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Séverine Autesserre: “The Trouble With The Congo: Local Violence and the Failure of International Peacebuilding”

Séverine Autesserre: “The Trouble With The Congo: Local Violence and the Failure of International Peacebuilding”

UMBC Social Sciences Forum
Séverine Autesserre: “The Trouble With The Congo: Local Violence and the Failure of International Peacebuilding”
Wednesday, October 11, 4 – 5 p.m.
Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture

Based on more than 330 interviews and a year and a half of field research, Professor Autesserre develops a case study of international intervention during the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s unsuccessful transition from war to peace and democracy (2003–2006). Grassroots rivalries over land, resources, and political power motivated widespread violence. However, a dominant peacebuilding culture shaped the intervention strategy in a way that precluded action on local conflicts, ultimately dooming the international efforts to end the deadliest conflict since World War II. In this analysis, Professor Autesserre proposes innovative ways to address civil wars in Africa and beyond.

Admission is free.

Sponsored by UMBC's Department of Modern Languages, Linguistics and Intercultural Communication; the Department of Africana Studies; the Global Studies Program; and the Department of Political Science.

Photo by Evan Mann.

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Wednesday, October 11, 2017, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
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