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UPCOMING EVENTS
The Conflict Research Centre, Saint Paul University presents:
Conference on Displacement and Reconciliation
9-10 June 2011
Room 103, Guigues Hall, Saint Paul University, 223 Main Street, Ottawa, KIS 1C4, Ottawa
Experiences in places from Bosnia, Rwanda and Cambodia to Colombia, Iraq and Sudan have raised important, under-examined questions about the relationship between reconciliation and the experience and resolution of displacement. The concept of reconciliation touches all phases of the displacement cycle. Particularly in the aftermath of conflict and human rights violations, the challenge of reconciling displaced persons, their former neighbours and other actors such as their states of origin represents a critical factor affecting the success of return, resettlement and reintegration processes involving millions of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs). Drawing on a wide range of disciplinary perspectives and the contributions of researchers and practitioners from both the global North and South, the aim of the conference is to examine and enhance understanding of the relationship between reconciliation and displacement, in theory and in practice. The conference will examine the implications of displement for reconciliation processes and, on the other hand, how the concept of reconciliation can enhance understandings of the nature, experience and resolution of displacement.
Panels
Thursday, 9 June
Location: Guigues Hall, Room 103
Displacement, transitional justice and reconciliation: Conceptual links and theoretical insights (Chair: TBC)
Displacement, reconciliation and peacebuilding
James Milner (Carleton University, Ottawa)
Displacement as the locus for deep-rooted conflict and reconciliation
Vern Neufeld-Redekop (Saint Paul University, Ottawa)
Transitional justice and the reintegration of displaced persons
Roger Duthie (International Center for Transitional Justice, New York)
Displacement, reconciliation and property restitution
Anneke Smit (University of Windsor)
Reconciliation, transitional justice and durable solutions to displacement (Chair: TBC)
Return in Divided Societies: Restoring Coexistence and Promoting Reintegration in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Huma Haider (University of Birmingham)
Prospects and challenges for sustainable peace and ethnic reconciliation in Sri Lanka
V. Ameerdeen (University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka)
The Timor Leste Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation (CAVR) and the 2006 Displacement Crisis: Reflections on truth-telling, reconciliation and durable solutions
Luiz Vieira (International Organization for Migration)
Claims programs for victims of large-scale displacements: Only relief, or also reconciliation?
Norbert Wuehler (formerly with International Organization for Migration)
Reconciliation, peacebuilding and the resolution of displacement: Insights from
Africa (Chair: TBC)
Reconciling the displaced with the disaffected: The dilemma of the Great Lakes Region of Africa
Odomora Mubangizi (Arrupe College, Harare)
A review of transitional justice mechanisms and the resettlement of the survivors of Kenya’s 2008 post-election violence
Paige Morrow (Kenyan National Commission on Human Rights)
The economic dimensions of war and reconciliation in the Great Lakes Region: The post war reconstruction process in the DRC
Claude Sumata (Catholic University of Congo, Kinshasa)
The impact of returnees’ dilemmas on reconciliation: The case of Northern Uganda
Pius Ojara (Refugee Law Project, Kampala)
Friday, 10 June
Location: Guigues Hall, Room 103
Reconciliation and exile: Diaspora and host community experiences (Chair: Anna Sheftel, University of Oxford/Concordia University)
Community development for reconciliation: Experiences in Hyderabad
Andreas D’Souza (Henry Martyn Institute, Hyderabad)
"Mary, our beloved Vietnamese Mother": Reconciliation, religion and reconnections among Vietnamese Catholics in three countries
Thien-Huong Ninh (University of Southern California, Los Angeles)
Reconciling past, future and place: Inter-generational dialogue in Montreal’s Rwandan-Canadian community
Lisa Ndejuru (Concordia University, Montreal)
Integration of North Korean refugees in South Korea: The persistence of divisions in identity representations
Anne-Marie Morin-Dion (University of Montreal)
Displacement, justice and reconciliation in Colombia (Chair: TBC)
IDPs and peace in Colombia: The challenges of durable solutions in an ongoing armed conflict
Roberto Vidal Lopez (Pontifica Universidad Javeriana, Bogata)
Building bridges for the resolving of displacement in the departamento of Magdalena, Colombia: A balance of reconciliation efforts
Friedarike Santner (University of Vienna) and William Renan Rodriguez (University of Magdalena)
Let there be justice, an integral justice, then we can talk of reconciliation: The agency and recognition of the displaced in Northeast Colombia
Elizabeth Kerr (University of Bradford)
Reconciliation: A step towards emplacement
Mateja Celestina (University of Manchester)
Displacement and reconciliation in the Middle East: Insights from key cases (Chair and discussant: Roula El-Rifai, International Development Research Centre, Ottawa)
Can reconciliation mechanisms in post-conflict settings further divide communities? The case of Lebanon
Nancy Maroun (Buffalo State College)
Civil Society Initiatives in Lebanon: Towards Palestinian-Lebanese Dialogue and Reconciliation
Jaber Suleiman (Independent researcher, Beirut)
"Do You Represent My Voice?" Linking Non-Governmental and International Organizations to Peace and Reconciliation in Turkey’s Conflict-Induced Displacement
Ayşe Betül Çelik (Sabanci University, Istanbul)
Advancing peace, reconciliation and the resolution of displacement in the Middle East: Challenges posed by the Palestinian case (Chair and discussant: Rex Brynen, McGill University, Montreal)
Palestinian refugees: Displacement and reconciliation - The need for a new approach
Lama Arda (Birzeit University)
Unto the fourth generation? Refugee entitlement, obsolescence and the Palestinian search for redress
Mick Dumper (University of Exeter)
Palestinian refugee participation in the Middle East peace process: A route to reconciliation?
Terry Rempel (University of Exeter)
The Palestinian Refugee question: Intangible barriers to resolution and reconciliation
Mike Molloy (Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa)
There is no fee to attend the conference.
Individuals wishing to attend the conference are requested to contact the conference organizer, Dr. Megan Bradley, by email at mebradley@gmail.com or mbradley@ustpaul.ca, by 15 May 2011.
For more information, please contact Megan Bradley (Assistant Professor, Conflict Studies Program, Saint Paul University) at mbradley@ustpaul.ca or mebradley@gmail.com.
