PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE

MAY 2007 CONFERENCE
DIASPORAS AND THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN PEACE PROCESSES

Organized by the Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University
with the support of The Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs




DATE AND LOCATION

14-16 MAY 2007
FIRST HOTEL LINNE, UPPSALA
SWEDEN

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DAY ONE

12:00 – 17:00 Arrival
18:00 – 21:00 Welcome dinner




DAY TWO

09:00 – 09:30 Opening remarks: Ashok Swain
09:30 – 11:00 Session one
11:00 – 11:15 Coffee
11:15 – 12:45 Session two
12:45 – 14:15 Lunch
14:15 – 15:45 Session three
15:45 – 16:00 Coffee
16:00 – 17:30 Session four
18:30 – 21:30 Dinner

SESSION ONE
Chair: Terrence Lyons

Kenneth Bush
Conflict Studies Programme, Faculty of Human Sciences, Saint Paul University, CA
Diasporas and civil wars

Mandy Turner
University of Bradford, UK
Diasporas and post-conflict reconstruction

SESSION TWO
Chair: Feargal Cochrane

Vjeran Katunaric
Department of Sociology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Migration, conflict and peace processes in the former Yugoslavia

Roland Kostic
Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, Sweden
Bosnian and Herzegovinan diaspora

SESSION THREE
Chair: Mandy Turner

Feargal Cochrane
Richardson Institute for Peace and Conflict Research, Department of Politics and International Relations, Lancaster University, UK
Irish diaspora

Eva Østergaard-Nielsen
Department of Political Science, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain
Turkish and Kurdish diaspora

SESSION FOUR
Chair: Kenneth Bush

Terrence Lyons
Institute for Conflict Analysis & Resolution, George Mason University, USA
Ethiopian diaspora

Camilla Orjuela
Department of Peace and Development Research, Göteborg University, Sweden
Sri Lankan diaspora




DAY THREE

09:00 – 09:15 Summary of Day Two proceedings: Jonathan Hall
09:15 – 12:00 Roundtable discussion (presenters): Current state of research and future direction (moderator: Ashok Swain)
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee
12:00 – 13:30 Thanks and lunch




INFORMATION ON PRESENTERS
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Kenneth D. Bush
Associate Professor in Peace and Conflict Studies, Conflict Studies Programme, Faculty of Human Sciences, Saint Paul University, Canada

Feargal Cochrane
Director, Richardson Institute for Peace and Conflict Research, Department of Politics and International Relations, Lancaster University, UK

Jonathan Hall
PhD Candidate, Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, Sweden

Vjeran Katunaric
Professor, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Roland Kostic
PhD Candidate, Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, Sweden

Terrence Lyons
Professor, Institute for Conflict Analysis & Resolution, George Mason University, USA

Camilla Orjuela
Researcher, Department of Peace and Development Research, Göteborg University, Sweden

Ashok Swain
Professor of Peace and Conflict Research, Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, Sweden

Mandy Turner
Honorary Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford, UK

Eva Østergaard-Nielsen
Ramon and Cajal Fellow, Department of Political Science, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain