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The
Kahlil Gibran Research and Studies Project is established under
the Center for International Development and Conflict Management
at the University of Maryland (CIDCM), College Park. It is designed
to explore Gibran's life and works, and, through them, address
moral and social determinants of public justice and peace.
Scholars working under the
auspices of the Gibran Project study matters of cultural pluralism;
human rights; and the role of the arts, poetry and literature
in promoting international communication and cooperation. These
studies emphasize the enduring human values which Gibran advocated
in his writing and which are essential to the creation of a world
vision based on the principle of "unity in diversity".
The Kahlil Gibran Research and Studies Project is dedicated, therefore,
to advancing studies about political and moral healing in a world
beset by conflict and confused by a rapid change in the human
condition.
The Kahlil Gibran Research
and Studies Project is intended:
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to enrich the educational experience and intellectual life
of students of East-West relations and analysts interested
in conflict resolution through research, public lectures and
academic courses; |
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to
focus on understanding Gibran's contribution to cross-cultural
communication and the universal values he championed in his
writings through publications, media events and workshops; |
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to
conduct scholarly studies, sponsor conferences, seminars and
public lectures, publish monographs and articles and disseminate
studies and ideas on peace-building. |
Gibran's belief in the "unity
of being", his awareness of continuity, his call for universal
fellowship and the unification of the human race—these retain
their potency today as do the messages of all great poets. In
his life and work, inspired by his experiences as an immigrant
in an adopted land, he resolved cultural and human conflict, developing
in the process a unique consciousness, transcending the barriers
of East and West as few writers have done before or since.
We hope that this web site
will develop into a comprehensive forum on Gibran's works. Thank
you for visiting.
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