Research Interests

Dr. Smith’s research interests include nationalism and ethnicity, European history, conflict resolution, and uses of memory.

Grants and Sponsored Research

   
• Recipient of summer research grants for the Washington Semester Program from American University,  2001 – 2004.
   
• Annual research grants to associates at the Program on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution, Harvard University from the Hewlett Foundation, 1997 -1999.
   
• Research Grant, British Council, Belfast, Northern Ireland, May 1997.
   
• Research Grant from the William Donner Foundation’s grant to the Security Studies Program at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy,  May 1997.     

Professional Certifications

   
•                     Certificate in Dispute Resolution, Harvard Program on Negotiation, 1994.
   
• Certificate in Editing and Publications, Georgetown University School of Continuing Education, 1984.     

Work In Progress

   
• Contributing author to a history of the wars of the 1990s in former Yugoslavia, produced by the Scholars’ Initiative

Selected Publications

   
• "Education and Post-conflict Recovery," in Barry Hart, ed., University Press, May 2008.
   
• Reckoning with the Past: Teaching History in Northern Ireland. University Press, January 2005.
   
• Book Review, People, Peace and Power by Diana Francis  in Peace Review 15, 2 (June 2003).
   
• Book Review, Between Eden to Armageddon: The Future of World Religions, Violence and Peacemaking by Marc Gopin  in Peace Review 13, 4 (December 2001).     

Professional Presentations

   
• Paper Presentation, “Forgiveness and Empowerment,” at Interdisciplinary.net conference in Salzburg, Austria, March 7-9, 2008.
   
• Paper Presentation, “Trauma and Forgetting,” at a conference at the University of Denver, entitled Peacebuilding and Trauma Recovery: Integrated Strategies in Post-War Reconstruction, February 22-24, 2007.
   
• Taught in a week-long seminar, entitled Tools for Change, on the subject of “Healing History,” organized by Initiatives of Change, Switzerland, July 2006.
   
• Chaired a panel at the American Historical Association annual meeting, where the work of The Scholars’ Initiative was presented, January 2006.
   
• Member of The Scholars’ Initiative: Confronting the Yugoslav Controversies, a series of team efforts to write a history of the wars in the Balkans in the 1990s. Participating in Team 11 – Living Together or Hating Each Other. 2003 – present.
   
• Participated in a “by-invitation” three day conference entitled “Unite or Divide? The Challenges of Teaching History in Societies Emerging from Violent Conflict,” organized by the United States Institute for Peace, November 2005.
   
• Addressed the Board of the Tredegar Civil War Museum, Richmond, Virginia, on “History and Reconciliation,” June 2004.
   
• Paper Presentation, “The Tenacious Hold of Historical Memories.” Presented at the International Studies Association annual conference, Montreal, March 2004.
   
• Addressed the Connecting Communities Fellowship Program, Richmond, Virginia, on “Healing History,” January 2004.

Executive Experience

   
• Program Coordinator, Initiatives of Change, Inc.
   
• Conference coordinator, Initiatives of Change, Inc.

Honors, Awards, and Fellowships

   
• Annual research grant to associates at the Program on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution, Harvard University from the Hewlett Foundation
   
• Research Grant, British Council, Belfast, Northern Ireland
   
• Research Grant from the William Donner Foundation’s grant to the Security Studies Program at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy