"Postcolonial Wars: Current Perspectives on the Deferred Violence of Decolonization"

Experience the conference on-line. Streaming videos are now available:

Day 1: “The Relationship between the Nature of the Colonial Regime and the Wars That Followed”

Introduction
Video (9 minutes)

Session I: Algeria, Angola/Mozambique, and Vietnam:
Video (1:33 minutes)

Session II: Kenya, Malaya, and Sri Lanka
Video (1:29 minutes)

Session III: Congo, Rwanda/Burundi, and Zimbabwe
Video (1:21 minutes)

Day 2: “The Relationship between the Conduct of These Wars and the Postcolonial Landscape”

Session IV: Algeria, Angola/Mozambique, and Vietnam
Video (1:32 minutes)

Session V: Kenya, Malaya, and Sri Lanka
Video (1:25 minutes)

Session VI: Congo, Rwanda/Burundi, and Zimbabwe
Video (1:35 minutes)

Session VII: Summary
Video (1:33 minutes)

This event is free and open to the public.

The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study will convene a wide-ranging, international group of experts representing academia, nongovernmental organizations, and the military to explore the nature and dynamics of several important but often forgotten wars in the mid- to late-twentieth century. The focus of this multidisciplinary conference will be on the nature and dynamics of these wars and their impact on civilian and combatant populations, as well as on the political development of the postcolonial state. This public conference will present the results of a series of private deliberations by high-level experts that have been held at Radcliffe during the past two years and have focused on Algeria, Angola/Mozambique, and Vietnam; Kenya, Malaya, and Sri Lanka; and Congo, Rwanda/Burundi, and Zimbabwe.

Schedule

Thursday, October 30, 2008

“The Relationship between the Nature of the Colonial Regime and the Wars That Followed”

10 a.m.	Check-in and coffee
10:30 a.m.	Welcoming remarks Louise Richardson, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
10:45 a.m.	Session I: Algeria, Angola/Mozambique, and Vietnam Chair: Jennifer Leaning, Harvard University Panelists: François Bugnion, International Committee of the Red Cross (retired) Linda Heywood, Boston University Witney Schneidman, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (former) Hue-Tam Ho Tai, Harvard University
12:15 p.m.	Break
1:45 p.m.	Session II: Kenya, Malaya, and Sri Lanka Chair: Louise Richardson, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Panelists: Caroline Elkins RI '04, Harvard University S. Ratnajeevan H. Hoole, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Thomas A. Marks, National Defense University
3:15 p.m.	Break
3:30 p.m.	Session III: Congo, Rwanda/Burundi, and Zimbabwe Chair: Jennifer Leaning, Harvard University Panelists: Edouard Bustin, Boston University John F. Clark, Florida International University Alex de Waal, Harvard University Catharine Newbury, Smith College Robert I. Rotberg, Harvard University
5 p.m.	Reception

Friday, October 31, 2008

“The Relationship between the Conduct of These Wars and the Postcolonial Landscape”

9 a.m.	Check-in and coffee
9:30 a.m.	Session IV: Algeria, Angola/Mozambique, and Vietnam Chair: Jennifer Leaning, Harvard University        Panelists: Abdelaziz Khalfallah, Algerian Government (retired) Ngo Vinh Long, University of Maine Sophie Quinn-Judge, Temple University
11 a.m.	Break
11:15 a.m.	Session V: Kenya, Malaya, and Sri Lanka Chair: Louise Richardson, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Panelists: Tippy Brar, Indian Army (retired) Thrishantha Nanayakkara RI '09, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study John Nottingham, British District Officer, Kenya (former)
12:45 p.m.	Break
2:15 p.m.	Session VI: Congo, Rwanda/Burundi, and Zimbabwe Chair: Jennifer Leaning, Harvard University Panelists: Max Glaser, Pax-Consultancy Linda Melvern, Investigative Journalist Sue Onslow, London School of Economics Sean Redding, Amherst College Scott Straus, University of Wisconsin at Madison
3:45 p.m.	Break
4 p.m.	Session VII: Summary Chair: Louise Richardson, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Panelists: François Bugnion, International Committee of the Red Cross (retired) Manuel Carballo, International Center for Migration and Health Alex de Waal, Harvard University Caroline Elkins RI '04, Harvard University David Newbury, Smith College

Schedule is subject to change.

Speakers

Please see the Postcolonial Wars Speakers page for the full biographies of the conference speakers.