International Perspectives on Reconstructing Historical Memory in Conflict and Post-Conflict Zones
Wednesday, May 25, 2011 — 3:30pm. A reception will follow.
Liu Institute for Global Issues, Multipurpose Room
6476 NW Marine Drive, UBC, Vancouver
Please RSVP at www.ligi.ubc.ca/events/register.htm
Please join us for an open panel session with historical memory workers from Colombia, Bosnia, Lebanon and Liberia. Panelists will discuss a variety of strategies to reconstruct historical memory in settings of ongoing violence or post conflict settings, and their efforts to promote justice and healing in their countries.
- Colombia: Jesus Abad Colorado, Colombian Historical Memory Commission
- Bosnia: Vesna Terselic, Documenta
- Uganda: Moses Okello, Refugee Law Project
The panel is part of a broader workshop that will bring together participants from Bosnia, Burundi, Canada, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Indonesia, Lebanon, Liberia, Peru, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe to discuss the various memory initiatives in their countries and to develop a toolkit of historical memory methods that can be used around the world (this portion of the workshop is closed to the public).
This workshop is a collaboration between the Transitional Justice Network at the Liu Institute for Global Issues and the Historical Memory Commission of Colombia.