DUO IV

Robert Phillipson has M.A. degrees from Cambridge and Leeds, UK and a doctorate from the University of Amsterdam. He is Professor Emeritus at the Department of International Language Studies and Computational Linguistics of Copenhagen Business School. He worked for the British Council in four countried before emigrating to Denmark. He has been a research professor, department head and Dean, a board member for the Danish Centre for Human Rights, and consultant on projects on multilingual education in countries worldwide and in European integration. Research interests include language policy and the impact of the expansion of English worldwide on ecolinguistic diversity and human rights, language rights in particular. He continues to serve on the editorial boards for Language Problems and Language Planning, Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, and the Asian EFL Journal.

Recent publications resulting from his research and related to the DUO conference include:

• Linguistic imperialism continued. New York and London: Routledge. Phillipson, R. (2009).
• Social justice through multilingual education. Bristol: Multilingual Matters. Skutnabb-Kangas, T., Phillipson, R., Mohanty, A., & Panda, M. (Eds.) (2009).
• Multilingual education for social justice: Globalising the local. New Delhi: Orient Blackswan. Mohanty, A., Panda, M., Phillipson, R., & Skutnabb-Kangas, T. (Eds.) (2009).
• English-only Europe? Challenging language policy. London: Routledge. Phillipson, R. (2003).
• Rights to language: Equity, power and education. New York: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Phillipson, R. (Ed.) (2000).

Mohammed Abu-Nimer, Ph.D.
American University

Mohammed Abu-Nimer is a Professor in the International Peace and Conflict Resolution program at the School of International Service. He is also Director of the Peacebuilding and Development Institute at American University. An expert on conflict resolution and dialogue for peace, Dr. Abu-Nimer has conducted research on conflict resolution and dialogue for peace among Palestinians and Jews in Israel. His work has focused on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and on application of conflict resolution models in Muslim communities.

Recent publications resulting from his research and related to the DUO conference include:

• Unity in diversity: Interfaith dialogue in the Middle East. USIP. Abu-Nimer, M., Khoury, A., & Welty, E. (2007).
• A shared future: Local capacities for peace in community development. CA: World Vision. Abu-Nimer, M., & Garred, M. (Eds.). (2006).
• Muslim-Christian conversations for peace. Fuller Theological Seminary & Salam Institute of Peace and Justice. Augsburger, D., & Abu-Nimer, M. (August 2006).
• Nonviolence and peacebuilding in Islam: Theory and practice. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida. Abu-Nimer, M. (2003).
• Positive approaches for peace. Washington: PACT Publications. Sampson, C., Abu-Nimer, M., & Liebler, C. (2003).
• Reconciliation, coexistence, and justice: Theory and practice. New York: Rowman & Little Field. Abu-Nimer, M. (2001).

Lawrence N. Berlin, Ph.D.
Northeastern Illinois University

Lawrence N. Berlin holds a PhD in Second Language Acquisition & Teaching, a M.A. Foreign Languages, and a B.F.A. Drama. His research interests include Applied Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Pragmatics, Sociolinguistics, and Language Acquisition. He is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Anthropology, Linguistics, Philosophy, and Teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language. He is the founder of Dialogue Under Occupation.

Publications and conference presentations resulting from his research and related to the DUO conference include:

• Theoretical approaches to dialogue analysis. Tübingen: Max Niemeyer Verlag. Berlin, L. N. (Ed.) (2007).
• Cooperative conflict and evasive language: The case of the 9-11 Commission hearings. In A. Fetzer (Ed.), Context and appropriateness: Micro meets macro (pp. 167-199). Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins. Berlin, L. N. (2007).
• Media manipulation. In A. Betten & M. Dannerer (Eds.), Dialogue analysis IX. Dialogue in literature and the media: Selected papers from the 9th IADA conference, Salzburg 2003 – Part II: Media. (pp. 173-182). Tübingen: Max Niemeyer Verlag. Berlin, L. N. (2005c).
• Power of language in the media to influence public thought. American Association of Applied Linguistics Conference, Portland, OR. Berlin, L. N. (May, 2004).