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AARMENA is an alliance of universities and other higher education institutions, scholars, and academics dedicated to conducting joint research and developing teaching programs and curricula in Reconciliation Conflict Transformation & Peace Studies as a trans-inter-multi-disciplinary field. The goal is to integrate these new curricula into existing academic programs, develop master's degrees, and establish Ph.D. programs within higher education institutions.
AARMENA emphasizes the importance of understanding "Reconciliation Processes in the Midst of Conflict" in today's context. It acknowledges the interdependence of political practices and the need to understand and actualize authority within Inter- Trans-disciplinary spheres in the academic world.
Collaborate on joint research and develop educational programs and curricula in Reconciliation, Conflict Transformation Peace Studies as transdisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and multidisciplinary fields for higher education institutions. Alternatively, integrate these new curricula into existing academic programs by creating specialized courses and developing master's and Ph.D. degree programs within higher education institutions.
The AARMENA emphasizes the importance of the concept of "Reconciliation Processes in the Midst of Conflict" for our current era. It highlights the interdependence of political practice and the importance of understanding and implementing authority across various inter-trans-multidisciplinary realms within the academic landscape.
AARMENA aims to develop teaching programs and curricula in Reconciliation, Conflict Transformation and Peace Studies, emphasizing their nature as trans-inter-multi-disciplinary fields. Higher education institutions should integrate these new curricula into their academic programs, including the development of master's and Ph.D. degrees.
AARMENA seeks to establish philosophical and theoretical foundations for understanding the processes, measures, and practices essential for fostering positive relationships in the context of violence, atrocities, genocides, wars, dictatorships, segregation, enslavement, and other crimes against humanity. By introducing reconciliation into peacebuilding research, AARMENA aims to create a transdisciplinary and multi-scale scientific field that explores individual, group, inter-group, out-group, and broader social involvements in conflicts.
The AARMENA promotes interdisciplinary, cross-disciplinary, and transdisciplinary approaches that integrate various fields, including Theology, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Ethics, Psychology, Sociology, Political Science, Economics, Law, Media Studies, Art, History, and Information Sciences. It focuses on the scientific impact of Internet communication technologies and introduces digital humanities into reconciliation and peacebuilding studies.
AARMENA adopted the concept of the "Hölderlin Perspective" for reconciliation, as discussed in the book Latin America Between Conflict and Reconciliation (edited by Martin Leiner and Susan Flämig, 2012, p. 16). This concept is based on the ideas of the German poet Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843), who expresses in his novel *Hyperion* that "reconciliation is amid strife, and everything that has been separated is found again." In English, this is translated as "reconciliation is in the middle of strife, and all that was separated finds each other again" (Friedrich Hölderlin, 2004, p. 169).
The University of Jena endorsed the Academic Alliance for Reconciliation in the Middle East and North Africa (AARMENA) initiative and organized the AARMENA conference on August 14, 2018, in Jena, Germany. AARMENA aims to establish and promote foundational research in reconciliation and peacebuilding studies through collaboration between universities in the Middle East and North Africa, as well as the international academic community, all under the auspices of the University of Jena. This initiative provides opportunities for scholars and researchers from the Middle East and North Africa to engage in collaborative research projects with AARMENA or to pursue further education, including Ph.D. programs.