, overview of ethnicity and ethnopolitical conflict
4 June 2. South Africa--Johan Louw
7 June 3. N. Ireland--John McGarry
8 June 4. Sri Lanka--Vidya Samarsinghe
9 June 5. Israel/Palestine--Ian Lustick
WEEK 2: THEORIES OF NATIONALISM, NATIONAL MOBILIZATION, AND ETHNIC/NATIONAL CONFLICT
10 June 1. Classic statements, primordialist theory--Ian Lustick
11 June 2. Constructivist theory--Ronald Suny
14 June 3. Strategic, historical, economic factors--Ronald Suny & David Laitin
15 June 4. Game-theoretic, rational-choice, language approaches--David Laitin
16 June 5. Identity: post-colonialism and imperialism--Anne Norton
17 June 6. Identity: hegemonic approaches--Ian Lustick
18 June 7. Identity as practice, performance, and emergent phenomenon--Ian Lustick
WEEK 3: GROUP IDENTIFICATION AND SOCIAL EMOTIONS
21 June 1. Nature and representation of categories: classical, prototype, instance theories; Categories of race and ethnicity--Lawrence Hirschfeld
22 June 2. Stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination (beliefs, attitudes, and behavior); Group centrism in public opinion--Clark McCauley
23 June 3. Arousing group identification: The minimal group effect; Ethnic identification, patriotism and nationalism--Edward Cairns
24 June 4. Dissolving group identification: the contact hypothesis--Edward Cairns
25 June 5. Positive and negative social emotions--Alan Fiske
WEEK 4: SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF AGGRESSION AND CONFLICT
28 June 1. Culture and violence--Alan Fiske
29 June 2. The power of the social situation: conformity and escalation--Clark McCauley
30 June 3. Group dynamics theory--Clark McCauley
1 July 4. Religion and violence--Steven Heine
2 July 5. Psychology of terrorist groups; men in combat--Clark McCauley
WEEK 5: THEORIES OF AGGRESSION
6 July 1. Frustration-aggression theory, anger-insult theory, instrumental vs expressive aggression--John Sabini
7 July 2. Evolutionary origins of altruism, tit-for-tat, revenge--John Sabini
8 July 3. Realistic group conflict theory, relative deprivation theory--Marc Ross
9 July 4. Psychocultural origins of ingroup and outgroup aggression--Marc Ross
WEEK 6: TOWARD AMELIORATING ETHNOPOLITICAL CONFLICT
12 July 1. Psychodynamic approaches: loss and mourning, narcissm of small differences--Marc Ross
13 July 2. Forgiveness, reconciliation, and the psychology of apology, restitution, and punishment--Paul Rozin
14 July 3. Experimental and quasi-experimental evaluations--Richard Neugebauer
15 July 4. Mixed method evaluations--Richard Neugebauer
16 July 5. Clinical interview and oral history methods--Alice Hoffman
17 July 6. Saturday morning practicum: Interviewing--Alice Hoffman
WEEK 7: CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY FOR VICTIMS OF CONFLICT
19 July 1. Introduction to the DSM-IV: psychosis, neurosis, sociopathy--Robert DeRubeis
20 July 2. Identifying and intervening against depression--Robert DeRubeis
21 July 3. Identifying and intervening against PTSD and other stress disorders--Joseph Volpicelli
22 July 4. The case against pathologizing victims of ethnopolitical conflict--Marc Sageman
23 July 5. Public health approaches to PTSD and stress disorders--Claude Chemtob
24 July 6. Anger in PTSD--Claude Chemtob
WEEK 8: ETHNOPOLITICAL CONFLICT: POLITICAL PATHOLOGIES AND POLITICAL DESIGN
26 July 1. Genocide and ethnic cleansing--Dan Chirot
27 July 2. Control and partition--Ian Lustick
28 July 3. Multicultural liberalism and integration--William Kymlicka
29 July 4. Consociationalism--Sidney Noel
30 July 5. Federalism and autonomy designs--Wolfgang Danspeckgruber (CANCELLED)
WEEK 9: HELPING REFUGEES AND OTHER VICTIMS OF ETHNOPOLITICAL CONFLICT
2 Aug 1. Psychosocial models used to explain refugee behavior--Maryanne Loughry
3 Aug 2. Psychosocial interventions in refugee settings --Maryanne Loughry.
4 Aug 3. Engendering forced migration--Maryanne Loughry
5 Aug 4. The refugee experience/refugee children --Maryanne Loughry & Alastair Ager
6 Aug 5. Cross-cultural responses/ Programming and evaluation skills--Maryanne Loughry & Alastair Ager
WEEK 10: CONFLICT RESOLUTION
9 Aug 1. Social psychological dimensions of ethnic conflict and conflict resolution--Herbert Kelman
10 Aug 2. Group conflict and conflict resolution: simulation--Herbert Kelman & Donna Hicks
11 Aug 3. Simulation concluded, with theoretical discussion--Herbert Kelman & Donna Hicks
12 Aug 4. Discussion of Fellows' Papers
13 Aug 5. Discussion of Fellows' Papers and Concluding Session