9.15-9.45-a.m

Registration for conference and Coffee

10.00

Aims of the Day: Dr Helen Hintjens, ISS-EUR
Welcome: Dr Wil Hout, Deputy Rector, ISS-EUR

Keynote/Public Lecture: Professor Johan Galtung (TRANSCEND)
Understanding Peace, Conflict and Violence (AULA B)
Chair: Professor Mansoob Murshed (ISS-EUR)
Discussant: Professor Karin Willemse (EUR)

11.30

Panel Debate: Perspectives on Galtung’s approach (AULA B)
Bina D’Costa (ANU, Canberra)
A Feminist Perspective on the significance of Galtung’s Approach
Discussant: Professor Mohammed Salih (ISS-EUR)

Cyprianus Jehan Paju Dale (ISS-EUR, Masters student)
Tamara Michelle Yasmin Soukotta (ISS-EUR, Masters student)
Perspectives on Galtung’s approach: reflections out of theory and practice
Discussant: Shyamika Jayasundara (ISS-EUR, PhD).

12.45-01.45

Lunch followed by 3 parallel workshops

01.45-03.30

Workshop A: Religion, peace, violence
Chair/Facilitator: Dr Helen Hintjens (ISS-EUR)
Professor Gerrie ter Haar (ISS-EUR)
Title to be confirmed

Professor Dick Houtman (EUR Rotterdam) 
Title to be confirmed

Workshop B: Analysing gender, war and peace
Chair/Facilitator: Associate Professor Dubravka Zarkov (ISS-EUR) tbc
Professor Karin Willemse (EUR Rotterdam)
Gender, Ethnicity and Violence in Darfur

Associate Professor Amrita Chhachhi (ISS-EUR) 
Gender, Nationalism and Peace Processes in South Asia

Workshop C: Lessons from war, lessons from peace 
Chair/Facilitator: Professor Mohammed Salih tbc
Mohammed Omer (ISS-EUR & Journalist from Gaza)
Peace, violence in Palestine: the case of Gaza

Melakou Tegegn (ISS-EUR, PhD) & Aregawi Berhe (ISS-EUR, PhD)
Conflicts in Africa: Economic, Legal and Social Dimensions

03.30-04.00

Afternoon tea break

04.00-05.30

Closing panel: New approaches to understanding conflict, violence and peace
Chair: Dr Helen Hintjens (ISS-EUR)
Professor Ko Colijn (Clingendael & EUR, Rotterdam) tbc
Contemporary Approaches to Security Studies
Discussant: tbc.

Professor Scott Gates 
The ‘New War’ Myth

Closing Remarks: Professor Mansoob Murshed

06.00-07.30

Reception in Atrium, ISS-EUR.  Welcome address from Rector Louk de la Rive Box (tbc). Everyone is invited.