Past Events

Ghrad Annual Conferences

2023: From Roots to Rerparations to Trust Building

Keynote speaker: Alice Wairimu Nderitu

2022: Agency, Ethics, and EveryDay Heroes: Strategies of Prevention of Genocide and Human Rights Abuses in Africa and the Diaspora

Keynote speaker: Dr. Mahmood Mamdani

2021: Remembering Heroes/Heroines: Unique and Collective Strategies of Resistance and Prevention of Genocide in Africa and the Diaspora

Keynote speaker: Mark Mathabane

2019: Genocide Prevention and Repair

Keynote speaker: Dr. Jermaine McCalpin

2018: Genocide and Agency in Africa and the Diaspora

Keynote speaker: Thomas P. Longman

2016: Revisiting and Rethinking Genocide and Resistance in Africa and the Diaspora

Keynote speaker: Dr. Kurt Mills

2015: Revisiting and Rethinking Genocide and Resistance in Africa and the Diaspora

Keynote speaker: Dr. Christen Smith

2014: Gender, Sexuality, and Genocide in Africa and Beyond

Keynote speaker: Dr. Patricia Daley

2013: Genocide and Silence in Africa and the African Diaspora

Keynote speaker: Dr. René Lemarchand

Others

2017: the 60th annual African Studies Association Conference, Chicago

A conference was not held at Northeastern in 2017 so the team could attend and present at the 60th Annual African Studies Association Conference. Presenters and presentations from Northeastern are listed below.

Genocide and Ethical Agency in Africa (Panel at the African Studies Association)
Chair: Jeanine Ntihirageza, Northeastern Illinois University

Anti-Imperialist Rhetoric and Patterns of Genocide Denial in Zimbabwe
Presented by Chielozona Eze, Northeastern Illinois University

Analysis of moral agency during and after 1972 Burundi Genocide: What would Michel Kayoya say?
Presented by Jeanine Ntihirageza, Northeastern Illinois University

Biafran Genocide: 50 Years After: History, Memory and Legacy of the Nigeria-Biafra War
Presented by Chima J. Korieh, Marquette University

What to Teach the Children? The Reintroduction of a History Curriculum 22 Years After Genocide in Rwanda
Presented by Cris Toffolo, Northeastern Illinois University
Discussant: Sarah Travis, National Democratic Institute