Eric Puisais, Université de Poitiers. « Pas de paix sans justice sociale ».

Eric Puisais has a PhD in philosophy. After having first worked on the reception of Hegelian thought in France and on Enlightenment materialism, he worked for about ten years in a political office before starting a second doctoral work in social and political geography, on the theme of territories and governmentality. He is a lecturer in philosophy and political science at the University of Poitiers.

Teresa Almeida, Université de Coimbra. « The EU’s Approach to Peace Missions and Operations: Building a Positive Peace in the Periphery? ».

Teresa Almeida Cravo is a Researcher at the Centre for Social Studies, at the Humanities, Migration and Peace Studies Research Group, and an Assistant Professor in International Relations at the Faculty of Economics, both at the University of Coimbra, Portugal. She is currently the head of the International Relations Department at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra (FEUC) and the coordinator of its undergraduate degree in International Relations. She holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge, Department of Politics and International Studies. Her research interests include critical perspectives on peace and violence, security, development, global interventionism and foreign policy, particularly within the Lusophone context, as well as poststructuralism and discourse analysis.

Niall O Dochartaigh, Anna Tulin-Brett, Université de Galway. « Theory in Practice: Conflict Resolution Scholarship and Peacemaking Practice in Northern Ireland ».

Niall Ó Dochartaigh is a professor at the National University of Ireland, Galway. His main research interests are in conflict, negotiation, peace processes, territory and new technologies. My current research analyses back-channel communication between the British government and the IRA in the Northern Ireland conflict. At NUI Galway he is cluster leader for the Conflict, Humanitarianism and Security research cluster in the Whitaker Institute and Chair of the Research Committee in the School of Political Science and Sociology.

Anna Tulin Brett is a PhD candidate at the School of Political Science and Sociology, NUIG. Her thesis looks at how specific models of peace theory have been appropriated and deployed by practitioners working with peacebuilding and intercultural practice in Northern Ireland. Anna currently holds two Masters. One in International Cooperation and Crisis Management from Uppsala University, Sweden as well as one in Psychoanalytic Studies with the School of Psychology, Trinity College, Dublin. Anna worked as Head of Education at the Multicultural Centre in Botkyrka, Sweden on issues of diversity, anti-racism, and intercultural policy.

Anne Cousson, Université de Poitiers. « Keeping up the fight: the memory of the miners’ strike in contemporary political discourse ». 

Anne Cousson is a lecturer in British civilisation at the University of Poitiers. She is the author of a thesis entitled ‘Human Rights in the UK between 1998 and 2010: between national policy and international law’. Her research focuses on contemporary British politics, human rights, British political institutions, and the politics of law.

Marion Picker, Université de Poitiers, et Anne Peiter, Université de La Réunion. « ‘Guerra c’è sempre’. Réflexion sur l’impossible fin de conflit ».

Marion Picker is a lecturer in Germanic Studies at the University of Poitiers, a member of MIMMOC and an associate researcher at the Centre Marc Bloch Berlin since 2018. She is interested in the tropes, concepts and images that shape our perception and thinking. She has published a book on Walter Benjamin’s ‘conservative character’ and a collection of poems, and recently edited an issue of MLN, ‘Life Lines. Poems, Poetry, Poetics’ (with Elke Siegel) and an issue of the Cahier du MIMMOC on the scary prosthesis (forthcoming September 2021).

Anne D. Peiter studied German language, history and philosophy in Münster, Rome, Paris and Berlin. She was a DAAD lecturer at the Sorbonne from 2001 to 2007 and defended her doctoral thesis at the Humboldt University in Berlin on the subject of « Komik und Gewalt. Zur literarischen Verarbeitung der beiden Weltkriege und der Shoah ». Since 2007 she has been a lecturer at the University of La Réunion. In 2018, she obtained her habilitation at the Sorbonne Nouvelle. Her latest publications are « Der Träger. Zu einer tragenden Figur der Kolonialgeschichte », Transcript 2018 (conference proceedings, with Sonja Malzner), and « Der Ausnahmezustand ist der Normalzustand, nur wahrer. Texte zu Corona », Büchnerverlag 2021 (written with Wolfram Ette).

