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Workshop Call for Papers - Forced Migration along the Uganda Sudan border ===================== Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford 26 & 27 June 2008 Workshop - Call for Papers “Violence, Displacement and Protection at the Border of Uganda and Sudan” Since the 1970s the borderland between Uganda and Sudan has experienced some of the most intense levels of violence and displacement in the world. Coups d’ętat, civil conflict and proxy war have forced millions of civilians to flee from their homes to become either refugees or internally displaced people, producing major humanitarian crises that have prompted massive international responses on both sides of the border. More recently, the achievement of relative peace in both Southern Sudan and Northern Uganda has prompted many displaced people to return tentatively to their homelands, and has initiated the implementation of large-scale post-conflict reconstruction programmes that have the return, rehabilitation and reintegration of displaced people as central objectives. These cycles of violence, displacement and humanitarian intervention have served to transform this border region into a unique landscape that raises many important questions about the relationships between forced migration, citizenship, the state and globalization in contemporary Africa: • How have violence, displacement and humanitarian intervention interacted to produce specific forms of (non)governable space in the region? • How significant a role has the border played in shaping the identities, vulnerabilities and opportunities of displaced people? • How have violence and humanitarian intervention shaped the emergence of new political identities, and how have these influenced both the experience of citizenship and the very fabric of state? • What lessons can be learned from the specific approaches to humanitarian intervention that have been mobilised in the region, particularly with regard to the protection of displaced people and their eventual return to the homeland? • What particular challenges do returning displaced people face at this time, and what are the implications of return and reintegration for peace-building and the development of the post-conflict state? The Refugee Studies Centre seeks to address these and any other related questions, by inviting academic scholars, political activists, policy makers and humanitarian practitioners with experience in this region, to share their research and analysis at a two day workshop to be held in Oxford on the 26th and 27th of June 2008. We therefore invite potential participants to submit presentation abstracts to be considered for inclusion. Abstracts should be no more than 300 words long and should be submitted to [log in to unmask] by the 21st April 2008. Participants will be expected to cover their own costs for attending this event, though some limited funding maybe available for those who would otherwise be unable to attend. Priority will be given to those from the Global South. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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. List archives are available at: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html