BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
HERBERT C. KELMAN
Education and degrees:
B.A. (English and Psychology), Brooklyn College, 1947
B.H.L. (Judaica), SeminaryCollege of Jewish Studies, 1947
M.S. (Psychology), YaleUniversity, 1949
Ph.D. (Psychology), YaleUniversity, 1951
A.M. (hon.), HarvardUniversity, 1969
Professor honorario, Universidad San Martin de Porres, Lima, Peru, 1979
L.H.D. (hon.), BrooklynCollege of the City University of New York, 1981
L.H.D. (hon.), HofstraUniversity, 1983
Doctor Honoris Causa in Political Science and Sociology, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, 1995
Current positions at Harvard University:
Richard Clarke Cabot Professor of Social Ethics, Emeritus, Department of Psychology, 2004–
Faculty Associate, Emeritus, WeatherheadCenter for International Affairs, 2004–
Co-chair of the Middle East Seminar, WeatherheadCenter and Center for Middle Eastern Studies, 1996–
Fellow at Cabot House
Advisory Committee Member, Harvard Faculty Club (2010-)
Major previous positions:
Research Fellow, Johns Hopkins University, 1951–54
Research Psychologist, National Institute of Mental Health, 1955–57
Lecturer on Social Psychology, Harvard University, 1957–62
Professor of Psychology, and Research Psychologist at the Center for Research on Conflict Resolution,
University of Michigan, 1962–69; Chair of the Doctoral Program in Social Psychology, 1966–67.
Richard Clarke Cabot Professor of Social Ethics, Harvard University, 1968–99; Chair of the Doctoral Program in Social Psychology, 1994–97; Richard Clarke Cabot Research Professor of Social Ethics, 1999–2004; Member of the Executive Committee (1976–2004) and Director of the Program on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution (1993–2003), Weatherhead Center for International Affairs; Chair of the Middle East Seminar, Weatherhead Center and Center for Middle Eastern Studies, 1977–96.
Other appointments:
Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, 1954-55; 1967
USPHS Special Research Fellow, Institute for Social Research, Oslo, Norway, 1960-61
Visting Fellow, Western Behavioral Science Institute, 1964
Chair, Intl Conference on Social-Psychological Research in Developing Countries, Ibadan, Nigeria, 1966
Richard M. Elliott Lecturer, University of Minnesota, 1969
Visiting Fellow, Battelle Seattle Research Center, 1972-73
Floyd Allport Lecturer, University of Syracuse, 1976
President, XVI Interamerican Congress of Psychology, 1976
Resident Scholar, Bellagio Study and ConferenceCenter, 1977; 1985
Distinguished Visiting Professor, AmericanUniversity in Cairo, 1977
Fellow, WoodrowWilsonInternationalCenter for Scholars, 1980-81
Guggenheim Fellow, 1980-81
The 1981 Visiting Professor at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls
Edmund Janes James Lecturer, University of Illinois, 1985
Visiting Scholar, Truman and Davis Institutes, HebrewUniversity of Jerusalem, 1985
Resident Scholar, Interfaith Academy of Peace, TanturEcumenicalCenter for Theological Research,
Jerusalem, 1985
Sterling McMurrin Distinguished Visiting Professor of Liberal Education, University of Utah, 1985
Distinguished Lecturer on Behavioral Science, University of Colorado, 1985
JenningsRandolph Distinguished Fellow of the U.S. Institute of Peace, 1989-90
Visiting Professor, Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, 1994
Phillip and Patricia Frost Distinguished Lecturer, College of Education, Florida International Univ., 1997
25th Katz-Newcomb Lecturer, University of Michigan, 1997
American Psychological Foundation’s William Bevan Lecturer on Psychology and Public Policy, 1998
Ben and Sylvia Slomoff Lecturer, University of Massachusetts—Boston, 2000
Visiting Scholar, Austrian Institute for International Affairs, 2000, 2004, 2007
Perlmutter Lecturer on Ethnic Conflict, Foreign Policy Research Institute—Philadelphia, October 2001
Visiting Professor on Crisis Management and Conflict Research, Austrian Institute for Intl. Affairs, 2002
Professional activities:
President, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, 1964-65
President, Division of Personality and Social Psychology, American Psychological Association, 1970-71
President, Peace Science Society, 1975-76
President, Interamerican Society of Psychology, 1976-79
President, International Studies Association, 1977-78
Chair, Section on Social Psychology, American Sociological Association, 1977-78
President, International Society of Political Psychology, 1985-86
President, Psychologists for Social Responsibility, 1990-92
President, Division of Political Psychology, International Association of Applied Psychology, 1990-94
Honorary President, Herbert C. Kelman Institute for Interactive Conflict Transformation,
Vienna/Jerusalem 2011-
Member of editorial board or editorial consultant (at various times) for:
Bulletin of the Research Exchange on the Prevention of War; J. of Conflict Res.; Human Relations; Intl. Studies Quart; J. of Abnormal and Social Psych.; J. of Personality and Social Psych.; J. of Social Issues; J. of Applied Behavioral Science; Sociometry; Psychiatry; Ethos; Social Justice Research; J. of Law and Human Behavior; IRB: A Review of Human Subjects Research; Intl. Interactions; Intl. Studies Notes; Negotiation J; Peace and Change; Peace and Conflict: J of Peace Psych.; Peace and Conflict Studies; New Outlook. Also for Sociological Perspectives on Social Psychology; and for Psychology and the Prevention of Nuclear War.
