The University of Cauca, through the Anthropology program, with the support of the Colombo German Institute for Peace CAPAZ, will carry out the virtual course "Keys to understanding the armed conflict in Colombia." The academic event that will take place from January 16 to February 20, 2021, is part of an initiative of the CAPAZ Institute for the consolidation of a School of Virtual Courses, which will help to strengthen academic collaboration networks between Colombia and Germany, but also including other countries and communities.

 

The duration of the course will be fifteen (15) hours of synchronous work, in five sessions of three hours each. Among the teachers who will guide the course are:

 

 

Gonzalo Sánchez, professor at the National University, former director of CNMH.

 

Andrés Suárez, ex-CNMH researcher, Coordinator of the Memory and Conflict Observatory.

 

Natalia de Marinis, researcher at Ciesas Golfo, Mexico

 

Jennifer Vargas Reina, Land Observatory, National University of Colombia.

 

Stefan Peters, JLU Gießen - CAPAZ Institute.

 

Jonas Wolff, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF) (Germany).

 

Teófilo Vázquez, (former CNMH researcher).

 

Silvia Monroy, Department of Anthropology, University of Cauca.

 

John Edison Sabogal, Unit for the Search for Missing Persons.

 

 

For the Department of Anthropology and the University of Cauca, the course is part of the process of constitution of a line of teaching and research, in which it has been working for some time in coordination with increasingly broad academic networks. It is expected that the calls made through networks in different countries, mainly Germany and Colombia, guarantee a broad participation of students, linked to training programs, research projects on the armed conflict and peacebuilding programs.

 

Participation

 

The course will be free for registered students and its work materials, including videos, readings and other educational resources, will remain freely accessible once the course sessions have concluded. This will make its reach much greater and more democratic.

 

They can aspire to apply for a quota:

 

 

- Undergraduate students in the last semesters with institutionally recognized research projects on armed conflict and peacebuilding (resolutions of degree work or registration before university bodies)

 

- Postgraduate students with research related to the subject, institutionally recognized.

 

- Professional researchers on the armed conflict or related to peacebuilding programs.

 

 

Quota: Thirty students

 

Costs: Free, subject to competition

 

More information

 

Academic coordination

Axel Rojas

Professor Department of Anthropology, research hotbed Ethnography Workshop

Email: cconflictoarmado@unicauca.edu.co

 

Event aimed at: Everyone

Costs: Free, subject to competition

Organized by: Universidad del Cauca - Colombo German Institute for Peace CAPAZ