Georg Arnhold International Summer School on Education for Sustainable Peace
TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE AND EDUCATION: ENGAGING CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN JUSTICE AND PEACEBUILDING THROUGH EDUCATIONAL
MEDIA, CURRICULA AND OUTREACH
June 22 to 27, 2015 Braunschweig, Germany PROGRAM Sunday June 21 Arrival of Participants 7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. Welcome meeting Monday June 22
9.30 a.m. - 10.00 a.m. Arrival and registration at the Georg Eckert Institute 10.00 a.m. - 11.00 a.m. WELCOME
Inga Niehaus, Research Coordinator (GEI)
Clara Ramírez-Barat and Roger Duthie, Senior Associates (ICTJ)
Martina Schulze, Academic Program Coordinator (GEI) Round of Introductions
The Georg Eckert Institute Inga Niehaus
The International Center for Transitional Justice Clara Ramírez-Barat and Roger Duthie
The Georg Arnhold Program Martina Schulze
2 Monday June 22 (continued)
11.00 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Chair: Inga Niehaus (GEI)
Education, peace & social justice in post-conflict contexts: Beyond negative peace and peace education
Mario Novelli, Professor in the Political Economy of Education Centre for International Education, University of Sussex (United Kingdom)
1.00 p.m. - 2.30 p.m. Lunch
2.30 p.m. - 3.30 p.m. Group A: Tour of the GEI research library Annette Uphoff (GEI)
3.30 p.m. - 4.30 p.m. Group B: Tour of the GEI research library Susann Leonhardt (GEI)
5.00 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. Walking tour of historic Braunschweig
Tuesday June 23
9.00 a.m. - 9.15 a.m. PANEL I EDUCATIONAL MEDIA AND MATERIALS Chair: Zrinka Stimac (GEI)
9.15 a.m. - 10.00 a.m. Introduction
María Andrea Rocha Solano, political scientist and member of the pedagogical staff, Centro Nacional de Memoria Histórica, Bogotá (Colombia)
10.00 a.m. - 10.30 a.m. Transitional justice in Morocco: Remembering and narrating the past
Najwa Belkziz, PhD candidate, University of Melbourne (Australia)
10.30 a.m. - 11.00 a.m. Coffee break
11.00 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. Building bridges between research and education: The work of the Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation
Ties O. Schelfhout, Head of Programs and Finance, Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation (IHJR), The Hague/Leiden (Netherlands)
3 Tuesday June 23 (continued)
11.30 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. Peace education in Kosovo
Vincent Lungwitz, Project Manager, forumZFD, Pristina (Kosovo)
12.00 p.m. - 1.30 p.m. Lunch
1.30 p.m. - 2.00 p.m. Engaging co-curriculum activities to support transitional justice education for school children in Kenya: Developing content for the Amani clubs in Kenya
Munini Mutuku, Senior Program Officer, National Cohesion and Integration Commission, Nairobi (Kenya)
2.00 p.m. - 2.30 p.m. Transitional justice and education: Evaluating school outreach programs and educational materials in post-war Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Cambodia
Denise Bentrovato, Postdoc scholar, Georg Eckert Institute, Braunschweig (Germany)
2.30 p.m. - 3.15 p.m. Conclusion (María Andrea Rocha Solano) and final discussion 3.15 p.m. - 3.45 p.m. Coffee break
3.45 p.m. - 5.15 p.m. “WORKING IN THE FIELD” – A WORKSHOP IN ETHNOGRAPHY Introduction:Matthew Parkes (Georgetown University/GEI) Susan Shepler, Georg Arnhold Visiting Research Professor/ Associate Professor, American University, Washington DC (USA)
5.15 p.m. – 5.45 p.m. Feedback round
Wednesday June 24
8.00 a.m. Departure for Berlin by bus
11.00 a.m. - 5.30 p.m. Transitional Justice and Education in Germany (organized by the NGO Steps for Peace)
Visit to the Topography of Terror Documentation Center
Guided walk along the former course of the Berlin Wall
Visit to the German Reichstag
4 Wednesday June 24 (continued)
5.30 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. Free time to explore Berlin on your own
8.00 p.m. Return to Braunschweig by bus 10.30 p.m. Arrival in Braunschweig Thursday June 25
9.00 a.m. - 9.15 a.m. PANEL II CONFLICT-SENSITIVE CURRICULA AND
CURRICULUM REFORM AS PART OF TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE POLICIES
Chair: Michael Annegarn-Gläß (GEI)
9.15 a.m. - 10.00 a.m. Pedagogical guidelines for teaching about the recent past and citizenship education in processes of democratic transition Ana María Rodino, Senior Researcher, National Distance University (Costa Rica)/Lecturer, University of La Plata and University of Buenos Aires (Argentina)
