I have been teaching classes of Political Science and Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Vienna, the University of Innsbruck (Austria), Haramaya University (Ethiopia), the University of Baghdad (Iraq) as well as at the Augsburg Peace Summer School. My teaching portfolio contains the following classes (selection):
- The Middle East Conflict and Key Texts of International Relations
- The Political Ideas of Peace and Development
- Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies
- Theories and Practices of Conflict Management and Transformation
- Conflict Mapping & Monitoring
- Revolutionary Processes: An Exploration of Tahrir Square and Beyond
I am also a trained facilitator in different methods of conflict transformation. During the past years I have been integrating elements of Theatre for Living, into my work, following the work of David Diamond. Trained at the Ruth Cohn Institute, I facilitate groups by focusing on elements of Theme Centered Interaction. If you are interested in one of the following workshops or if you have an individual Workshop request, please contact me at adham.s.hamed@gmail.com
1. The Middle East Conflict and Key Texts of International Relations
University of Vienna, BA in Political Science
Summer Term 2024
Winter Term 2024/25 (together with Thomas Schmidinger)
Complimentary to the lecture “Internationale Politik” (German), this course focuses on the Middle East Conflict between Israel, Palestine, and their Arab neighbor states from the different perspectives of Palestinian, Israeli and international scholars. We will deepen aspects discussed in the lecture and focus on the recent escalation in the Middle East as well as the conflict’s broader historical and political contexts and narratives. Also, we will discuss different approaches towards mediation and conflict transformation.In the first part of the course emphasis will be put on the history of the conflict, the roots of different forms of nationalism as the history of European colonialism in the region. Concepts such as statebuilding will be discussed centrally. Furthermore, a focus will be put on important episodes and dimensions of the Middle East Conflict, such as Zionism, Palestinian nationalism, European colonialism, Anti-Semitism, the Holocaust, the Arab-Israeli-Wars, the first and second intifada as well as different peace and mediation initiatives. The second part of the course will focus on the role of the international community in the Middle East Conflict. Special focus will be put on the roles and foreign policies of Germany and Austria. In this regard concepts such as active neutrality policy, historic responsibility and reason of state will be discussed.
2. The Political Ideas of Peace and Development
University of Innsbruck, BA in Political Science, Summer Term 2018
From Gustavo Esteva to Ivan Illich, to John Paul Lederach and beyond: This seminar will engage with key texts around the political ideas of peace and its strongly related concept of development. In the first part of the course we will develop a solid theoretical fundament within the fields peace and development theories. In the second part of this course we will apply those theories to a variety of cases of contemporary peace and development processes, with a particular focus on the Middle East and North Africa region. After a successful completion of this course, students will know the variety of key texts within the fields of peace and development research. They will be able to independently apply their newly acquired theoretical lenses to selected cases. Furthermore, they will have developed their academic writing skills further and they will have improved their academic presentation and feedback skills. Syllabus_SE_Political_Theory_2018ST
3. Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies
MA in Peace, Development, Security and International Conflict Transformation,University of Innsbruck, 2020
Course description follows.
4. Theories and Practices of Conflict Management and Transformation
Seminar PDS562, MA in Peace and Development Studies, Haramaya University, Ethiopia, Summer Term 2018
Course description follows.
5. Turns in Peace Processes
Course description follows.
6. Elictive Conflict Mapping & Monitoring
Workshop, Haramaya University, Ethiopia, Summer Term 2018 & University of Baghdad 2020
Introducing the approach of Elicitive Conflict Mapping this workshop brings together the transrational peace philosophy with elicitive conflict transformation and provides concrete tools and practices for conflict work. Elicitive conflict mapping (ECM) is based on the fundamental principle that elicitive transformation does not develop or offer ready-made content solutions for the episode of the conflict, but creates a safe space for the parties to work on the necessary changes in their relations, find orientation and recognize new and concrete courses of action in order to address the conflict epicenter. In this context, ECM appears as a crucial instrument that helps peace workers – including students, researchers, facilitators and trainers – to orient themselves in the complex reality of the conflict. ECM is not a classical mapping tool, but is closer to mind mapping, which makes both the process of mapping and the results useful for practical application in the analysis of the conflict landscape of themes, levels and layers. Moreover, ECM has as one of its main purposes to support the conflict process of choosing an appropriate tool for facilitation. Whenever there is a peace intervention, elicitive conflict workers turn into agents of change within the conflict system itself, with the inevitable consequence that they, too, will be transformed. During the workshop participants will gain a conceptual understanding of the layers, levels and principles of ECM.
7. Revolutionary Processes: An Exploration of Tahrir Square and Beyond
Seminar, 5 ECTS, Department of Political Science, University of Innsbruck, Summer Term 2017
The revolutionary processes in the Middle East have had major impacts on the political landscape of the entire region. In this course, we will focus on Egypt’s Tahrir movement, one of the many centers of these processes, which since 2011 has decentralized and taken many—often creative—forms. By drawing on a pluralistic epistemology of political key concepts such as revolution, conflict and peace, as well as theories of social movement and civil disobedience, particular attention will be given to actors at the margins of the Tahrir movement. These voices are often unheard whilst articulating counter-positions to the political regime. This focus will serve as a starting point to also discuss the larger systemic interrelations with protest movements in other countries. Students will have the possibility to participate in an extra-curricular excursion to Egypt in the framework of this course. This will be an opportunity to further expand upon the contents of this class through meeting with colleagues and activists of the Egyptian revolutionary process. Syllabus_SE_Revolutionary_Processes
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