Bernard Anoumo Dodji Bokodjin, Membre du Projet d’Appui à la Stabilisation et à la Paix au Mali (Ministère fédéral allemand des Affaires étrangères). « La justice transitionnelle dans le contexte africain : cas du Togo et du Mali ».

Bernard Anoumo Dodji Bokodjin est sociologue et spécialiste en Droits humains, justice transitionnelle, prévention et gestion des conflits en période électorale. Il est actuellement conseiller technique sur le « traitement du passé » dans le cadre du Projet d’appui à la Stabilisation et à la Paix (PASP) de la Société allemande pour la coopération internationale (GIZ). Il a pris part aux travaux de la Commission Vérité Justice et Réconciliation au Mali. Il a été personne ressource au Haut-Commissariat à la Réconciliation et au Renforcement de l’Unité Nationale, tout comme directeur de la « promotion des droits de l’Homme » du Collectif des Associations Contre l’Impunité au Togo (CACIT)..

Josje van der Linden et Ana Rodrigues-Vasse, Université de Groningen. « International cooperation in education at the crossroads: fostering youth agency amidst conflict and uncertainties in northern Mozambique ».

Josje Van der Linden, PhD, obtained a Master degree in Educational Sciences from the Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam. After working in various positions in higher education and adult education in the Netherlands, she lived and worked for nearly ten years in Africa. She established an educational support unit in Ahfad University for Women in Sudan and contributed to the establishment of a new Faculty of Education in Eduardo Mondlane University in Mozambique as a lecturer on adult education. Upon return to the Netherlands, she worked as a lecturer and researcher on lifelong learning at the University of Groningen. In 2016 she defended her PhD on ‘Ensuring meaningful lifelong learning opportunities for groups at risk’. Her research interests encompass the area of adult education and lifelong learning in Africa and the Netherlands with special attention to women and youth in (post-)conflict areas.

Ana Rodrigues-Vasse, MSc, is a lecturer and researcher at the University of Groningen, where she also coordinates the Minor Development Studies. She has a background in agriculture and rural extension particularly in the global south. Her current research focuses on understanding the dynamics around agricultural education and training as well as its contribution to the livelihoods of rural youth particularly in Mozambique and Uganda. Recently, she has written a chapter and co-edited the book Youth, Education and Work in post-conflict areas based on her experience of organising the homonymous summer school in Gulu, Uganda, in 2018. As of 2021, Ana is also lecturing at the Federal University of Tocantins in Brazil.

Catherine Lutard, Sciences po Saint-Germain-en-Laye/DynamE-UMR7367.« Le pouvoir du droit et la justice transitionnelle : un exemple européen »

The research of Catherine Lutard focuses on societies emerging from conflict (dictatorship, civil wars) and which are implementing (or not) « transitional justice » procedures. Based on empirical work in the former Yugoslavia, she analyses the law in practice, the power of law and the creation of criminal justice norms relating to wars and mass violence, its polemical dimensions. But also the processes of national and international construction of memorial policies, as well as the local judicial procedures in charge of war crimes.

Lina Strupinskienė, Université de Vilnius. « Rehabilitation of ICTY convicted war criminals: early overview of the empirical reality ». Balkans.

Lina holds a BA degree in Political Science (Vilnius University), MA degree in Conflict studies and Human rights (Utrecht University) and has defended her doctoral dissertation in 2015 on the impact of the International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Reconciliation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Vilnius University). In 2010 she interned at the ICTY and was a part of the Leadership Research Team at the Office of the Prosecutor, where she worked on the case of the Bosnian Serb president Radovan Karadžić. Currently Lina works as the deputy director for studies at the IIRPS VU and teaches courses related to analysis of violent ethnic conflicts, peace studies and transitional justice. In addition, she is a member of Western Balkans Experts Pool at The European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats in Helsinki. Her area of expertise is the Western Balkan region with a specific focus on transitional justice and reconciliation.