Publications:
International behavior: A social-psychological analysis. New York: Holt, 1965. (Editor and co-author)
A time to speak: On human values and social research. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1968.
Cross-national encounters: The personal impact of an exchange program for broadcasters. San Francisco:
Jossey- Bass, 1970. (With Raphael S. Ezekiel and collaboration of Rose B. Kelman)
Ethics of social intervention. Wash. & London: Hemisphere, 1978. (Co-ed. w/ G. Bermant & D. Warwick)
Crimes of obedience: Toward a social psychology of authority and responsibility. New Haven & London:
YaleUniversity Press. (W/ V. Lee Hamilton)
Israel and Palestine—Two states for two peoples: If not now, when? (Berger, A., Cox, H., Kelman, H.C.,
Martin, L.G., Mendelsohn, E., Norton, A.R., Steiner, H., & Walt, S.M) An electronic publication
available at the Foreign Policy Association online bookstore: www.fpa.org
Articles and chapters on attitude change and social influence, authority and legitimacy, nationalism and
political ideology, international relations, the Arab-Israeli conflict, conflict resolution,
psychotherapy, and the ethics of social research (nearly 300 items).
Awards:
Socio-psychological Prize of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1956
Kurt Lewin Memorial Award of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, 1973
Fourth Annual Award of the Intl. Society for Educational, Cultural, and Scientific Interchanges, 1977
Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest, American Psychological Association, 1981
The 1982 New YorkAcademy of Science Award
The 1983 Interamerican Psychology Award
Sanford Award of the International Society of Political Psychology, 1983
The 1983 Career Contribution Award, Massachusetts Psychological Association
Election to Council on Foreign Relations, 1983
Best theoretical research article in peace psychology, 1987–88, Psychologists for Social Responsibility
The 1990 Recognition Award from the Center for Psychological Studies in the Nuclear Age for contributions to the development of a new psychology of global survival
The Distinguished Contribution Award in the Psychology of Peace and Conflict Resolution, Psychologists
for Social Responsibility, 1992
Distinguished Group Psychologist Award, Division of Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy (Division 49), American Psychological Association, 1995
Distinguished Career Award, Peace and War Section of the American Sociological Association, 1995
Distinguished Service Award, Fellowship in Israel for Arab-Jewish Youth, 1995
Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order, University of Louisville, 1997
Lifetime Contribution Award, Division of Peace Psychology of the American Psychological Assn., 1997
Lifetime Achievement Award, International Association of Conflict Management, 1998
Distinguished Service Award, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, 1998
Austrian Medal of Honor for Science and Art First Class, 1998
James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award from the American Psychological Society in recognition of distinguished achievements in psychological science, June 2000
Ben-Gurion Medal, “with gratitude for your work towards peace,” Ben-GurionUniv. of the Negev, 2001
Post 50th Alumni Lifetime Achievement Award, BrooklynCollege, 2002
Morton Deutsch Conflict Resolution Award, Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict and Violence, 2006
Honorable mention, the UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-violence, 2006
IPRA Peace Award (for Founders of Peace Research) from the International Peace Research Assn., 2008
The Socrates Prize for Mediation, Centrale für Mediation, Germany, 2009
Cranbrook Peace Award, Wayne State University, 2011
The Gold Medal of Honor of the Federal Capital of Vienna, 2012