Workshop: Current Perspectives in Congo Research (Human and Social Sciences). Université Saint-Louis – Bruxelles, December 20 2013. 9-9.15: Welcome speech by Dr. Katrien PYPE (assistant professor, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) and Benoît HENRIET (PhD student, Université Saint-Louis – Bruxelles). 9.15-10.15: Panel 1. The Congo and International Policies: Peacekeeping, Cooperation and Global Crisis. Chair/Discussant: … Continue reading
I-O-3 Cross-National Studies of Violence and War in Africa Chair: Anne Bartlett, University of San Francisco Postwar Violence and the Regional Neighborhood: Angola and Congo Compared Ingrid Samset, Christian Michelsen Institute Democratization and Armed Conflicts in Post-Cold War Africa Adrien Ratsimbaharison, Benedict College The Evolution of a Red Horse: Development and Decay of African Rebel Organizations … Continue reading
The 2013 Women’s Caucus Luncheon and Lecture, will be held at the 56th ASA Annual Meeting in Baltimore on Saturday November 23rd at 12:00PM to 1:15PM, in Harborside Ballroom C. This year’s speaker is Professor Ngwarsungu Chiwengo, and she will be talking about the ongoing violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and its … Continue reading
La constitution du 18 février 2006 instaure un Etat régionalisé et décentralisé. Celui-ci peine à prendre son envol à cause des jeux et enjeux des acteurs aux niveaux national et local malgré l’optimisme affiché des gouvernants congolais dont le président de la république. Ces acteurs se positionnent selon deux logiques : changer ou maintenir la gouvernance … Continue reading