Hendrik W. (H.W.) van der Merwe

Professor Hendrik W. (H.W.) van der Merwe (1929-2001) was a South African academic, Quaker, and a pioneer of conflict resolution. He founded the Centre for Intergroup Studies (1968-1990) at the University of Cape Town in South Africa.

His memoir, "Peacemaking in South Africa: A Life in Conflict Resolution" recalls how Van der Merwe in 1984 became the first to arrange meetings between the then-banned African National Congress in exile and newspaper editors [http://crinfo.beyondintractability.org/essay/disarming_behavior/]

ee also

*Centre for Intergroup Studies

External links

* [http://www.lib.uct.ac.za/mss/existing/Finding%20Aids/bc_1148_the_hw_van_der_merwe_papers.htm The HW van der Merwe Papers, University of Cape Town Libraries]
* [http://crinfo.beyondintractability.org/essay/disarming_behavior/ Kriesberg, Louis 2003. "De-escalating Gestures." The Conflict Resolution Information Source, University of Colorado] .
* Van der Merwe, HW. 1998. "Facilitation and Mediation in South Africa: Three Case Studies." "Peace and Conflict Studies" Volume 5, Number 1. [http://www.gmu.edu/academic/pcs/vander%7E1.htm]