Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies

Dear HumanDHS network friends

Please find below information and a link to a global call for action on military and social spending form the International Peace Bureau.

Kind regards
Brian Ward

A Global Call for Action on Military and Social Spending

As the world struggles to understand and react to the unfolding financial crisis, civil society organisations urge action on one of the most important elements in the world’s economic system, which could make a huge impact on the fate of the world’s poor: the military sector.

In just a few weeks, diplomats and economists will meet to review progress in identifying ‘innovative sources of development finance’. (Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus, 29 Nov. - 2 Dec. 2008, Doha). Many proposals will be put forward. But will they talk about the money their governments spend on the military ? The following Call for Action makes bold proposals for bringing this issue into the debate. Eight years ago, the UN’s member states agreed on the Millennium Development Goals – a set of targets in 8 key areas of poverty reduction to be achieved by 2015. However, most analysts predict that without much greater commitments, these goals will not be met and hundreds of millions will remain in desperate poverty, the majority of them being women. More..

Dear HumanDHS network friends

Please find below a call for papers for the Journal of Psychology and Counselling.

Kind regards
Brian Ward

Call for Papers: Journal of Psychology and Counselling

The Journal of Psychology and Counselling (JPC) is a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal published monthly by Academic Journals (www.academicjournals.org/JPC).

Call for Papers

The Journal of Psychology and Counseling (JPC) provides rapid publication (monthly) of articles in all areas of the subject.

The Journal welcomes the submission of manuscripts that meet the general criteria of significance and scientific excellence. Papers will be published approximately one month after acceptance. All articles published in JPC will be peer-reviewed.

Our objective is to inform authors of the decision on their manuscript within three weeks of submission. Following acceptance, a paper will normally be published in the next available issue.

JPC is an Open Access Journal

One key request of researchers across the world is unrestricted access to research publications. Open access gives a worldwide audience larger than that of any subscription-based journal ad thus increases the visibility and impact of published work. It also enhances indexing, retrieval power and eliminates the need for permissions to reproduce and distribute content. JPC is fully committed to the Open Access Initiative and will provide free access to all articles as soon as they are published.

Best regards,
Franklyn Monyei

Editorial Assistant

Journal of Psychology and Counselling

E-mail: jpc[@]acadjourn.org

www.academicjournals.org/JPC

Dear HumanDHS network friends

Please find below the AfricAvenir Newsletter February 2009.

Kind regards
Brian Ward

AfricAvenir Newsletter February 2009

anbei erhalten Sie aktuelle Informationen zu Projekten und Neuigkeiten von AfricAvenir International sowie Hinweise auf weitere ausgewählte Veranstaltungen.

1. AFRICAVENIR VERANSTALTUNGEN & NEWS
2. WEITERE VERANSTALTUNGEN

1. AFRICAVENIR VERANSTALTUNGEN & NEWS

Berlin:
Postkoloniale Fotografie: Stagings made in Namibia – Vernissage: 27.03.2009, 19 Uhr
Am 27. März 2009 um 19 Uhr findet in der ehemaligen Kapelle des Berliner Bethanien die Vernissage der Ausstellung „Stagings made in Namibia“ statt, eine Ausstellung von 200 inszenierten Alltagsbilder von 124 Fotografinnen und Fotografen aus dem seit 1990 von Südafrika unabhängigen Namibia, die den herkömmlichen Blick auf die „deutscheste“ aller ehemaligen Kolonien unterwandern.

Seit einigen Jahren ist der namibische “Busch” zum populären Setting des neuen deutschen Heimatfilms geworden. Man gewinnt den Eindruck, die Kolonialfotografie werde vor der Kulisse der ‚deutschesten’ aller ehemaligen Kolonien in bewegten Bildern neu formatiert. Was aber geschieht, wenn lokale Fotografen inszenierte Alltagsbilder für ein deutsches Publikum produzieren?