Ludivine Thouverez, Université de Poitiers. « Le journalisme de la paix: théorie, pratique, enjeux ».

Ludivine Thouverez holds a PhD in Information and Communication Sciences (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) and is a lecturer in Hispanic Studies at the University of Poitiers. She was awarded the Alexandre Varenne Prize in 2010 for her thesis « Critical analysis of the discourse on the Groupe Antiterroriste de Libération in the French and Spanish press (1983-1986) ». Her research interests include contemporary Spanish history, Basque and Catalan nationalism, and critical discourse analysis.

Salvador Percastre, Université nationale autonome du Mexique. « La construction de la paix à travers le journalisme local au Mexique: une utopie? ».

Salvador Percastre-Mendizábal holds a PhD in Political Communication from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona and in Information and Communication from the Université Libre de Bruxelles. His research interests focus on political communication, media and emergency communication. He has taught at the University of Lleida, the UPF and various Spanish and Mexican universities. He is a member of the UPF’s Comunicació Política, Periodisme i Democràcia (Polcom-GRP) research group, the European Communication Research and Education Association and the Asociación Latinoamericana de Investigadores en Campañas Electorales. He has taken part in several research projects in Spain, published various articles and worked as a consultant and media contributor.

Mayra Ruíz holds a BA in Communication Sciences and specializes in Journalism from the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), she is the editor of Gastrolab at El Heraldo de México. She has been editor of media such as ADN 40 and Milenio Noticias, the number one digital media in Mexico. She is a specialist and editor in digital communication and has completed an internship at the General Directorate of Educational Policy, Best Practices and Cooperation of the Ministry of Public Education of the Federal Government of Mexico.

Renée Tosser, université de La Réunion.« Problématiques accords de paix de 1998 et difficile réconciliation en Irlande du Nord ».

Renée Tosser is a lecturer in Irish civilization (specializing in Irish nationalism) at the University of La Réunion. She has been working for the past fifteen years on the political imagery of Northern Ireland, as well as the inter-community conflicts that persist in this country. The notions of space and territory form the core of her work, in which field research, photography and meetings with the population of both communities play a key role. Renée has presented her work in Ireland, Canada, and the United States between 2016 and 2019.

Alexandra Palau, Université de Dijon.« Stratégies politiques et médiatiques dans la gestion de la post-crise catalane ».

Alexandra Palau is a lecturer in contemporary Spanish civilisation at the University of Dijon. She is the author of a thesis on the political discourse of Manuel Azaña during the Second Spanish Republic (1937-1939) and is interested in the processes of identity construction and political and media discourse. She recently published « Processes of Identity Transformation and Consolidation in European and American Societies in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries » (2020), in collaboration with Marc Smith.

Johanna Carvajal González, University of Aix-Marseille Université / University of Antioquia (Colombia).« Casa Kolacho : les artistes porte-parole des mémoires plurielles de la Comuna 13 (Medellín) ».

Johanna Carvajal González is an art and theatre historian from the University of Bologna (Italy). She is preparing a PhD at the University of Aix-Marseille in cotutelle with the Faculty of Art from the University of Antioquia (Colombia). Her research « War narratives: how art conveys the memory of the armed conflict in Colombia » deals with topics related to the social and political situation of the country. The reparation of victims and alternatives to violence through the arts are the guidelines of her work.Her case studies are the « peaceful resistance » of the Casa Kolacho collective in Comuna 13 in Medellín and the Selva Adentro performing arts festival in Chocó. She shares her ideas about the stereotypes and commonplaces that prevent the re-signification of Colombian society in her blog: https://artetconflitencolombie.wordpress.com.

Pascal Plas, Université de Limoges. « Les restitutions, un enjeu majeur du post conflit au XXIe siècle ». 

