March 31-April 1-3, 2004
Venue: Jinja Nile Resort, Uganda

A Conference of the Program in Religion, Conflict and Peacebuilding Sponsored by the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies University of Notre Dame

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31

6:00 p.m.
Opening Session
· Chair: Scott Appleby (Director of the Kroc Institute, University of Notre Dame)
· Welcome: Lou Nanni (Vice President of University Relations, University of Notre Dame,)
· Introduction of Speakers: Hon. Moses K. Kizige (Secretary, Busoga Parliamentary Group, Uganda)
· Opening Address: Hon. Professor Mondo Kagonyera, (Minister of General Duties, Office of the Prime Minister of Uganda)

THURSDAY, APRIL 1

8:30 - 10:30 a.m.
Religion, Conflict, and Peacebuilding in Uganda
· Chair: Martha Merritt (University of Notre Dame)
· John Mary Waliggo (Uganda Human Rights Commission) Religion, Conflict, and Peacebuilding in Uganda
· Deusdedit R. K. Nkurunziza (Makerere University) Religion, African States, and the Crisis of Governance in Uganda
· Abasi Kiyimba (Makerere University) Gender, Legal Reforms and Religious Conflict: The Case of the Domestic Relations Law in Uganda

11:30 - 1:30 p.m.
African States and the Crisis of Governance
· Chair: Donald Pope-Davis (Associate Vice President, Graduate Studies, University of Notre Dame)
· Gerrie ter Haar (Institute for Social Studies, The Hague) Religion, African States, and the Crisis of Governance
· Joseph Isanga (University of Notre Dame) The State, Law and Religion in Uganda: The Need for Co-operation Rather than Competition
· Robert Dowd, C.S.C. (University of Notre Dame) Religious Competition and the Politician’s Dilemma in Sub-Saharan Africa: Getting Elected vs. Governing
· Amy Stambach (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Faith in Schools: On the Cultural Politics of Religiosity and Education in Kenya and Tanzania

3:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Gendered Dimensions of Religious Conflict and Transformation
· Chair: Cynthia Mahmood (University of Notre Dame)
· Adam K. arap Chepkwony (Moi University, Kenya) Peace and Reconciliation: Re-visiting the Role of African Women
· George Piwang-Jalabo (Gulu University) Women as Victims, Perpetrators of Conflict and Resources for Peacebuilding in Northern Uganda

5:00 - 6:30 p.m.
The Politics of Indigenous Revivalism
· Grace Nyatugah Wamue (Kenyatta University) Mungiki Movement in Kenya: Reviving Gikuyu Shrines
· Koen Vlassenroot (University of Ghent, Belgium) Meaningless Violence: Investigating Militia Groups in Eastern Congo
· James Smith (University of Notre Dame) Making Peace with the Devil: the Specter of Violence and the Return of the Repressed in Colonial and Post-Colonial Kenya

FRIDAY, APRIL 2

8:30 - 10:00 a.m.
Media Liberalization and Religious Conflict
· Chair: John Mary Waliggo (Uganda Media Trust)
· Asonzeh Ukah (University of Ibadan, Nigeria) Mediating Armageddon: Popular Christian Video-Films as Source of Conflict in Nigeria
· Nokuzola Mndende (Icamagu Institute, South Africa) Media Access and Representation in South Africa
· Rosalind I. J. Hackett (University of Notre Dame) Market Values In, Religious Tolerance Out: An Assessment of Media Liberalization in Africa

10:30 - 12:30 p.m.
Islamic Activism and Peacebuilding
· Penda Mbow (University of Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegal) Human Rights and Islam: The Place of Women in the New Religious Debate in West Africa. The Senegalese Case
· Dina Badri (Ahfad Women’s University, Sudan) En[G]endering Grassroots Interreligious Peacebuilding in the Sudan
· Sakah Mahmud (University of Notre Dame) Between Political and Civil Islam in Nigeria and Senegal: Paths to Islamic Peacebuilding in Sub-Saharan Africa

4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
Interreligious Peacebuilding Initiatives
· Chair: Rosette Muzigo-Morrison (International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, The Hague)
· Charles Schaefer (Valparaiso University, Indiana) Scriptures, quene and Traditions of Restorative Justice in Nineteenth Century Ethiopia: Forgiveness with Consequences
· Virginia L. Davies (Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding, New York) Peacemakers in Action: A Nigerian Case Study on Imam Muhammad Ashafa and Reverend James Wuye
· Robert Baum (Iowa State University) Crescent, Cross, and Keballah: Religious Dimensions of the Casamance Secessionist Movement

7:00 p.m.
Keynote Address:
· Chair: Chandra J. Johnson (University of Notre Dame, Assistant to the President)
· Introduction of speaker: John Paul Lederach (University of Notre Dame)
· Speakers: Dr. Hizkias Assefa (Africa Peacebuilding & Reconciliation Resources, Nairobi). Conflict and Peacebuilding in Globalizing Africa: Role of Religious Institutions and Leaders

SATURDAY, APRIL 3

8:30 a.m.
Keynote Addresses:
· Chair: H. Thomas McDermott, C.S.C. (University of Notre Dame)
· Public Keynotes: Archbishop John Baptist Odama (Chairman, Acholi Religious Leaders Peace Initiative); and the Rt. Rev. Macleord Baker Ochola II, retired Bishop of Kitgum Diocese.

9:30 a.m.
Symposium: NGO Religious Peacebuilding in Africa
· Chair: John Paul Lederach (University of Notre Dame)
· Jonathan Gichaara (Urban Theology Unit, Sheffield University)
· Mustafa Y. Ali (Global Network of Religions for Children, Tanzania)
· George Wachira (Nairobi Peace Initiative)

11:00 - 12:30 p.m.
Critical Reflections
· Chair: A. Rashied Omar (University of Notre Dame)
· Jean Comaroff (University of Chicago)
· Charles Villa-Vicencio (Institute for Justice and Reconciliation, South Africa)

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