Das Ausstellungsprojekt an der Schnittstelle von Kunst und Bildpolitik stellt die Frage nach Präsentationsmöglichkeiten jenseits der gängigen Postkartenmotive, die das Moment der Darstellung im Dargestellten offenbaren, und erkundet andere Gebrauchsweisen von Fotografie im nachkolonialen Kontext. Wie ließe sich postkoloniale Fotografie bestimmen?

Begleitet wird die Ausstellung durch ein Symposion (u.a. mit Henning Melber) und einer Filmreihe. AfricAvenir ist Medienpartner dieser Veranstaltung. http://africavenir.com/news/2009/03/2298/
Flyer Download: http://africavenir.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/Flyer_Stagings.pdf

Berlin, Bremen & Leipzig:
Der senegalesische Griot Babacar Mbaye Ndaak ist wieder in Berlin!
Zwischen dem 24. März und dem 11. April ist der Griot und Erzähler Babacar Mbaye Ndaak wieder zu Gast in Berlin, Bremen und Leipzig. Babacar Mbaye Ndaak arbeitet hauptberuflich als Lehrer für Geschichte und Geographie in Dakar/Senegal. Er war Schüler des senegalesischen Gelehrten Cheikh Anta Diop und ist Vorsitzender des Verbands senegalesischer Märchenerzähler sowie Mitglied der Stiftung Youssou N’Dour, die sich im Senegal seit langem der Förderung von Jugendlichen in Bildungsprojekten verschrieben hat.
Nach zwei Auftritten an Bremer Schulen und einer Projektwoche in den Berliner Internationalen Kantschulen, wird Babacar Mbaye Ndaak am Samstag, 4. April 2009, um 19.30 Uhr anlässlich des senegalesischen Unabhängigkeitstages im Georg von Rauch-Haus auftreten, Mariannenplatz 1 a, 10997 Berlin, Eingang Bethaniendamm auftreten. Eintritt: Spende.

Leipzig:
WORKSHOP „Afrikanische Töne“ mit Babacar Mbaye Ndaak & Sam Jarju
Im Rahmen des Museumstages zum Jubiläum der Universität im Grassimuseum stellen Studierende der Musikwissenschaft Musikinstrumente vor und bringen einige von ihnen zum Klingen. Im Anschluss bietet der WORKSHOP „Afrikanische Töne“ mit Babacar Mbaye Ndaak, Griot aus dem Senegal, und Sam Jarju, Koraspieler aus Gambia, die Möglichkeit in die Welt der Griots einzutauchen, mehr über die Arbeit dieser traditionsreichen Überlieferer oraler Geschichte zu erfahren und selbst einige Lieder aus der senegambischen Tradition zu erlernen.

05. April 2009, 16.30 Uhr
GRASSI Museum für Musikinstrumente der Universität Leipzig
Johannisplatz 5 – 11, 04103 Leipzig, 2. Obergesch
Eintritt Museumstag: Studierende frei, alle anderen Besucher 2,00 Euro
Eintritt Workshop: 5 €, erm. 2 €

Leipzig:
„Babacar erzählt“ – Leben und Arbeit eines senegalesischen Griots
Das Sommersemester startet mit einem senegalesischen Griot! Am Institut für Afrikanistik wird Babacar Mbaye Ndaak uns ein Stück senegalesischer und afrikanischer Geschichte näher bringen und einen Eindruck von der Arbeit und den Aufgaben eines Griots im 21. Jahrhundert vermitteln. So wird Babacar den großen Gelehrten Cheikh Anta Diop besingen, dessen Werk die Grundfesten der eurozentrischen Geschichtsschreibung entscheidend erschütterte und Cheikh Amadou Bamba, Begründer der im Senegal bedeutenden Mouridenbruderschaft. Im Anschluss bietet eine Podiumsdiskussion mit Beiträgen von Prof. Dr. Jones, Prof. Dr. Geider, Dr. Diallo und Frau Dr. Feuerstein-Tubach des Instituts für Afrikanistik die Möglichkeit, einzelne Aspekte des traditionsreichen Berufs der Griots näher zu beleuchten und Fragen zu stellen.