Pascal Plas (Chair of Excellence in Conflict and Post-Conflict Management, University of Limoges) is director of the International Institute for Research on Conflictuality (IiRCO), OMIJ, Faculty of Law, Limoges. He is a historian and legal expert on contemporary conflicts and post-conflict situations (international criminal justice, transitional justice and reconciliation processes, memory and forgetting), military criminal law. He is the editorial director of « Dossiers de l’IiRCO », co-author and historical advisor of documentary films, scientific advisor, and scenographer of several establishments of historical and museographic interpretation.

Daniela Nascimento & Carla Prado, Université de Coimbra. «The challenges of combining memory, human rights and peacebuilding in post-violence settings: the role of truth-seeking mechanisms and grassroots activism in Algeria and Tunisia ».

Daniela Nascimento has a PhD in International Politics and Conflict Resolution from the University of Coimbra, a bachelor degree in International Relations by the same University and an European Master’s Degree in Human Rights and Democratisation from the Inter-European Center for Human Rights and Democratisation. She is a researcher at the Peace Studies Group of the Center for Social Studies and professor at the International Relations Group at the School of Economics of the University of Coimbra where she teaches at the undergraduate and graduate levels in International Relations, including the MA in Peace, Security and Development Studies, and the PhD in International Politics and Conflict Resolution. Her research interests focus on peace studies, human rights, peacebuilding, humanitarian action, especially in the African context and Timor Leste.

Carla Prado is a PhD candidate in International Politics and Conflict Resolution (FEUC/CES) and fully funded by FCT since October 2016. BA in Languages and International Relations (2011) and MA in History, International Relations and Cooperation (2013). Her main research interests: transitional justice, peace studies, memory studies, peacebuilding, gender studies, decolonization.

Paula Duarte Lopes, Université de Coimbra. « Embedding sustainable and resilient peace in justice and education in Timor ». 

Paula Duarte Lopes is a Research on Peace Studies (Humanities, Migration and Peace Studies Research Group) and an International Relations Professor at the School of Economics, University of Coimbra (FEUC). She holds a PhD in Political Science and International Relations from The Johns Hopkins University with the thesis Water without Borders. She also has a MSc in Politics of the World Economy from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from FEUC. She lectures at the undergraduate and graduate programmes in International Relations, including the Masters in Peace, Security and Development Studies and the PhD in International Politics and Conflict Resolution. She received the 2017 Teaching Award by FEUC. She was the Vice-President of CES Scientific Board (2016-2018). She coordinated the research project « PPWater – Public and private responses to the lack of water supply payments: the Portuguese case » funded by FCT, as well as the team who drafted the Development Education National Strategy (2017-2022). Currently she coordinates the Portuguese team in the project «  »e-NOTE – European Network on Teaching Excellence » funded by Erasmus +. Her research interests focus on global interventionism dynamics, including peace missions, development aid politics and international water governance. She conducted research in Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, France, Portugal, Mozambique and Timor-Leste.

Jean-Pierre Massias, Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour/ IFJD. « Justice transitionnelle et répressions ouvrières ».

Jean-Pierre Massias is Professor of Public Law at the University of Pau and Pays de l’Adour, and President of the Francophone Institute for Justice and Democracy. As specialist in democratic transition and transitional justice, he was an expert with the Venice Commission for Democracy through Law of the Council of Europe. He realized two stays at Oxford University, as Senior Associate Member at Saint Antony’s college in 2002 and 2005. His research focused on the resolution of the Basque conflict, the linguistic and cultural rights of minorities and transitional justice. In addition to Eastern Europe, he has participated in numerous missions, notably in Burundi, the Central African Republic, Iraqi Kurdistan, and the Palestinian Territories.

