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URL:https://www.eh-freiburg.de/veranstaltungen/educating-youth-for-reconci
 liation-amid-ongoing-conflict-in-africas-great-lakes-region/
SUMMARY:Educating Youth for Reconciliation amid Ongoing Conflict in Africa
 ’s Great Lakes Region
DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n\n\nEducating Youth for Reconciliation amid Ongoing Con
 flict in Africa’s Great Lakes Region(Kazuyuki Sasaki- Protestant Univers
 ity of Rwanda)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis lecture examines an experient
 ial approach to reconciliation education developed through an intensive un
 iversity course in the Department of Peace and Conflict Studies at the Pro
 testant University of Rwanda. The course brings together students from Rwa
 nda\, the Democratic Republic of the Congo\, Burundi\, and other conflict-
 affected countries in Africa’s Great Lakes Region (GLR) and beyond. Comb
 ining academic discussion with personal reflection\, visits to genocide me
 morials\, facilitated dialogue\, and direct encounters with genocide survi
 vors and former perpetrators who have walked journeys towards reconciliati
 on\, the course encourages students to confront their own wounds\, fears\,
  prejudices\, and perceptions of those they regard as enemies. Reconciliat
 ion is understood as a transformation of identities and relationships. Stu
 dents are encouraged to move beyond narratives centered exclusively on the
 ir own group’s victimhood and to acknowledge the suffering and humanity 
 of ‘the other’\, while still affirming the validity of one’s own pai
 nful experiences. The lecture argues that education for reconciliation req
 uires more than theoretical discussion and relevant case studies. It must 
 create carefully facilitated spaces for meaningful encounter\, emotional r
 eflection\, critical dialogue\, and the development of empathy. It also co
 nsiders the challenges posed by psychosocial trauma\, contested historical
  narratives\, and continuing conflict in the GLR.\n\n\n\nSpeaker\n\n\n\nKa
 zuyuki Sasaki is a scholar-practitioner of peacebuilding and development w
 ith 30 years of experience in Africa\, particularly in Rwanda and Ethiopia
 . He is Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Peace and Confli
 ct Studies at the Protestant University of Rwanda\, where he helped establ
 ish Rwanda’s first university department dedicated to peace and conflict
  studies. After working for an international NGO in Ethiopia and Japan\, h
 e began researching conflict and peacebuilding in Rwanda in 2000. From 200
 5\, heworked with a local faith-based NGO supporting post-genocide healing
 \, reconciliation\, and peaceful coexistence. Since joining the university
  in 2011\, he has focused on educating future peacebuilders from across Af
 rica and on fostering cross-border relationships of trust and cooperation.
  His research interests include transitional justice\, reconciliation\, pe
 acebuilding\, and agrarian reforms and state-building in post-genocide Rwa
 nda. He holds a Ph.D. in Peace Studies from the University of Bradford\, U
 K and a Master’sdegree in International Agriculture and Rural Developmen
 t from Cornell University\, USA.\n\n\n\nZoom\n\n\n\nAccess under the follo
 wing link: https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/69006544400\n\n\n\nCertificates: Avai
 lable on request.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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