06. April 2009, 13 Uhr
Vortragssaal der Universitätsbibliothek, Beethovenstr. 6, 04107 Leipzig
Die Veranstaltung ist für Studierende aller Fachrichtungen und alle anderen Interessierten offen!

Die Veranstaltungen in Leipzig werden in Kooperation mit dem Institut für Afrikanistik Leipzig, dem Afrikansten Forum und dem Grassi Museum durchgeführt. www.africavenir.org

Berlin:
“Cross Currents”: Zeitgenössischer Tanz Workshops & Performances
Im Rahmen des künstlerischen Austauschprojekts “Cross Currents” lädt die Tanzfabrik Berlin im April 2009 zu einer Reihe von Contemporary Dance Workshops und Performances ein. “Cross Currents” möchte den Begriff des Zeitgenössischen im Tanz in Europa und Südafrika hinterfragen. AfricAvenir ist Medienpartner dieser Veranstaltung. http://africavenir.com/news/2009/01/2268/

Douala:
Das März 2009 Programm
Im März 2009 veranstaltete die Stiftung in Douala bereits anlässlich des Internationalen Frauentags am 8. März eine große Debatte über die Stellung der Frauen in der kamerunischen Gesellschaft. Darüber hinaus geht das in Kooperation mit dem eed durchgeführte Projekt „Eduquer par le cinéma » weiter und in seine letzte Phase, mit weiteren Schulvorführungen und einem Workshop für junge Filmschaffende. http://africavenir.com/news/2009/03/2305

Douala:
Le Messager: Patrimoine/Langues: La déchéance des langues maternelles
Article paru dans le quotidien camerounais Le Messager le 27.02.2009 sur le travail d’AfricAvenir en relation aux langues maternelles. Durant deux heures d’horloge, le Prince Kum’a Ndumbe III a présenté à l’assistance la richesse de son espace au travers d’une exposition des livres publiés en plusieurs langues notamment le douala, le bulu, le foufouldé, le medumba, l’ewondo et biens d’autres. http://africavenir.com/news/2009/03/2292

Windhoek:
Interview: Tsitsi Dangarembga’s Films & Thoughts
Interview conducted by Lize Ehlers (AfricAvenir) on the occasion of AfricAvenir’s, Studio 77 and Nawa Cinema’s screening, in Windhoek, of Tsitsi Dangarembga’s films and the celebration of one of Africa’s most talented writers and directors. http://africavenir.com/news/2009/03/2293

2. WEITERE VERANSTALTUNGEN

Nollywood Spezial: Dokumentarfilm “Peace Mission”
Im Rahmen von Nollywood Spezial laden die Werkstatt der Kulturen und der Kurator der Reihe „Nollywood“, Julien Enoka Ayemba, am Donnerstag, den 19. März 2009 um 19 Uhr zur Vorführung von “Peace Mission” von der Berliner Autorin und Regisseurin Dorothee Wenner, in Anwesenheit der Mitwirkenden und Produzenten Merle Kröger und Philipp Scheffner (angefragt). Der Eintritt ist frei. http://www.werkstatt-der-kulturen.de

CD Release: Bernard Mayo
Am Samstag, den 28.03.2009 um 21:00 Uhr stellt der Musiker, Maler, freie Journalist und Karikaturist Bernard Mayo seine neuste CD – „Besoin d’amour“ – in der Werkstatt der Kulturen (Club) vor. Eintritt: 9,-/6,- €. http://www.bmayo.de

Seminar: Von Trommlern und Helfern - Antirassistische Praxis für entwicklungspolitische NRO
Was hat Entwicklungszusammenarbeit mit Rassismus zu tun? Erst recht mit der Arbeit von entwicklungspolitischen Nichtregierungsorganisationen (NRO)? Auch sie agieren in einem strukturellen Kontext, der seit dem Beginn des Kolonialismus den Hintergrund der Nord-Süd-Zusammenarbeit bildet. Das Seminar des BER e.V. - von Freitag, dem 24. April 2009 um 10:00 bis Samstag, dem 25. April 2009 um 18:00 in der Jugendbildungsstätte Kaubstraße - bietet in verschiedenen Workshops Gelegenheit, sich sowohl mit den gewachsenen Strukturen des eigenen Engagements, als auch mit der eigenen Identität als Akteur/in der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit auseinanderzusetzen. Dabei richtet es sich sowohl an NRO, die ihren Schwerpunkt in der entwicklungspolitischer Bildung im Inland haben, als auch an NRO mit Auslandsprojekten. Weitere Informationen unter: http://www.ber-ev.de/

