Conflict & Human Security
Forthcoming Meeting: Conflict, Violence and Policy
A pre-Conference meeting Friday 5th November from 10.00 am.
Menzies Room, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London, 20 Russell Square, London, WC1B 5DS, Tel: 020 7862 8844
Seminar organised by the Conflict and Human Security study group of the Development Studies Association
Chairs:Teresa Hanley (teresah@panoslondon.org.uk), The Panos Institute & Professor Andrew Williams (A.J.Williams@kent.ac.uk), University of Kent at Canterbury
Session 1 10:00-11:15
Professor Tim Shaw, (Tim.shaw@sas.ac.uk) Institute of Commonwealth Studies, ‘Two Africas? Two Ugandas? An African “Democratic Developmental State” Or another “failed state”?’
Dr Helen Yanacopulos (H.Yanacopulos@open.ac.uk) & Dr Martha Caddell, Open University, ‘Conflict and Development: a vantage point for change? Insights from Nepal and Uganda’
Dr Nikki Slocum, (nslocum@coleurop.be) UNU-CRIS, ‘Linking Peace, Security and Regional Integration in Africa: Building Regional Organisations' Capacity to fulfil their mandates in peace and security’
Session 2 11:45-13:00
Chrissie Steenkamp, (cjs138@york.ac.uk) University of York, ‘Conceptualising a culture of violence’
Dr. Roger Mac Ginty, (rm17@york.ac.uk) PRDU, University of York, ‘Synthesising traditional and western peacemaking’
Dr. Laura Hammond, (LHammond@clarku.edu) Clark University & Food Economy Group, ‘Post-Conflict or Just Post Peace Agreement?: Confidence-Building in the Shadow of the Guns’
Session 3 14:00-15:15
Dr. Herbert Wulf, (Wulf.Herbert@t-online.de) BICC, ‘Private Military Companies and the Challenge to the Monopoly of Force’
Dr. Robert Muggah, (muggah@hei.unige.ch) Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford, ‘Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration: The New Magic Bullet for Managing Post-Conflict Insecurity?’
Dr. Dibyesh Anand, (d.anand@bath.ac.uk) University of Bath, ‘War on Terror, violence and identity construction in India’
Session 4 15:45-17:00
Kyle Matthews (matthewk@unhcr.ch) UNHCR, Georgia, ‘Forced migration and the human security implications of frozen conflicts in Georgia’
Christian Bundegaard (bundeg05@hei.unige.ch) Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, ‘Human Security: responsibility and development’
Post-seminar refreshments in the Hancock Room (provided by Ashgate Publishing).
NB. The Conflict and Human Security Group of the Development Studies Association will have a panel at the main DSA conference (‘Bridging Research and Policy’): Church House, Saturday 6 November. Panellists will be: Howard Mollett (BOND: hmollett@bond.org.uk), Sven Biscop (s.biscop@irr-kiib.be) Royal Institute for International relations, Belgium, and Rory Keane (rkeane@isis-europe.org) International Security Information Service - Europe. This will be the final conference session and follows afternoon tea.
Admission to the seminar is free for postgraduate students, £5 for DSA members and £10 for non-DSA members.
For more information please contact either Tim Shaw (Tim.shaw@sas.ac.uk)
or Roger Mac Ginty (rm17@york.ac.uk).
Previous meeting
Reactions from the Global South to 9-11 and the War on Terror, Seminar Thursday 17 June 2004, University of York
Just as the Cold War had an enormous political, economic and cultural impact, there are indications that reactions to 9-11 and the ensuing war on terror will have a defining impact on the contemporary era. To a certain extent, the war on terror has disciplined critical voices, imposed new strictures on peacemaking processes and complicated the conceptualisations and language used to describe and interrogate relationships and conflicts throughout the developing world. From Mombassa to Manila and beyond the effects of 9-11 are being felt, yet the predominant voices on the impact of 9-11 come from the global north.
The Conflict and Human Security Study Group of the Development Studies Association proposes a one-day multi-disciplinary seminar on developing world reactions to 9-11 and the war on terror. Papers and panels are welcome from academics, policymakers, postgraduate students, media and development professionals, NGOs, MNCs and think tanks etc. The seminar will welcome papers on the following issues: