Adam Curle
Charles Thomas William Curle (4 July 1916 – 28 September 2006), better known as Adam Curle, was a British academic, known for his work in social psychology, pedagogy, development studies and peace studies. After holding posts at the University of Oxford, University of Exeter, University of Ghana and Harvard University, in 1973 he became the inaugural Professor of Peace Studies at the University of Bradford, following the establishment of the University's Department of Peace Studies. Curle's works included several books on education, including Educational Strategy for Developing Societies (1963), and a number of books on peace and peacemaking, including Making Peace (1971). He was also, throughout his career and after his retirement in 1978, active in peacemaking and mediation, and visited Nigeria and Biafra several times as part of a Quaker contingent during the Nigerian Civil War of 1967–70.
Adam Curle | |
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| Born | Charles Thomas William Curle 4 July 1916 L'Isle-Adam, Val-d'Oise, France |
| Died | 28 September 2006 (aged 90) London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouses | Pamela Hobson
(m. 1939, divorced)Anne Edie (m. 1958) |
| Parent(s) | Richard Curle and Cordelia Curle |
| Awards | Gandhi International Peace Award (2006) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Charterhouse School; New College, Oxford; Exeter College, Oxford; Oxford Institute of Social Anthropology |
| Influences | Paulo Freire, George Gurdjieff, P. D. Ouspensky, Buddhist philosophy (especially Tibetan Buddhism and Vajrayana), Sufism, Quaker thought |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Social psychology, pedagogy, development studies, peace studies |
| Institutions | Tavistock Institute of Human Relations, University of Oxford, University of Exeter, University of Ghana, Harvard University, University of Bradford (Department of Peace Studies) |
| Notable works | Educational Strategy for Developing Societies (1963), Making Peace (1971) |
| Influenced | John Paul Lederach |