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Dear HumanDHS network friends

Please find below information on a coalition formed to advance United Nations Decade for Inter-religious Cooperation for Peace.

Kind regards
Brian Ward

Coalition Advances UN Decade for Inter-religious Cooperation for Peace

Faith and values organizations form coalition to advance United Nations Decade for Inter-religious Cooperation for Peace

Stein Villumstad will chair the steering committee of the coalition advocating for a UN Decade for Inter-religious Cooperation for Peace.

Some forty-five religious, interfaith, and value-based organizations
from five continents agreed to form a coalition to advance a “United
Nations Decade for Inter-religious and Intercultural Dialogue,
Understanding, and Cooperation for Peace.” Coalition members expressed
the hope that the UN Sixty-Fourth General Assembly, which will begin
its deliberations in September 2009, will approve a resolution
establishing such a decade from 2011-2020.

The meeting took place at Maryknoll, New York, on 2-4 March.
Participants included Baha’i, Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jewish,
Muslim, Shinto, Sikh, Zoroastrian as well as indigenous traditions.

A provisional steering committee promoted the decade with UN member
states during 2008. The UN General Assembly took the first step on 14
November 2008 by adopting resolution 63/22 which calls for exploring
the feasibility of such a decade. The resolution was co-sponsored by
78 states.

On Monday, the president of the UN General Assembly, Miguel D’Escoto
Brockmann, reiterated his previous calls for a “new spirit of
solidarity and a powerful injection of moral and ethical values into
our business and political lives.” He urged the religious leaders to
work together with the United Nations since these concerns require
“life-long commitment” and religious institutions have the “staying
power in the face of these challenges.”

The coalition elected a steering committee - composed of organizations
representing religious communities, interfaith and value-based civil
society organizations - to strategically promote the decade idea among
member states of the UN.

An opportunity to work for peace

Stein Villumstad, deputy secretary general of Religions for Peace, the
world’s largest and most representative multi-religious organization,
will chair the coalition steering committee. “This is a unique
opportunity for religious traditions, so easily hijacked for
destructive purposes, to work with the United Nations and jointly
mobilize their communities and organizations for urgent and compelling
actions for peace,” he said. “Time and space created by the decade
should make a difference for the poor, marginalized, and oppressed
peoples of the world.”

The World Council of Churches (WCC) - host of the initial gathering of
this coalition in Bossey, Switzerland in January 2008 - continues to
promote this initiative, said Shanta Premawardhana, WCC director for
Inter-religious Dialogue and Cooperation. “Our churches, through the
Churches Commission on International Affairs (CCIA) have a long
history of working with the UN and its agencies on a variety of
projects that contribute to sustainable peace,” he said.

The coalition will meet next in the context of the Parliament of the
World’s Religions in Melbourne, Australia, in December 2009. Dirk
Ficca, the executive director of the Parliament, himself a member of
the steering committee welcomed the initiative.

Coalition members hope the proposed UN decade will be launched on 21
September 2010, the International Day of Peace. This would immediately
follow the current 2001-2010 International Decade for a Culture of
Peace and Non-violence for the Children of the World and the 2010
International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures.

