“If we are indifferent to gender-based violence, the earth and humankind are in danger and we are all responsible.” - Denis Mukwege

The international virtual conference "War Memories 2020/21" is delighted to welcome (virtually) Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Pr. Dr. Denis Mukwege as a Guest of Honour. On Tuesday 22nd June 2021, Pr. Dr. Mukwege will deliver a speech entitled Le viol comme arme de guerre en République Démocratique du Congo: De la prise en charge holistique à la justice transitionnelle.

His talk will be completed with a round table with:

Colette Braeckman (journalist and author of L’homme qui répare les femmes : le combat du Docteur Mukwege, Bruxelles, GRIP, 2016)

Daniel Palmieri (International Committee of the Red Cross) and Christine Seisun (ICRC, Democratic Republic of the Congo), « Aujourd’hui, je ne suis plus de ce monde » : Les humanitaires et les violences sexuelles en temps de guerre. L’exemple du Comité international de la Croix-Rouge.

Nathalie Sierra-Scroccaro (psychologist, University Hospital, Laval, France): Les mutilations sexuelles féminines : une approche psychologique.

Jean-Philippe Harlicot (gynecologic surgeon, University Hospital, Rennes, France)

Benaouda Lebdai (professor in African literature at the University of Le Mans)

In Decembre 2021, a second (in-person) round table will he held at the University of Rennes 2, with Pr. Dr. Denis Mukwege, Michel Prum, Jérôme Blanchot, Daniel Palmieri, Benaouda Lebdai, Nathalie Sierra-Scroccaro, Colette Braeckman…

For more details see HERE (page currently being updated).

“Education plays an essential role in nurturing civilized societies that believe in tolerance and peace. Therefore, we must invest in our children because children, like a blank slate, can be taught tolerance and co-existence instead of hatred and sectarianism.” - Nadia Murad

“If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.” - Nelson Mandela

“In a gentle way, you can shake the world.” - Mahatma Gandhi

In 2020/2021, to mark the tenth anniversary of the active and fruitful collaboration on the theme of war memories, our research groups – ACE (Rennes), 3L.AM (Le Mans), and  the Royal Military College of Canada  (Kingston, Ontario), assisted by an international scientific committee (Australia, Canada, France, India, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America...) – would like to offer researchers and members of civil society the opportunity to participate in workshop discussions on the subject of sexual violence and abuse perpetuated as a weapon of war, and on the fate of children in wartime.

Given the ongoing sanitary crisis, the conference will be heald online (virtual conference).

Registration is free of charge: https://warmem2020.sciencesconf.org/registration

22nd June 2021
JOURNEE SCIENTIFIQUE INTERNATIONALE
Violences sexuelles faites aux femmes en temps de paix et en temps de guerre
en présence du Pr. Dr. Denis Mukwege, Prix Nobel de la Paix 2018
– Trauma, réparation, reconstruction –

Zoom link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85683964158?pwd=QUMyQ1VabVJpMExsQ1RCZUF5Tjdmdz09 


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Click HERE for the programme

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Welcome to the website of the International Conference on War Memories organised by Rennes 2 University (France), Le Mans University (France) and the Royal Military College (Kingston, Canada) ! 

This website is designed to give you all the necessary information about the conference. The content will be updated regularly and new sections will appear following the evolution of the project.

If you have any questions, you can reach us via the @ Contact section of the website.

Given the ongoing sanitary crisis, the Warmem 2020 Organizing Committee has made the decision to postpone the conference to June 2021 (virtual conference).

Our thoughts go to those who are affected by the virus, and to those who are fighting on the frontline against the pandemic.

After the Conference, and by the end of June 2020, we invite you to submit a written version of your conference paper which will be considered for inclusion in the peer-reviewed selection of articles to be published, we hope, in 2022.