Beyond Violence: Transforming Intractable Conflicts
BEYOND VIOLENCE: Transforming Intractable Conflicts
An International Workshop Sponsored by
The Center for International Studies at Ohio University
and The United States Institute of Peace
Featuring case studies from Colombia, Indonesia and Sudan
September 17-18, 2004
Ohio University
Athens, Ohio
http://www.ohiou.edu/internationalstudies/events.htm
This workshop is focused on strategies for resolving seemingly intractable
conflicts. Three countries- Colombia, Indonesia, Sudan- have been selected
for careful examination by area specialists, with the intent that
lessons may be drawn for other sites of political violence worldwide. The
goal of the workshop is to understand what has made conflicts in these
settings intractable and to identify strategies for resolving
them. Invited speakers will address the historical and practical
issues involved in transforming conflict into peace in Colombia,
Indonesia and Sudan, and breakout sessions will be dedicated to issues such as
the role of media in framing conflict, military and paramilitary
involvement in conflict, and international and regional dimensions of the
conflict. The sessions of this workshop will provide an opportunity for cross-
regional comparison and interdisciplinary dialogue concerning national
political change in a tense world.
The workshop is open to anyone who studies, teaches, or is interested in
ending violence and creating opportunities for peace including:
teachers and researchers, graduate students, community activists,
representatives of governmental and non-governmental organizations.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:
Dr. Jacques Bertrand is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto. He received his Ph.D. in Politics from Princeton University in 1995 and is the author of Nationalism and Ethnic Violence in Indonesia (2004, Cambridge University Press).
Dr. Marc Chernick is a Visiting Associate Professor in the Department of
Government and the Center for Latin American Studies at Georgetown
University. He is the Director of Georgetown?s United Nations project on
early warning and conflict prevention in Latin America. He holds a Ph.D. in
Political Science from Columbia University and has written widely on
drug-trafficking, political violence and negotiating settlement to armed
conflict in Colombia and in the Andean region. He is currently completing a
book on the Colombian peace process.
Mr. Khalid ElHaj is a long time teacher and educational administrator from
Rufa'a, Sudan. He has authored many of the books published by the
Republican Brotherhood, a progressive Islamic human rights organization
in Sudan. Mr. El Haj has a degree in history from the University of Khartoum.
Dr. Daniel García-Peña is a former High Commissioner of Peace (1995-1998),
Director of the non-government organization Planeta Paz (Peace Planet),
which is dedicated to strengthening grass roots support for the peace
process, and Professor of Political Science at the National University of
Colombia.
Dr. Jok Madut Jok is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at
Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles and received his Ph.D. from
UCLA. He is author of War and Slavery in Sudan: The Ethnography of
Political Violence (2001, University of Pennsylvania Press).
ABOUT THE ORGANIZERS:
The Center for International Studies, Ohio University
http://www.ohio.edu/internationalstudies
The United States Institute of Peace
http://www.usip.org
Registration Form and Accommodation information can be found at:
http://www.ohio.edu/internationalstudies/event.htm
PLEASE REGISTER BY SEPTEMBER 3.
THERE IS NO REGISTRATION FEE
For more information, contact:
Karla Schneider
Assistant Director, Southeast Asian Studies Program
Center for International Studies
208 Yamada International House, Ohio University
Athens, OH 45701
Phone: 740.593.1841, Fax: 740.593.1837
Email: schneidk@ohio.edu
Location: Ohio
Deadline: September 3, 2004
