Abdul Aziz Said
Abdul Aziz Said was Professor Emeritus of International Relations in the School of International Service at American University, Washington, D.C., and founding Director of the University's International Peace and Conflict Resolution Division.[1] Said was well known for helping shift the focus of International Relations theory from real politic-based on the concept that the law of power governs states, to new world order-based on cooperation and common security.[2] Starting in the 1990s Said focused his work on peace and conflict resolution and later explored the relationship between spirituality and religion in international politics.[3]
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Nationality | Syrian-American |
Alma mater | American University |
Occupation | Professor |
Years active | 1956-2015 |
Employer | School of International Service, American University |
Website | www |
Said was the first occupant of the Mohamed Said Farsi Chair of Islamic Peace and Director Emeritus and Founder of the Center for Global Peace. He was called by the university AU's “Living Legend of Peace”[4] and a singular institution promoting peace by the Washington Post Magazine.[5] He actively engaged in many conflict resolution projects, including the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and the Iraq conflict.[6][7] Dr. Said holds the distinction of the longest teaching tenure at AU having started teaching in 1956 until retiring in 2015. He is the author and editor of 25 books and over 100 papers.[8] He developed over a dozen educational and research programs.[9] Said has served as an advisor to numerous US and international agencies, including the Carter and Bush administrations, the United Nations, the US Department of State, and UNESCO. He has also served on numerous Boards, including Human Rights International and The Center for Religion and Diplomacy.[10] He was the recipient numerous awards, including The International Studies Association's “Distinguished Scholar in Peace Studies and the El-Hibri Peace Education Prize[11]
Editorial boards
Membership on boards of directors and/or advisors
- Center for Democracy and Election Management (CDEM)
- Center for Peace Building International
- Center for the Study of the Presidency: National Committee to Unite a Divided America
- Council on Foreign Relations: Power-Sharing and Minority Rights in Iraq
- Council on US-Syrian Relations
- Creative Peace Building Initiatives
- El Hibri Charitable Foundation
- Findhorn Foundation, Scotland
- Fulbright Senior Specialist Program
- Global Alliance for Transnational Education (GATE)
- Global Education Associates
- Human Rights International
- International Association of University Presidents: U.N. Commission on Arms Control
- International Center for Religion and Diplomacy
- International Youth Advocate Foundation
- International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX)
- Jones International University-University of The Web
- Joint Program on Conflict Resolution (Institute for Victims of Trauma)
- Karamah – Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights
- Mohamed S. Farsi Foundation
- National Peace Foundation
- National Youth Advocate Program
- Nonviolence International
- Peacebuilding & Development Institute
- Search for Common Ground
- Seven Pillars House of Wisdom
- The Omega Institute
- Washington National Cathedral Interfaith Curriculum Advisory Council
- Youth Advocate Program International
Public service
- Advisor, the United States Department of State on the “Future of Iraq” project, Democratic Principles Group[12]
- Advisor, Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy
- Member, White House Committee on the Islamic World
- President, Regional Chapter of the International Studies Association
- Member, National Council, International Studies Association
- Consultant to the United Nations Development Program
- Consultant to UNESCO
- Participant in Arab-Israeli peace dialogues
- Consultant to USIA, the Department of State, and the Department of Defense
- Prepared the Report, “Youth and Bureaucracy,” for the White House Youth Conference, February, 1971.
University service
- Member and Chair, Term Faculty Action Committee, School of International Service
- Member and Chair, The American University Faculty Senate
- Member and Chair, Faculty Relations Committee of the American University
- Member and Chair, University Admission Committee
- Member and Chair, Rank and Tenure Committee, School of International Service
- President and Faculty, School of International Service
- Chair, International Relations Sub-Faculty, School of International Service.