Jordi Guixé, University of Barcelona« Politiques publiques et lois mémorielles en Espagne: quelques points d’attention »

Jordi Guixé is a historian and the director of European Observatory on Memories (EUROM) of the University of Barcelona Solidarity’s Foundation and associate professor. He holds a Ph.D. in Contemporary History from the University of Barcelona and the University of Paris III (Mención Prix d’Honneur du Ministère de la Culture). He is a member of several research groups, such as of the Institut des Sciences Politique du Socials of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) or Centre d’Estudis de les Èpoques Franquista i Democràtica of the Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona (CEFID-UAB). In 2016 he was elected vice chair of the Board of the International Committee of Memorial Museums in Remembrance of the Victims of Public Crimes (IC-MEMO), one of the 31 committees of the International Council of Museums (ICOM).

Ana Catarina Zema et Clarisse Drummond, université de Laval. « Justice historique et réparation des peuples autochtones au Brésil et au Canada ».

Ana Catarina Zema is a post-doctoral fellow at Laval University, Quebec. She holds a PhD in Social History from the University of Brasilia (UnB). Her research focuses on the historical struggle of indigenous peoples for rights and autonomy in the Americas. Since 2010, she has been involved in research projects and scientific activities with the MOITARÁ Ethnic Rights Study Group of the Faculty of Law at UnB, the Observatory of Indigenous Rights (OBIND) and the Laboratory of Interdisciplinary Studies on Access to Justice and Rights in the Americas (LEIJUS) of the Department of Latin American Studies at UnB. Ana Catarina Zema is also a member of the Working Group of the Latin American Council of Social Sciences – CLACSO on Critical Thinking and Decoloniality in the Caribbean.

Clarisse Drummond is an Anthropologist. She holds a Ph.D. in Social Sciences from the Department of Latin American Studies, University of Brasília (UnB) and a MA in Social Policies. She published several papers about the Historical justice for indigenous people in Brazil and Canada.

Rencontre avec Mahmud Nasimi, écrivain, réfugié. « Ecrire pour se reconstruire ». Entretien mené par Stéphane Bikialo et Jean-Jacques Teixeira, Université de Poitiers.

Mahmud Nasimi is a writer. He left Afghanistan in April 2013. Two years later, he arrived in Belgium, where he met Anabelle Rihoux. Together with her, he published his first book “De loin j’aperçois mon pays”, which recounts the story of his 730-day migratory journey. His steps lead him to Paris, where he experiences life as a refugee. At the Père Lachaise cemetery, he made friends: Balzac, Proust, Eluard… Through them, he discovered French literature. It will change his life. “Un Afghan à Paris”, published by Editions du Palais, is his second book.

Stéphane Bikialo is a professor of linguistics and literature at the University of Poitiers, director of the collections La Licorne, Ces récits qui viennent, and Bruits de langues, co-founder of the literary festival « Bruits de langues » and of the Master’s degree « Livres et médiations ». He works on the critical analysis of literary discourse, notably on the works of Claude Simon, Bernard Noël, Lydie Salvayre (on whom he edited a collective work published by Classiques Garnier, 2021), Leslie Kaplan, Jean-Charles Massera, François Beaune and Marie Cosnay. He is the author with Julien Rault of « Au nom du réalisme. Usage(s) politique(s) d’un mot d’ordre », Utopia, 2017.

Jean-Jacques Teixeira is a student of the Master « Books and Mediations ». After three decades of experience in the field of social work, his passion for books and his curiosity for geopolitics led him to a reconversion towards the book industry. He has mediated several public exchanges with authors and publishers during the literary festival « Bruits de langues » and is involved in various projects, including IBERIKA, concerning the dissemination of alternative cultures from the Iberian Peninsula in its different modes of expression.

Isabelle Lucas, université de Poitiers / Médiatrice culturelle auprès du public migrant au centre social le Toit du Monde. « Le projet culturel au service du social ».

Isabelle Lucas is a cultural mediator for the migrant public at the Toit du Monde social centre and an associate and visiting professor at the University of Poitiers. She teaches in the LTMI (languages, translation, and intercultural mediation) degree.