Peace Studies - PeaceForum + WPS

The Peace Forum is a meeting place for students, both first and second year, enrolled in the Master's in Peace and Conflict Transformation (MPCT) and for other interested people in the University of Tromsų.

The Peace Forum will serve as a place for academically formal and informal discussions on a broad range of topics that are relevant to Peace Studies. On occasions, the presentations in Peace Forum will be complemented with Peace Film on Tuesdays where there is no Peace Forum programmed. This will be informed to students by e-mail.

Time: Fortnightly on Tuesdays 12.15-14.00

Place: Room U-06 or The Auditorium in Nedre Lysthus

Coordinator: Must be chosen among students

Fall 2006 Calendar

09.05.2006
Time: 12:15
Speaker: Jean Pierre Maniraguha
Topic: A follow up on the Peace Film Award winner Shooting Dogs and the Rwandan genocide of 1994. Jean Pierre will give a historical background for the happenings in Rwanda before and after the genocide in 1994, and he asks the question: Is a lasting peace restoration possible in Rwanda today?
More Information: Peace Film Award 2006

10.03.2006, Room U-06
Time: 12:15
Speakers: Fernando Ruiz (JUCO, Colombia) and Claudia Torres (JFMLN, El Salvador)
Topic: Peace processes in El Salvador and Colombia: Perspectives from the left. Fernando Ruiz and Claudia Torres are both involved in youth political organisations in their countries. Fernando Ruiz will talk about the challenges of engaging in political activity in Colombia and the advancement of the peace process to put an end to the civil war. Claudia Torres will talk about the advancement of the peace accords in El Salvador since 1992 and problems like the increasing violence and criminality in the country.

Friday 10.20.2006
Time: 12:15
Speaker: Narciso Michavila Nśńez
Topic: "Public opinion on security - viewed from Spain"
Nśńez is director of the research institute GAD (Cabinet of Demoscopic Analysis) in Madrid. He is also brother of the former Justice Minister. The main focus in Nśńez’s research is on terrorism's impact on Spanish public opinion.