International Conference on Armed

Movements and  Post-Conflict Colombia

Conferencia Internacional sobre Movimientos

Armados y Posconflicto en Colombia 

It is my great pleasure to welcome this extraordinary group of scholars to the

University of South Florida. The historic agreement between the Colombian

government and the FARC ended a conflict that endured for over half a century.

We are so pleased to be supporting research on armed movements, the peace

process, and the implementation of the peace accords; and very happy to be

working with CLACSO on this important initiative.

And we are, as always, grateful for the support of USF's Research One and USF

World.

Rachel May

Es un gran placer dar la bienvenida a este extraordinario grupo de académicos a la

Universidad del Sur de la Florida. El histórico Acuerdo de Paz entre el gobierno

colombiano y las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) puso fin

a un conflicto que duró más de medio siglo, y que afectó duramente a la población

colombiana.

Estamos muy contentos de apoyar la investigación sobre los movimientos

armados, el proceso de paz y la aplicación de los acuerdos de paz. De la misma

manera, nos complace estar trabajando con CLACSO en esta importante iniciativa.

Finalmente, estamos profundamente agradecidos por el continuo apoyo de USF

Research One y USF World.

Message of the Director

Mensaje de la Directora

The conference will provide a venue for scholars who study the history and

current situation of armed groups and the implementation of the

Colombian Peace Accords. This agreement, which was ratified by the

Colombian Congress in December 2016, ended a civil conflict between the

Rebel Armed Forces (FARC) and the Colombian government that had

lasted more than half a century.

There are several key Colombian scholars who have spent their

professional lives studying this conflict who will be presenting their work.

And the new accord (which provides for development and reconstruction

assistance throughout the country) will provide many opportunities for

scholars to analyze and contribute to Colombia's peace.

This conference is sponsored by the Consejo Latinoamericano de

Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO), USF World and Research One.

International Conference on Armed

Movements and  Post-Conflict Colombia

*Conference presentations will be in either English or Spanish.

Registration, Coffee and Networking

Conference Opening

9:00 am

9:30 am

May 18

Session One: Armed Movements in Colombia: Past, Present and Future

10:00 am -

12:30 pm

Session Two: Colombia’s Peace Accords: A Foundation for Peace?

2:30 pm -

4:30 pm

May 19

Coffee and Networking 9:30 am

Session Three: Reincorporation of Armed Actors

10:00 am -

12:00pm

Session Four: Post-Conflict: Reconstructing the Social Fabric and

Memory

2:00 pm -

4:00 pm

Schedule of events

Welcoming Dinner (for conference presenters) 7:00 pm

12:30 pm -

2:30 pm Lunch

12:00 pm -

2:00 pm Lunch

10:00 am- 12:30 pm - Armed Movements in Colombia: Past, Present and Future

9:00 am - Registration, Coffee and Networking / Registro, Café y Socialización.

9:30 am - Conference Opening / Apertura

Dario Villamizar Observatorio para la Paz

“Colombia: ¿El Fin del Ciclo Guerrillero?”

Jaime Zuluaga Nieto

Universidad Externado de Colombia

"Hacia el fin de la guerra interna mediante la construcción de la

democracia: una aproximación histórica a las agendas de paz en Colombia"

7:00pm - Welcoming Dinner (for conference presenters)

Angelica M. Leon Velez University of South Florida

“Colombia’s Peace Accords: How to Learn from the Past to Start Over.”

Diana Marcela Agudelo

Universidad Externado de Colombia

“Peace Process: Language Intoxication and the Need to Build from Sense

in Colombia.”

Edgar G. Rodriguez and Uriel I. Espitia

Fundación Universitaria Monserrate

“Bad Hombres vs. Nice People”: Critical Circumstances between ‘Post-

Truth’ and Education for Peace."

 May 18

Session  1

Session  2

2:30 pm - 4:30 pm - Colombia’s Peace Accords: A Foundation for Peace?

Joachim Jachnow Free University of Berlin, Germany

Profesor Visitante Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP)

"The Long Shadows of the Past: Colombia’s Intransigent Right as an

Obstacle for Peace"

Discussant:   Dr. Harry Vanden, University of South

Florida

Discussant: Dr. Bernd Reiter,

University of South Florida

12:30 pm - 2:30 pm - Lunch (Top of the Palms for conference presenters)

Alejandro Zuluaga Cometa y Alfonso Insuasty Rodríguez Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano- Universidad de San Buenaventura de

Medellín. Red Interuniversitaria por la Paz (REDIPAZ)

“Antioquia: Laboratorio y Expresión Regional de Movimientos Armados y el

Pos-Acuerdo en Colombia.”

10:00am -12:00pm - Reincorporation of Armed Actors

9:00 am - Coffee and Networking / Registro, Café y Socialización.

Buenaventura Russeau Pupo

Universidad Simon Bolívar

“La Cultura: Dimensión Humana Para Reconstruir el Diálogo Social en el

Pos-Conflicto Colombiano."

Jimena Perry

University of Texas, Austin

“Museums and Post-Conflict in Colombia: Who Should be remembered?”

Maria Gonzalez

University of South Florida

“Women’s Role in Grassroots Peacebuilding Processes: Women's Role

from ‘Compromiso Ciudadano’ in the Development of Policies for

Reconciliation in the Slums of Medellin.”

2:00pm - 4:00pm - Post Conflict: Reconstructing the Social Fabric and Memory

Joshua Cootware Duke University

“Reintegration of FARC Ex-Combatants in Rural Departments:

Recommendations for USAID and partnering INGOs.”

Mónica Novoa-GómezFundación Universitaria Konrad Lorenz

“The Programs of Reincorporation into Civilian Life, and the Advancements

in Colombia Following the Process of Justice."

Aura Elena Gonzales Sevillano

“Empresa Comunitaria ‘Ríos Unidos’: De Cara al Pos-Conflicto."

 May 19

Session  3

Session  4

Discussant: Paula Lezama, ISLAC

Assistant Director

Discussant: Dr. Rachel May,

University of South Florida

12:00 pm - 2:00 pm Lunch (boxes provided for conference presenters)

"Few people would doubt today that the internal armed conflict in Colombia overflowed in its dynamics the confrontation between the armed actors."

"To clarify and to remove from silence and oblivion the terrible violations of human rights in our country is a challenge that will surely compromise the determined efforts of several generations of Colombians. We are in times of remembrance, but reconstruction is just beginning. "

"The contemporary armed confrontation exacerbated particularities of the national political tradition, especially sectarianism, which had its highest expression in the dirty war"

“(...)between 1958 and 2012 the armed conflict has caused the death of at least 220,000 people, a figure that surpasses the estimates suggested until now"

"At the heart of the violence, as evidenced by the reports of Bojayá, Cauca and Bahía Portete, there is also the dispute for the territories, which includes not only peasant communities, but also indigenous and Afro-descendant communities."

*Centro Nacional De Memoria Historica Colombia. 2013. "Basta Ya! Colombia: Memorias de Guerra y Dignidad." (pages 15, 20, 22 and 28)

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International Conference on 

Armed Movements and  

Post-Conflict Colombia

Special thanks to our sponsors

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University of South Florida

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