2 - 6 December 2009 at the University of Cape Town

Conference Countdown:

Thursday, 3 December 2009

Time Venue Description
8:45-10:15 AM

LT1

ROUNDTABLE DIALOGUE WITH ARCHBISHOP DESMOND TUTU

 

Conversation with the Rabble Rouser for Peace: Engaged, Compassionate Leadership in Challenging Times.

 

Roundtable Discussants: Jessica Benjamin; Graham Dawson; Björn Krondorfer; Deborah Posel; Ervin Staub

 

Moderator: Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela

 

Archbishop Tutu to be introduced by Tom Beech, President & CEO of The Fetzer Institute

10:15 - 10:45 AM PARALLEL SESSIONS
Session # Session Title:
A

2A

Reconciliation from Below: The Sorry Book Campaign and the Emergence of a Witnessing Public in Australia
Rosanne Kennedy

 

Chair: Doug Tanner

B

2B

What Can Reasonably be Expected from a Truth Commission? An examination of East-Timorese and Togolese views
Etienne Mullet, Lonzozou Kpanake & Felix Neto

 

Chair: Dave Edwards

C
LT3

Cohesion, Sharing and Integration in Northern Ireland

Catherine Mallon

 

Chair: Christine Anthonissen

10:45 - 11:00 AM

 

TEA / COFFEE
11:00 - 11:30AM PARALLEL SESSIONS
Session # Session Title:
A

2A

What of Reconciliation? Symbols, Rites & Ceremonies In Uganda:
Joanna R. Quinn

 

Chair: Astrid Berg

B 2B

It Starts with Me: Personal Identity, Reconciliation and South African Fiction

Erica Still

 

Chair: Chris van der Merwe

C LT3 Creative Dialogue and Power Asymmetry: Working with Israelies, Palestinians and Germans
Björn Krondorfer

Chair: Ervin Staub
11:30-12:45 PM PANEL SESSIONS * see link to extended info below.
Session # Session Title:
A

2B

Research on Societal Healing and Impact of Truth Commissions:
Christian B. N. Gade; Stephen Keggie; Gabriel Twose

 

Chair: Brenda Carr Vellino

B

LT3

Research on Post-Conflict Communities:
Ed Cairns, Russell Orr & Shelley McKeown

 

Chair: Karen Brounéus

C

2A

Research on Reconciliation in Societies with a history of Mass Trauma and Genocide:
Briony Jones; Sebina Sivac-Bryant; Clare Magill & Brandon Hamber

 

Chair: Vern Neufeld Redekop

Panelists’ Titles

 

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12:45 - 2:00 PM

 

LUNCH
2:00-2:30 PM

 

PARALLEL SESSIONS
Session # Session Title:
A

2A

Sociotherapy alongside future Truth and Reconciliation Work
Cora Dekker

 

Chair: Paula Green

B

2B

Reconciliation as Cultural Artefact: An exploration of the assumptions, meanings and language of reconciliation across cultural boundaries
Wendy Lambourne

 

Chair: Margot Francis

2:30-3:00 PM

 

PARALLEL SESSIONS
Session #

 

Session Title:
A

2A

Justice and Reconciliation: Lessons from Latin America
Stephen J. Pope

 

Chair: Bjorn Krondorfer

B

2B

Forgiveness and Reparation in Chile: The Roles of Social Identity and Emotional Intergroup Antecedents
Roberto Gonzalez & Jorge Manzi

 

Chair: Ashraf Kagee

C

LT3

Reparation as a Peace Ingredient
E. Julu Swen

 

Chair: Joanna R. Quinn

3:00 - 3:15 PM

 

TEA / COFFEE
3:15-3:45 PM
PARALLEL SESSIONS
Session #
Session Title:
A 2A

"It's still there, the bad times, your heart is still crying inside": A Qualitative Examination of Victim Experiences following Public Testimony at South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Ahmed-Riaz Mohamed

 

Chair: Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela

B 2B

Telling the Truth, Tearing Down Walls: Creating a Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Mississippi

Susan Glisson & Charles Tucker

 

Chair: E Julu Swen

C LT3

Education, Community and Reconciliation

Eileen Dallas

 

Chair: Robert Schweitzer

3:45-5:15

 

PARALLEL WORKSHOPS
Session #

 

Session Title:
I

2A

Doing Reparation with Young People in the so-called 'coloured' Community: A Cross-cultural Journey of Possibility
Therese Hulme
II
2B

A Model for Sustained Small-group Reconciliation Dialogue in the Context of the Local Church

Lesang Dikgole & Chris De Wit

III LT3 The Trojan Horse Story
Shirley Gunn
5:30 - 7:00PM Common Room, Level 4 BOOK LAUNCH: Transforming Societies After Political Violence: Truth, Reconciliation, and Mental Health by Brandon Hamber (University of Ulster, Northern Ireland; Director, INCORE)

 

 

 



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