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.
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