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Peacebuilding and Statebuilding in War-Torn Societies July 5 – 15, 2011 • Josef Korbel School of International Studies • Denver, Colorado USA The Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS) and the American Society of International Law (ASIL), in cooperation with the Josef Korbel School of International Studies, are pleased to announce the twenty-first ACUNSASIL Summer Workshop on International Organization Studies. The workshop is designed for junior professors in international relations, international law or other relevant disciplines, post-doctoral and advanced doctoral level students, young lawyers and practitioners from civil society groups, policy staff from international organizations, and others at similarly early stages of their professional careers. The workshop seeks to develop a specialized knowledge base on the challenges of war-torn societies; gain specific new methodological tools for analysis and assessment; explore the possibilities, and limits, of international engagement to ameliorate deep social divisions, and a critical evaluation of the role of the United Nations in conflict prevention, peacemaking, and peacebuilding. The workshop is hosted by the Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver. Program Theme Protracted social conflicts in deeply divided, wartorn societies such as Afghanistan, Bosnia, Burundi, Israel-Palestine, Iraq, Lebanon, Nepal, or Sri Lanka suggest the need for engagement to address the religious, ethnic, sectarian, and other identity dimensions of conflict. This requires a contextual and deeper understanding of the role of identity in causes of conflict analysis, peacemaking and mediation, in terms of implementing peace agreements, and creating the conditions for sustainable peace through assistance to statebuilding processes that can healthily regulate identity politics. The purpose of the seminar is to explore leading approaches to the understanding and practical assessment of identity politics and the linkages between understanding and international engagement to facilitate more peaceful interactions in deeply divided societies. Participants will emerge with a deeper ability to analyze the complexities of identity in conflict, to consider alternative approaches to and methods of engagement to help build peace, and ways the international community may navigate the difficult waters of statebuilding in which support for governance reconstruction, reform, and transformation is seen as a strategic approach to long-term mitigation of conflict. The workshop features thematic exploration, case-specific specialization, and a supportive interactive learning environment. Learning Objectives Participants in the course will gain knowledge and applied skills in analysis of identity-based conflicts and international (especially UN) responses to build peace and viable states in deeply divided societies. Among the themes the workshop will address are: The complex nature of identity in deeply divided societies, and the roles of culture, social structure, political economy, and political institutions in the construction and reproduction of ethnic and sectarian identities; The relationship between identity, ethno-nationalism, and the state in countries where identitybased organizations often gain greater loyalty from citizens that the national state; Identity in the course of war, and the ways in which identities change during conflict and the implications of such changes for the prospects for peacebuilding; The especially injurious effects of identity-based conflict on women and girls; How peace processes and peace settlements, often based on power-sharing formulas, affect the prospects for peacebuilding and statebuilding; Approaches, methods, and lessons learned in elite/leadership and community-level engagement to build peace across lines of deep and enduring social divisions; and The ways in which the United Nations, both the Secretariat and specialized organizations together with regional organizations and international non-governmental organizations, can improve monitoring, conflict prevention, peacemaking and mediation, development assistance and aid, and regional integration may create ways in which domestic processes. Through presentations by leading scholars and practitioners, case studies, guided research, and innovative pedagogies geared to post-graduate professionals, this workshop will allow participants to improve their own skills and capacities for engaging in the complex but critical areas of international engagement to build peace in divided societies. Specialists and experts will include leading scholars on the conflict and peacebuilding in deeply divided societies, practitioners from international organizations, development aid specialists, and participants from the case-study countries. Application Procedure for UN Secretariat Staff UN Secretariat staff apply through the internal application process by contacting Bernadette Mutirende, Centrally-Coordinated Learning Programmes, Office of Human Resources Management, UN, New York at [email protected] . Completed applications must be received by Friday, 1 April 2011 and must include all of the following: A brief (~1,000 words) statement of research interests apropos of the workshop themes; A curriculum vitae One letter of reference Application Form (located on page 4) Participant Selection Up to 20 participants will be selected by a review committee for the Workshop. Those selected will be expected to submit a ten-page draft of a research or policy paper to his or her director in advance of the workshop (terms of references will be provided). Participants will also join a virtual learning environment prior to the course. Participants will submit to the ACUNS Secretariat following the workshop an assessment and planning document that applies the analytical portion of the workshop to a particular strategy of intervention for an international organization, donor state, or NGO. The working language of the workshop is English. The selected participants will receive lowest-cost economy class return air travel between their location and the workshop site, accommodations and some meals for the duration of the workshop. The workshop is designed to promote collegial exchange and networking in an intense program. Participants are expected to take part fully in all aspects of the program. For this reason, participants are not encouraged to be accompanied by spouses, children or other dependents. ACUNS, the host institution, any other associated organization can offer financial support, specific accommodation, or special requests for those accompanying a workshop participant. Application Form Prefix: □ Mr. □ Ms. □ Dr. First Name: ________________________________________________________________ Last Name: ________________________________________________________________ Address: ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Telephone: ________________________________________________________________ E-mail: ________________________________________________________________ Proposal Title: ________________________________________________________________