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Philip Gamaghelyan

Philip Gamaghelyan

Assistant Professor, Kroc School of Peace Studies, University of San Diego
United States of America
  • Civil society
  • Conflict resolution and peacebuilding
  • Transitional justice
  • Civil society
  • Conflict resolution and peacebuilding
  • Transitional justice

Biography

Philip Gamaghelyan, PhD, is an assistant professor at the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies at the University of San Diego where he teaches courses in conflict analysis and resolution, mediation, politics of memory, and program design, monitoring & evaluation. He is the author of Conflict Resolution Beyond the International Relations Paradigm: Evolving Designs as a Transformative Practice in Nagorno-Karabakh and Syria (2017). 

Gamaghelyan is also a conflict resolution scholar-practitioner, the co-founder and board member of the Imagine Center for Conflict Transformation, and the managing editor of the Caucasus Edition: Journal of Conflict Transformation. He works in the post- Soviet states, as well as Turkey, Syria, and other conflict regions engaging policy makers, journalists, educators, social scientists, and other discourse-creating professionals. His research is focused on politics of memory in conflict contexts as well as on critical re-evaluation and design of conflict resolution interventions.

Public Speaking

Default Public Speaking
Inclusive Approaches for Track Two Initiatives
Toronto, Canada
Paper presentation.
January 2019
Default Public Speaking
Caucasus Edition: A Transnational Network of Engaged Scholars as an Instrument of Conflict Resolution in a Violence-Prone Region
Toronto, Canada
Paper presentation.
January 2019
Default Public Speaking
Misconceptions and Advantages of Participatory Action Research: A Case Study of Research with Conflict Resolution Practices in Nagorno-Karabakh and Syria
San Francisco, United States of America
Paper presentation.
January 2018
Default Public Speaking
Conflict Resolution Beyond the International Relations Paradigm: Evolving Designs as Transformative Practices in Nagorno-Karabakh and Syria
New York, United States of America
Book panel.
January 2018
Default Public Speaking
Toward Inclusive Interventions: discourse analysis of conflict resolution practice in Nagorno-Karabakh and Syria
Baltimore, United States of America
Paper presentation.
January 2017
Default Public Speaking
The Cynical Politics of Fluid Memory in Contemporary Armenia-Turkey Relations. End of Transition Conference
Los Angeles, United States of America
Paper presentation.
January 2017
Default Public Speaking
Memory, History, and Conflicts in the South Caucasus: the impact of Soviet institutional legacy in framing the past
Atlanta, United States of America
Paper presentation.
January 2016
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Rethinking Transitional Justice: Contemporary Cases
Atlanta, United States of America
Panel chair.
January 2016
Default Public Speaking
The Trap of Dualism: Conceptual Inquiry into the Role and Identity of Insider-Partial Facilitators
New York, United States of America
Paper presentation.
January 2014

Publications

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Areas of Expertise

  • Civil society
  • Conflict resolution and peacebuilding
  • Transitional justice

Regions of Expertise

  • Abkhazia (contested territory)
  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Georgia
  • Nagorny Karabakh (contested territory)
  • South Caucasus
  • South Ossetia (contested territory)

Experience

University of San Diego
Assistant Professor, Kroc School of Peace Studies
University of San Diego
2018 - Present - 6 yrs
San Diego, United States of America
Default Work Experience
Adjunct Faculty, Elliott School of International Affairs
George Washington University
2018
Washington, United States of America
Default Work Experience
Adjunct Lecturer, Program in Justice and Peace Studies
Georgetown University
2017 - 2018 - 1 yrs
Washington, United States of America
Default Work Experience
Professorial Lecturer, International Peace and Conflict Resolution, School of International Service
American University of Washington
2014 - 2018 - 4 yrs
Washington, United States of America

Contact

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Available:
Flexible
Location:
San Diego, United States of America
Languages:
  • Armenian
  • Russian
  • English
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