- Chair, Committee on Academic Development
- Moderator, The Scholar Diplomat Program, The American University
- Chair, Library Committee of the American University
- Chair, Faculty Search Committees
- Member, Presidential Search Committee of American University
Programmatic contributions
Contributions include developing the following educational, research and outreach programs and activities:
- AU Center for Global Peace
- Islamic Peace Studies
- International Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution
- Center for Cooperative Global Development
- Community for Social Change and Political Participation in the Middle East and Africa
- Center for Mediterranean Studies
- Summer Institute for Teachers: Education for Global Citizenship
- Creative Peacebuilding Initiatives
- Washington Semester in International Peace and Conflict Resolution
- Washington Semester in Islam and World Affairs
- Washington Semester in Foreign Policy
- Consortium PhD in Islamic Studies, greater Washington consortium
Honors, awards, and fellowships
- International Studies Association, Distinguished Scholar of Peace Studies
- Delta Phi Epsilon Pi Award for Service and Excellence
- American University Outstanding Contribution to Academic Development Award
- The University Faculty Award, Outstanding Service to the American University
- The Annual Award of the College of Public Affairs, Distinguished Service to the University
- Outstanding Faculty Award Mortar Board
- Faculty Excellence Award
- Status of Lecturer at the Foreign Service Institute, Department of State
- Best Speaker Award by the Washington Semester Program
- Grantee, The Rockefeller Foundation
- Grantee, The United States Institutes of Peace
- Grantee, National Endowment for Democracy
- Grantee, United States Agency for International Development
- Phi Epsilon Pi National Jewish Fraternity, “Living Legend” Award (2004)
- Abdul Aziz Said Phi Epsilon Pi Scholarship (named after)
- Abdul Aziz Said Scholarship, Peace and Conflict Resolution Studies (named after)
- African Students Association Award
- Outstanding Service Award, American University Graduate Student Association
- Multicultural Award, American University Office of Multicultural Affairs
- SIS Fall Annual Dinner Honoree, American University (2006)
- Mahatma Gandhi Foundation Fourth Annual Fellowship of Peace Award (2007)
- El-Hibri Peace Education Prize (2007)
- Honors Professor of the Year, American University Honors Program (2007-2008)
- American University Award for Outstanding Scholarship, Research and Professional Contributions (2009)
- Honorary Chairman, Golden Eagles Reunion, American University (2009)
- American University Award for Distinguished Service in the School of International Service 1957-2015 (2015)
- Recipient International Political Science Association's Teh-Kuang Chang Award for Outstanding Scholar on Asian and Pacific Studies (2018)
Selected works
- Minding the Heart, Forthcoming.
- “Peace, the Inside Story”, Forthcoming.
- “Searching for Common Grounds and Partnerships for a Better World” New Beginning: From Discourse to Action ed. Moshen Youssef. Forthcoming.
- Jafari, Sheherazade; Said, Abdul Aziz (2011). "Islam and Peacemaking" (PDF). In Allen Nan, Susan; Mampilly, Zachariah Cherian; Bartoli, Andrea (eds.). Peacemaking: From Theory to Practice. Praeger security international. 1. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger. ISBN 9780313375774. OCLC 715288234.
- Said, Abdul Aziz; "Localizing Peace: An Agenda for Sustainable Peacemaking," (co-authored with Nathan Funk), Peace and Conflict Studies, Spring 2010, 17.1.
- Said, Abdul Aziz; Funk, Nathan C (2010). "Toward Global Community: Sufism and World Order" (PDF). Religious Studies and Theology. London: Equinox Publishing. 29 (1). ISSN 0829-2922. OCLC 61311974.
- Funk, Nathan C; Said, Abdul Aziz (October 30, 2008). Islam and Peacemaking in the Middle East. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers. ISBN 9781588265692. OCLC 255039046.
- Said, Abdul Aziz; Abu-Nimer, Mohammed; Sharify-Funk, Meena (2006). Contemporary Islam: Dynamic, Not Static. New York: Routledge. OCLC 466532090.
- Said, Abdul Aziz; Peace as a Human Right: Towards an Integrated Understanding, (co-authored with Charles Lerche) in Human Rights and Conflict: Exploring the Links Between Rights, Law, and Peacebuilding (Eds.) Julie Mertus and Jeffrey W. Helsing, United States Institute of Peace, December 2006.
- Said, Abdul Aziz; Contemporary Islam: Dynamic, Not Static, co-edited with Meena Sharify-Funk and Mohammed Abu-Nimer, 2006.
- Said, Abdul Aziz; Bridges, Not Barriers, Essays on Exploring a Global Dream, The Fetzer Institute, Summer 2006, Essay Number 1.
- Said, Abdul Aziz; The World of Islam, with Abdul Karim Bangura. Pearson Custom Publishing, 2004.
- Said, Abdul Aziz; Sharify-Funk, Meena, eds. (2003). Cultural Diversity and Islam. Lanham, MD: University Press of America. ISBN 9780761825227. OCLC 52090456.
- Said, Abdul Aziz; Funk, Nathan C; Kadayifici, Ayse, eds. (2001). Peace and Conflict Resolution in Islam: Precept and Practice. Lanham, MD: University Press of America. ISBN 9780761820062. OCLC 46421886.