10.00 a.m. - 10.30 a.m. The pitfalls of national reconciliation: History, pedagogy and politics in Rwanda's post-genocide educational institutions Daniel Haumschild, Lecturer of Comparative Literature at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee (USA)
10.30 a.m. - 11.00 a.m. Coffee break
11.00 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. Embedding peacebuilding and unity within the school curriculum in Kenya: Prospects and challenges
Julius Jwan, Director and CEO, Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development, Nairobi (Kenya)
11.30 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. Peace education and transitional justice in Nigeria: A study of the Niger delta
Nathaniel Umukoro, PhD candidate, University of Ibadan (Nigeria)
12.00 p.m. - 1.30 p.m. Lunch
1.30 p.m. - 2.00 p.m. Transitional Justice, Reconciliation and Education Reform in Guatemala – Congruencies and conflicts in theory and practice Jakob Kirchheimer, PhD candidate, Georg Eckert Institute, Braunschweig (Germany)
5 Thursday June 25 (continued)
2.45 p.m. - 3.00 p.m. Coffee Break 3.00 p.m. - 3.30 p.m. Feedback round
3.30 p.m. - 5.30 p.m. WORKSHOP IN ACADEMIC WRITING (OPTIONAL) Introduction: Martina Schulze (GEI)
Kate Ebisch-Burton, Academic Editor, Georg Eckert Institute Friday June 26
9.00 a.m. - 9.15 a.m. PANEL III EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN THE CONTEXT OF TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE PROCESSES
Chair: Roman Richtera (GEI) 9.15 a.m. - 10.00 a.m. Introduction
Clara Ramírez-Barat and Roger Duthie, International Center for Transitional Justice, New York City (USA)
10.00 a.m. - 10.30 a.m. Identity (re)construction and reconciliation in post-genocide Cambodia: Transformative peace education through theatre Erna Anjarwati, PhD candidate, University of Tasmania, Hobart (Australia)
10.30 a.m. - 10.45 a.m. Coffee break
10.45 a.m. - 11.15 a.m. Apartheid-era victims’ informal educational activities
concerning socioeconomic issues in transitional justice in South Africa and beyond
Jasmina Brankovic, Senior Researcher, Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, Cape Town (South Africa) 11.15 a.m. - 11.45 p.m. Relationship between education and transitional justice in the
context of Canada's nation-wide Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Stefana Fratila, MA candidate, University of British Columbia, Vancouver (Canada)
11.45 p.m. - 1.15 p.m. Lunch
1.30 p.m. - 2.00 p.m. At the frontlines of education and peace: Creating mechanisms of support for educators teaching transitional justice in divided societies
Nadia Siddiqui, Director of Strategy, Applied Theatre Collective, New York City (USA)
6 Friday June 26 (continued)
2.00 p.m. - 2.45 p.m. Conclusion (Clara Ramírez-Barat and Roger Duthie) and final discussion
2.45 p.m. - 3.15 p.m. Coffee break and travel reimbursement
3.15 p.m. - 4.45 p.m. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS OF THE PEACE SCHOOL FOUNDATION OF MONTE SOLE
Introduction: Matthew Parkes (Georgetown University/GEI)
Dr. Elena Bergonzini, Educator, Peace School Foundation of Monte Sole, Monte Sole (Italy)
4.45 p.m. – 5.15 p.m. Feedback round
Saturday June 27
9.00 a.m. - 9.15 p.m. PANEL IV INVOLVING AND COORDINATING STAKEHOLDERS IN TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Chair: Jakob Kirchheimer (GEI)
9.15 a.m. - 10.00 a.m. What is necessary to build a just society in South Africa? A case study of Durban High School
Roy Hellenberg, Deputy Headmaster, Durban High School (South Africa)
10.00 a.m. - 10.30 a.m. Transitional justice and education: Lessons gleaned from genocide education
Sara Clarke-Habibi, PhD candidate, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
10.30 a.m. - 10.45 a.m. Coffee break
10.45 a.m. - 11.15 a.m. Transitional justice and education: Working with sensitive and controversial materials from the ICTY in history education Judith Geerling, Project Manager, European Association of History Educators (EUROCLIO), The Hague (Netherlands) 11.15 a.m. - 11.45 p.m. ICTJ's programmatic work in Canada, Kenya and Cote d'Ivoire
Rachel Goodman, Program Associate, International Center for Transitional Justice, New York City (USA)
11.45 a.m. - 12.15 p.m. “Education for Reconciliation”- An education program of the Humanitarian Law Center
Marijana Toma, Deputy Executive Director, Humanitarian Law Center, Belgrade (Serbia)
7 Saturday June 27 (continued)
12.15 p.m. - 12.45 p.m. Conclusion (Roy Hellenberg) and final discussion 12.45 p.m. - 2.30 p.m. Lunch
2.30 p.m. - 3.30 p.m. CLOSING PANEL DISCUSSION
Chairs: Clara Ramírez-Barat and Roger Duthie 3.30 p.m. - 4.00 p.m. Round-Up of the Summer School
Certificates and feedback session, Martina Schulze (GEI) 4 p.m. End of the Summer School
