Aegis’ Research and Policy Conference
Back to All EventsThe 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
Event Programme
Day 1: 23 May 2019
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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
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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
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Felix Bigabo and Angela Jansen | Identity change across the lifespan of genocide perpetrators: Narrative research among prisoners in Rwanda
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Richard Benda | Resistance and Rescue in Ndi Umunyarwanda: Conceptual trajectories and pedagogical possibilities
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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
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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
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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
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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 |
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10.50 – 12.30 |
Panel 5 : Gender in reconstruction politics
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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 |
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12.00 – 16.00 | Dr. Phil Clark | Distant Justice |