Knowledge Bank

The Center for African Studies at the Ohio State University will organize a two-day conference in spring 2004 on Post-Conflict Reconstruction in Africa. The conference will bring academics from various disciplinary backgrounds, professionals, and individuals involved in the reconstruction process to examine the reconstruction efforts currently taking place in a number of waraffected African countries. Participants will have an opportunity to share their experiences, to develop strategies of intervention, and to examine and discuss approaches and theoretical paradigms for the study of conflict resolution, reconciliation, democratization, and nation building. The conference will address the following themes: Children in Conflict and Reconstruction, Gender issues in Conflict and Reconstruction, Demobilization and Reintegration of Ex- Combatants, Natural Resources and Conflict, Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons, and Agriculture and Other Resources During and After Conflict.