WCC Programme on Inter-religious Dialogue and Cooperation

Parliament of the World’s Religions
–
Ingeborg Breines
Kjelsåsveien 143c, 0491 Oslo
0047-22711271/90031659

visepresident IPB,
styremedlem Norges Fredslag,
tidligere direktør UNESCO

–
Ingeborg Breines
Kjelsåsveien 143c, 0491 Oslo
0047-22711271/90031659

visepresident IPB,
styremedlem Norges Fredslag,
tidligere direktør UNESCO

–
Ingeborg Breines
Kjelsåsveien 143c, 0491 Oslo
0047-22711271/90031659

visepresident IPB,
styremedlem Norges Fredslag,
tidligere direktør UNESCO

Dear HumanDHS network friends

Please find below information on a conference on rebuilding communities for the elderly and people with disabilities after disasters.

Kind regards
Brian Ward

Conference on Rebuilding Communities for the Elderly and People with Disabilities

An international conference on Rebuilding Sustainable Communities for the E lderly and People with Disabilities after Disasters

July 12-15, 2010

An event of the John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies
Center for Rebuilding Sustainable Communities after Disasters

University of Massachusetts Boston in collaboration with a number of partners and co-sponsors

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Conference Objectives

While many conferences have examined challenges that the elderly and people with disabilities face in emergencies, no significant systematic post-disasters’ study has been undertaken with a focus on the long-term, sustainable community recovery and rebuilding needs of this population.

The conference will, therefore, address the following main issues:

· The status of the elderly and disabled people in various communities after disasters and the continuing need for superior research and appropriate data

· The role and input of the elderly and disabled people in post-disaster reconstruction planning and implementation processes

· The roles of governments, institutions of higher education, the private sector, non-governmental and community-based organizations in post-disaster reconstruction

· The promotion of human dignity in the creation of sustainable environments that empower the elderly and disabled people in the aftermath of disasters

· Integration of the elderly and disabled people into the larger community after disasters

· The promotion of the human rights of disabled people through full participation, equalization of opportunity and development

· The role of women with disabilities in the formulation and implementation of reconstruction policies after disasters

· The participation of children with disabilities in the development and execution of post-disaster plans and programs

The conference will seek to contribute to, and recommend, future policy formulation and implementation processes by local, regional and national governments as well as multilateral agencies and grass-roots organizations.

For further information please go to:

www.rebuilding.umb.edu/rscepd or call 617-287-7116

Dear HumanDHS network friends

Please find below information on a conference on bridging the gap between research and policy for sustainable development.

Kind regards
Brian Ward

Conference on: “Bridging the gap between research and policy for sustainable development in Caribbean small island developing states”

27-28 March, 2009, Port of Spain ( Trinidad and Tobago )

Paris , Monday 23 March 2009 . Organized by the Sustainable Economic Development Unit (SEDU), at the University of the West Indies St. Augustine, the Annual Conference of the Sustainable Economic Development will take place on 27-28 March, 2009 in Port of Spain.

With the aim to enhance research and policy, the theme: “Bridging the gap between research and policy for sustainable development in Caribbean small Island developing states – SIDS” has been chosen for this year’s conference.

Under the leadership of UNESCO, Latin American and the Caribbean countries are determined to continue their efforts towards enhancing the role of social sciences in developing their local and regional social policies, especially through establishing linkages between research and policy. UNESCO is taking part in the conference through its cluster Office in Kingston ( Jamaica ), by sponsoring a panel on “Policy – Research Dialogue”.

Port of Spain , the capital of Trinidad and Tobago , often referred to as “the jewel of the Caribbean”, will be hosting scholars, policy-makers, representatives of the civil society and other development stakeholders from different countries in the region to discuss how research institutions, NGO’s, international organizations and civil society can collaborate to achieve sustainable development.

SEDU was launched on 19 October 1996. SEDU’s mission is “to conduct empirical and theoretical research and facilitate interdisciplinary work on the most promising policies for Sustainable Economic Development in Small Island Developing States (SIDS)”.

Social science research is increasingly recognized for its crucial role in providing decision support in all fields of development. Social science forums, as permanent spaces for dialogue between the worlds of science and social policies have also emerged in Africa , Asia and the Arab region .

