January 5, 2004: Headlines: COS - Niger: Institute of Peace: USIP: Daniel Chirot was a Peace Corps volunteer in Niger from 1964 to 1966
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January 5, 2004: Headlines: COS - Niger: Institute of Peace: USIP: Daniel Chirot was a Peace Corps volunteer in Niger from 1964 to 1966
Daniel Chirot was a Peace Corps volunteer in Niger from 1964 to 1966
Daniel Chirot was a Peace Corps volunteer in Niger from 1964 to 1966
Daniel Chirot
Senior Fellow
Jennings Randolph Fellowship Program
October 2004–July 2005
Project Focus
The Muslim/Christian Divide in West Africa: Can a Religious War Be Prevented?
Areas of Specialization
Africa | Europe | Ethnic Conflict | Democratization | Religion/Religious Conflict | Civil Society
Foreign Languages: French, Romanian
Background
Daniel Chirot is professor of international studies and sociology at the University of Washington in Seattle. Specializing in ethnic conflict, social change, and tyranny, he became director of the international studies program and founded an institute on conflict resolution at the university in 2001. Chirot has authored several influential books on Eastern Europe, social change in the modern era, and the nature of tyranny. In addition to his academic work, Chirot consults with CARE in Africa, where he has worked in Niger and Cote d'Ivoire. His work in Africa has focused on devising programs to build up civil society institutions and seeking methods to mitigate ethnic and religious conflict. He has worked on higher education and civil society projects in Eastern Europe with the Ford Foundation and the National Endowment for Democracy. Chirot has been awarded grants and fellowships from the Mellon Foundation, INCORE, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the Woodrow Wilson Center and was a Peace Corps volunteer in Niger from 1964 to 1966. He received a Ph.D. in sociology from Columbia University and a B.A. degree from Harvard University.
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