Program 23.04.-25.04.2020:
Thursday, April 23rd, 2020
12:15
Lunch (optional, please rsvp)
14:00
Welcome and Introduction
Manuel Fröhlich, Christian Jansen, Jan Erik Schulte
14:15
Keynote Lecture
Norrie MacQueen, St Andrews
Tracing UN Peacekeeping Experiences: Changing Actors in a Changing System
Moderator: Jost Dülffer, Köln
15:45
Coffee break
16:15
I Experiences from the Cold War: Motives and perceptions
Moderator: Jost Dülffer, Köln
Jan Erik Schulte, Hadamar/Bochum
UN Peacekeeping and Nation Building in Canada
Nicolas Blarel, Leiden
India and UNEF (1956-1967): The Foundation and Evolution of India’s Approach to Peacekeeping and Peacemaking
18:15
Dinner
Friday, April 24th, 2020
8:00
Breakfast
9:00
II Experiences from Troop contributors: Impact abroad and at home
Moderator: Christian Jansen, Trier
Christoph Harig, Hamburg
Stabilisation abroad, pacification at home. Reciprocal effects between UN peacekeeping and internal missions of Brazil’s military
Eva Gerharz, Fulda
Ambivalences of Peacekeeping: The Bangladesh Military at Home
10:30
Coffee Break
11:00
III Experiences from Troop contributors after the Cold War: Motives and perceptions
Moderator: Jan Erik Schulte, Hadamar/Bochum
Christian Stock, Bamberg
Nigeria as a troop contributor
Alexander Nikitin, Moskau
The Russian Perspective on UN and Non-UN Peace Operations in the Post-Cold-War Decades
Alexander Kocks, Bonn
Motives, Risks and Costs of Peacekeeping: The German example
13:00
Lunch
14:30
IV Contextualising Experiences: Cross-Cutting Themes and Challenges
Moderator: Manuel Fröhlich, Trier
Simon Schulze, Trier
Postcolonial Perspectives on Peacekeeping
Alanna O’Malley, Leiden/The Hague
Rewriting the History of UN Peacekeeping: Southern Perspectives
16:00
Break
16:30
V Understanding the Peacekeeping Machinery: Procedures and Principles
Moderator: Manuel Fröhlich, Trier
Dieter Lußem, Hamburg
Experiences from a Planning Officer in the Force Generation Service at DPKO
18:00
Dinner
Saturday, April 25th, 2020
8:00
Breakfast
9:00
VI Peacekeeping from below: Narratives of soldiers and civil society
Moderator: Jan Eric Hansen, Berlin
Martin Ottovay Jorgensen, Ghent
The First United Nations Peacekeeping Operations seen from below
Courtney E. Cole, Weston, MA
Hosts, Heroes, Hostages, Helpers: Multiple Subjectivities and Perceptions of UN Peacekeepers in Sierra Leone’s War and Peace
10:30
VII Contested Experiences and Narratives: Experiences from Africa
Moderator: Simon Schulze, Trier
Gerd Hankel, Hamburg
The UN in Rwanda
Siddharth Tripathi/Tobias Berger, Erfurt/Berlin
Neglected Narratives and Lost Lived Experiences: A Case Study of Indian Peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo
12:00
Conclusions
Manuel Fröhlich, Christian Jansen, Jan Erik Schulte
12:15
End of conference
Lunch (optional; please rsvp)