____________________________

For more information, please contact:

Pedro Manuel Monreal Gonzalez, UNESCO Office in Kingston : pm.monreal-gonzalez@unesco.org

Tel: + 1 876 929 7087

Donna Ramjattan, SEDU: Sed.Unit[@]sta.uwi.edu

Tel: + (868) 662 2002 ext. 2257

Or

Jason Alexander: seduconference2009[@]gmail.com

Tel: + (868) 662 9461

Related link:

http://sta.uwi.edu/sedu/conference2009.asp

Dear HumanDHS network friends

Please find below information on an ACRGNY April 2 meeting.

Kind regards
Brian Ward

PANEL TO SHARE THEIR RESPECTIVE CROSS-CULTURAL CHALLENGES
IN INTERNATIONAL PEACE-BUILDING IN IRAQ AND OTHER COUNTRIES

Three terrific panelists, Thomas Hill, Columbia University’s Center for International Conflict Resolution, Alan Gross, Safe Horizon and Mediators Beyond Borders, and Zach Metz, Consensus, Inc., will share ADR experiences from their many visits to Iraq and other countries in the last several years. Each has gone with a slightly different mission, but their combined experiences are fascinating.

Thomas Hill is an Associate Research Scholar at Columbia University’s Center for International Conflict Resolution, where he directs the center’s work on Iraq. Since 2003, Tom has made 18 field visits to Iraq as part of a series of inter-related research and educational projects focused on possibilities for the development of sustainable peace in Iraq. He also is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education and an adjunct assistant professor at New York University’s Center for Global Affairs.

Alan Gross, Ph.D. has mediated, arbitrated, facilitated, and trained at many venues in New York City where he served as Senior Director, Training Coordinator, and 9/11 Family Mediation Coordinator for the Safe Horizon Mediation Program. Gross was formerly Psychology Chair at the University of Maryland, a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, and the author of a textbook and more than 50 chapters, articles and papers related to conflict resolution and social psychology. He is a founding member of Mediators Beyond Borders.

Zachary Metz manages Consensus’ international Peace Building practice. He formerly was the Director of Education & Training for Columbia University’s Center for International Conflict Resolution, where he continues to teach. Zachary has consulted to United Nations agencies and to a wide variety of international political and civil society leaders. He began his career with a focus in domestic conflict resolution, working as a mediator, trainer, and program director. Zach is a doctoral candidate at the New School.

April 2, 2009
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
899 Tenth Avenue
(59th Street: take any subway to Columbus Circle and walk west!)
8:00 - 10:00 AM
Room 610

There is no charge, but please let us know by return email if you plan to attend so we don’t run out of breakfast!

ASSOCIATION FOR CONFLICT RESOLUTION
Greater New York Chapter
www.acrgny.org
212-946-1998

The Greater New York Chapter of the Association for Conflict Resolution, Inc. (ACRGNY) is a not-for-profit professional organization dedicated to promoting and strengthening alternative dispute and conflict resolution, fostering the use of dialogue and contributing to professional development of the field.

Dear HumanDHS network friends

Please find below information on a report on violence in the USA school system.

Kind regards
Brian Ward

A Violent Education - report by Human Rights Watch and the ACLU

Every year in the United States at least 220,000 children in public schools are subjected to corporal punishment, or “paddling.” Permitted in 21 states, the practice leaves many children injured and disengaged from the process of learning. African-American students and students with mental or physical disabilities receive corporal punishment at disproportionately high rates, creating a hostile school environment in which these students may struggle to succeed.

Although some educators believe that corporal punishment is an effective way to deter students from misbehaviour- including harmful behavior like fighting- beatings hurt students, erode the trust between educators and students, and degrade the larger educational environment. Corporal punishment teaches students that violence is legitimate and rarely leads to any long-term decrease in classroom misbehavior. And corporal punishment is incompatible with human rights standards prohibiting cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment and protecting children from physical violence and mental abuse.

This brochure summarises A Violent Education, a report by Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union.

http://www.crin. org/docs/ us0808execsummar y.pdf

Dear HumanDHS network friends

Please find below an invitation to respond to a survey on peace psychology courses in the USA.