- Said, Abdul Aziz; "Vision 20/20: Future of the Middle East," editor, Search for Common Ground, 2001.
- Said, Abdul Aziz; Lerche Jr, Charles O; Lerche III, Charles O (1995) [1963]. Concepts of International Politics in Global Perspective (4th ed.). Prentice Hall. ISBN 9780131746404. OCLC 4496450.
- Nachmanovitch, Stephen; Said, Abdul Aziz (1987). "Global Thinking: A call for reinvestment in sacred values". ACORN, A Gandhian Review. Eastern Illinois University. 2 (1).
- Said, Abdul Aziz, ed. (1978). Human Rights and World Order. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Books. ISBN 9780878557189. OCLC 4076147.
- Said, Abdul Aziz (1977). Ethnicity and U.S. Foreign Policy. Praeger special studies. New York: Praeger Publishers. ISBN 9780030218064. OCLC 728955501.
- Said, Abdul Aziz; Simmons, Luiz R. S., eds. (1976). Ethnicity in an International Context: The Politics of Disassociation. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Books. ISBN 9780878551101. OCLC 440779752.
- Simmons, Luiz R. S.; Said, Abdul Aziz, eds. (1974). Drugs, politics, and diplomacy: The International Connection. International yearbooks of drug addiction and society. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications. ISBN 9780803902213. OCLC 1153420.
- Said, Abdul Aziz; Protagonists of Change: Subcultures in Development and Revolution, ed., Spectrum Books, Prentice-Hall, 1971.
- Said, Abdul Aziz; Simmons, Luiz R. S., eds. (1971). The New Sovereigns: Multinational Corporations as World Powers. A Spectrum book. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall. ISBN 9780136157991. OCLC 234088427.
- Said, Abdul Aziz, ed. (1970). America's world role in the 70's. A Spectrum book. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall. ISBN 9780130325730. OCLC 64770.
- Said, Abdul Aziz; Collier, Daniel M (1968). Revolutionism. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon. OCLC 124780.
- Said, Abdul Aziz (1968). The African Phenomenon. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon. OCLC 413196.
- Said, Abdul Aziz, ed. (1968). Theory of International Relations: The Crisis of Relevance. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall. OCLC 443332.
References
- "Prof Emeritus". American University. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
- forthcoming book "Abdul Aziz Said Pioneer in Peace Paradigms, Cooperative Global Politics and International Engagement" edited by Dr. Meena Sharify-Funk and Dr. Nathan Funk.
- "Relationship between spirituality and religion in international politics".
- Catania, Katia (May 1, 2005). "Abdul Aziz Said - A Living Legend".
- The Washington Magazine, June 22, 2003 p 12.
- The Washington Post Magazine, June 22, 2003.
- “American” magazine of American University Winter 1997 page 19.
- "American University | The MSFF". Retrieved 2021-01-24.
- "Abdul Aziz Said".
- "Abdul Aziz Said Biography, American University, Washington, D.C."
- "Abdul Aziz Said Biography, American University, Washington, D.C."
- "New State Department Releases on the "Future of Iraq" Project". nsarchive2.gwu.edu. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
External links
- Said, Abdul Aziz. "Abdul Aziz Said Biography, American University". American University.
- Celebrating 30 Years of Nonviolence International - Professor Abdul Aziz Said, March 23, 2020
- American University's Living Legend, Abdul Aziz Said, May 1, 2018
- C-SPAN Appearance on "Political Transition in Iraq", February 18, 2014
- Abdul Aziz Said Lecture on "Contextualizing Politics", Bulgarian Embassy, Sponsored by the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy, February, 2012
- Abdul Aziz Said Lecture on "Islamic-Western Peacemaking: Partnerships for a Better World", Sponsored by the Wheatley Institution at Brigham Young University, February 8, 2011
- Abdul Aziz Said Interview on "Winning (or Losing) Hearts and Minds? Dialogue, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. July 9, 2011
- Abdul Aziz Said Lecture on "What Peace Will Look Like", Sponsored by Baltimore Council on Foreign Affairs, September 29, 1994.
- The Daily Star Lebanon Articles by Abdul Aziz Said, 1998-2005
- Abdul Aziz Said Interview, "Abdul Aziz Said on the conflict in Syria". Daily Motion, Jovany Jadyn
- C-SPAN Appearance on "Nuclear Issues" with Petra Kelly, March 24, 1988