George R Wilkes MA PhD
Research Fellow; Religion and Ethics in the Making of War and Peace
| Roles: | Director - Project on Religion and Ethics in the Making of War and Peace |
New College
Mound Place
Edinburgh EH1 2LX
Biography
I am the founding Director of the Religion and Ethics in the Making of War and Peace Project, and a Research Fellow at the School of Divinity. My teaching focuses on all aspects of the relationship between ethics and religion in war and in peace-building, and ranges further across Judaism and Jewish history to current issues relating to the Arab-Israeli conflict and peace process.
My earliest academic studies began in medieval and contemporary history, moving on to the history of political and ethical thought and focusing on a range of topics relating to the history of Jewish-Christian-Muslim encounter. From 2005-2010, I was a Fellow at St. Edmund’s College, Cambridge. I have lectured at Cambridge, Edinburgh, Leuven, and Birmingham universities.
External appointments
- British International Studies Association Working Group on Religion, Security and International Affairs, Steering Group
- Jewish Law Association, Chair, Diaspora, Steering Committee
- The Stephen S. Weinstein Symposium on the Holocaust, held biennially at Wroxton College (since 1996)
- The Higher Education Academy, Fellow
- British Association for Jewish Studies
- European Association for Jewish Studies
Useful Links
'Faith and the Just War: Time to Think Again?', Thinking Faith, 18th March 2008
'Why do we ignore the Red Cross?', Guardian, Comment is Free, 28 June 2009.