Aegis’ Research and Policy Conference

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The conference theme is Claiming a space in ‘Rwanda Studies’ and influencing domestic policies: Contributions of Rwandan researchers to knowledge production on peacebuilding

It will feature presentations of unique and innovative academic papers authored by several Rwandan researchers, working individually or in partnership with local/international co-authors, under the sponsorship of the Aegis Trust’s Research, Policy and Higher Education (RPHE) Program. The primary aims are: to showcase the quality and potential of locally produced academic work, link researchers to policy-makers, facilitate the dissemination of their work and create a platform for dialogue with relevant domestic and international peacebuilding stakeholders.

To confirm your attendance kindly email us at rpheteam@aegistrust.org.rw

Kigali Marriott Hotel

KN 3 Avenue, Kigali

23 - 24 May 2019

Event Programme

Day 1: 23 May 2019

TIME	ACTIVITY
08.30 – 09.00	Arrival, registration and coffee
09.00 – 09.10	Introductory Remarks
09.10 – 09.40	Opening Lecture	On why we Need Southern (Rwandan) Voices in Global Academic Knowledge Production Phil Clark
09.40 – 11.10	Panel 1: Trauma, Intergenerational & Family Issues
	Glorieuse Uwizeye	Unfolding the lived experience of children born of rape survivors during the genocide committed against Tutsi in Rwanda
	Claver Irakoze &Caroline Williamson	Parenting, disclosure and intergenerational trauma: Exploring disclosure practices among Rwandan parents
	Immaculée Mukankubito & Emmanuel Habimana	‘Faire face au poids du viol des femmes pendant le Génocide contre les Tutsi au Rwanda: Apport de l’approche ‘Groupe thérapeutique’’
11.10 – 11.30	Coffee Break
11.30 – 13.00	Panel 2 : Memory, Identity, Narratives
	Felix Bigabo and Angela Jansen	Identity change across the lifespan of genocide perpetrators: Narrative research among prisoners in Rwanda
	Richard Benda	Resistance and Rescue in Ndi Umunyarwanda: Conceptual trajectories and pedagogical possibilities
	Alida Furaha and Gerard Birantamije	Understanding everyday experiences of conflicts and (Re)constructing identity: the case of Burundian refugees in Rwanda
	Jean Butoto	De l’exhumation a l’Inhumation décente de victimes du Génocide
13.00 – 14.00	Lunch Break
14.00 – 16.00	Panel 3 Education, media, and peacebuilding
	Epimaque Niyibizi & Cyprien Niyomugabo	Translanguaging in the Rwandan social media: A new socio linguistic symbol for social cohesion and peace building interactions
	Jean de Dieu Basabose & Heli Habyarimana	Peace education in schools: coping with antagonistic forces
	Olivia Rutazibwa	‘Studying Agaciro: Moving beyond Wilsonian Interventionist Knowledge Production on Rwanda

	Sylvestre Nzahabwanayo	‘Citizenship education in post genocide Rwanda: Identification of the citizenship notion at work in itorero training scheme for high school
16.00 – 16.30	Keynote Lecture: The Importance of Locally-Produced Research in Enhancing Dialogue between researchers and Policy-Makers

Day 2: 24 May 2019

TIME	ACTIVITY
08.30 – 08.50	Arrival, registration and coffee
08.50 – 09.00	Introduction
09.00 – 10.30	Panel 4: Justice, Reconciliation & Economic Wellbeing
	Assumpta Mugiraneza & Benjamin Chemouni	The RPF through its songs: Analyzing the RPF Reconciliation, social cohesion and development through the songs of the liberation struggle
	Emery Musonerwa & Mercyline Kamande	‘Social Capital Endowment and Economic Well-being of Vulnerable Households in Post-Conflict Countries: A Case of Rwanda’
	Richard Ntakirutimana and Bennett Collins	Qualifying the Relationship between Volcano National Park and Former-Forest Dwelling Twa Communities
10.30 – 10.50	Coffee Break
10.50 – 12.30	Panel 5 : Gender in reconstruction politics
	Liberata Gahongayire	L’image de la femme Tutsi dans l’imaginaire des Génocidaires de la période allant de 1960 à 2017
	Francine Mukandori	Inyangamugayo women’s empowerment through their participation in gacaca courts as judges and its impact on their everyday life
	Josephine Mukabera	The effects of women’s political participation on gender relation in Rwanda. Mirroring practice at the grassroots level. Period:1999-2015
12.30 – 14.00	Lunch Break
BOOK LAUNCH
12.00 – 16.00	Dr. Phil Clark	Distant Justice