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(Please reply to Al-Hassan Conteh <[log in to unmask]>.) Dear Colleagues: Greetings! I'm very pleased to join the Forced Migration Listserv, and to respond to the List Moderator's request that I introduce myself to the group. I'm a native of Liberia, which, as you know, is now a war-torn country. I'm currently a research Fellow at the Solomon Asch Center for Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict at the University of Pennsylvania, where I took my Ph.D. in regional science and demography in 1993. My current research interest is on the effects of the Liberian civil war on human development in the Mano River Region: Liberia, Sierra Leone & Guinea. Before joining the Asch Center, I served as the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Professor of Demography at the University of Liberia (March 1996 to December, 2000). I'm currently writing a book tentatively titled: "Population, Identity and Group Dynamics in the Liberian Civil War: An Analysis of Some Causes, Consequences and Transformation of Conflict in Africa's First Republic." The book will be published by the Edwin Mellen Press (New York) in November 2002. Here at Asch, I'm also taking the lead in organizing a conference on Liberia this spring at Penn. The preliminary program of the conference is attached for your information. [List mod.'s note: I've posted the conference announcement in a separate message.] Thank you for the opportunity to be part of this distinguished group of scholars. I look forward to mutually productive deliberations and contacts. With kind regards, Al-Hassan Conteh -- Al-Hassan Conteh, Ph.D. Research Fellow Solomon Asch Center for Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict University of Pennsylvania St. Leonard's Court, Suite 305 3819-33 Chestnut St. Philadelphia, PA 19104 Tel: (215) 573-0656 Fax: (215) 573-0653 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Note: The material contained in this communication comes to you from the Forced Migration Discussion List which is moderated by the Refugee Studies Centre (RSC), University of Oxford. It does not necessarily reflect the views of the RSC or the University. If you re-print, copy, archive or re-post this message please retain this disclaimer. Quotations or extracts should include attribution to the original sources.