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We regret to announce that peace-maker and educationalist, Adam Curle, the first Professor of Peace Studies at the University of Bradford, died on 28 September 2006. More detail about his remarkable work can be found in this obituary, written by Professor Tom Woodhouse of the Department of Peace Studies. The Adam Curle Archive, reflecting Professor Curle's academic work and his ideas, was received by Special Collections in 2004 and has now been catalogued.
Adam Curle was born in 1916. He studied anthropology at Oxford then served in the British Army during the Second World War. He returned to the world of social psychology with work at the Tavistock Institute, followed by appointments as Lecturer in Social Psychology at Oxford (1950), Chair in Education and Psychology at Exeter University (1956), consultant on education policy in Pakistan (1956-64), and Professor of Education at the University of Ghana (1959). He set up the Harvard Center for Studies in Education and Development in 1962, and from 1973 to 1978 was the first professor of Peace Studies at the University of Bradford. An active member of the Society of Friends (Quakers), he was particularly involved in mediation and reconciliation in areas of conflict, working as a mediator and promoter of peace in India and Pakistan, Nigeria/Biafra, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Northern Ireland, Sri Lanka, Bosnia and Croatia. He wrote widely on the theory and practice of peace-making and in 2000 received the Gandhi International Peace Award.
The archive comprises written work by Professor Curle (books, articles, lectures, poems) in the form of typescripts, manuscripts, offprints, and press cuttings, plus reviews of his writings. To use the archive, please contact Special Collections staff.
Further information about the archive:
The published books comprise books by Adam Curle, some translated editions, and many other published writings, including journal articles, conference proceedings and contributions to edited books. The subject matter includes peace, education and development and their geographical and linguistic range reflects Professor Curle's influence on peacemakers worldwide.
Further details of the book collection:
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