Kind regards
Brian Ward

Survey on Peace Psychology Courses

Reply-To: psysr-pe-announce-owner[@]yahoogroups.com

The Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence: Peace Psychology Division of the American Psychological Association is conducting a survey to determine how many peace psychology courses are currently taught in the U.S. and abroad. Please let me know if a college or university of which you are affiliated currently offers what you would consider to be a course in peace psychology. We would like to know the title of any such course, the name of the institution offering the course, and if available, the name of the person teaching the course. Please send this information to me at .

If you teach a course in peace psychology and would be willing to share your syllabus with others as part of our collection of teaching materials, please send the syllabus to Dr. Hal Bertilson at
.

Thank you very much.

Linden Nelson, Chair
Peace and Education Working Group

Dear HumanDHS network friends

Please find below a call for essays on Rwanda - Post Genocide.

Kind regards
Brian Ward

Call for Essays: Rwanda: Fifteen Years Post-Genocide

PEACE REVIEW CALL FOR ESSAYS: Rwanda: Fifteen Years Post-Genocide

In light of the fifteenth anniversary of the 1994 Tutsi genocide, Peace Review is soliciting submissions for a special commemorative issue on post-genocide Rwanda. We invite scholars from all disciplines, NGO workers, activists, writers, refugees and survivors to consider issues related to post-genocide Rwanda that concomitantly, contribute to progressive work in peace and conflict studies.

Potential topics include:
* Processes of peace, conflict resolution or reconciliation in post-genocide Rwanda (e.g., gacaca, ITRC, grassroots organizations, commemorative or cultural production etc.)

* The role of Rwanda in global discourse (e.g., in light of Darfur, Pan-Africanism, francophonie, human rights, revisionist, activist, ethical or media discourse etc.)

*Political, economic, social or cultural development in post-genocide Rwanda, and/or its attendant issues and problems (e.g., governmental, humanitarian or local organizations, and/or internal/external intervention etc.)

* Health and rehabilitation in post-genocide Rwanda (e.g., trauma, AIDS, gender or cultural medical issues etc.)

* Commemorative praxes post-genocide (e.g., memorials, transnational or indigenous projects, film/art/theater or cultural representations etc.)

* Post-genocide Rwanda in literary, cinematic, artistic or cultural production (e.g., novels, testimonials, films, documentaries, art exhibitions, theater productions etc.) and/or analysis of select texts or films about Rwanda through the lens of post-genocide.

* Analysis of key actors in Rwanda post-genocide (e.g., survivors, perpetrators, bystanders, returnees, refugees, NGOs, government, the West, France, Belgium, U.S.)

* Theoretical, narrative, comparative or cross-cultural approaches to post-atrocity, post-genocide, conflict resolution, reconciliation or rehabilitation in light of Rwanda

* Testimonials or reflections by survivors, witnesses, refugees, writers, journalists, activists or humanitarian workers

Please direct inquiries to Madelaine Hron (mhron_at_wlu.ca). Interested participants should submit essays (2500-3500 words) and 2-3 line bios to Madelaine Hron (mhron_at_wlu.ca) or Peace Review (peacereview@usfca.edu) no later than April 15, 2009.

Peace Review is a quarterly, multidisciplinary transnational journal of research and analysis focusing on the current issues and controversies that underlie the promotion of a more peaceful world.

Peace Review publishes essays on ideas and research in peace studies, broadly defined. Essays are relatively short (2500-3500) words, contain no footnotes or exhaustive bibliography, and are intended for a wide readership. The journal is most interested in the cultural and political issues surrounding conflicts occurring between nations and peoples. For more information on the journal and issues of style and formatting, see: http://www.usfca.edu/peacereview.

Kerry Donoghue

Managing Editor, Peace Review (2007 Utne Press Award Finalist)

University of San Francisco

2130 Fulton Street
San Francisco, CA 94117-1080

Phone: 415-422-2910
Email: peacereview[@]usfca.edu
http://www.usfca.edu/peacereview/PRHome.html