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The Girubuntu Peace Academy (GPA) is an initiative of RAPRED-Girubuntu e.V., which arose from a collaboration between the Department of Caritas Studies and Christian Social Work (Faculty of Theology) at the University of Freiburg and the Ackermann Community. The Department of Caritas Studies and Christian Social Work provides university-level affiliation and contributes to the quality assurance of the Girubuntu Peace Academy.
The GPA pursues four basic strategies:
Interdisciplinary research in cooperation with various partners and publication in a book series at LIT Verlag under the title "Peace – Reconciliation – Future. Africa and Europe: Studies of the Girubuntu Peace Academy".
The Freiburg Peace Talks (FFG) , a kind of “forum politicum” that takes place in a closed room, allows politicians and members of civil society from post-war areas to come together to reflect on issues of peace and reconciliation.
Organization of international symposia, seminars, and conferences , primarily at the University of Freiburg and in cooperation with partner universities and organizations. The contributions are documented and published.
The establishment of a research, peace and reconciliation network with partner universities and civil society organizations (CSOs) in the Great Lakes region of Africa (Burundi – Rwanda – Democratic Republic of Congo).
Freiburg Peace Talks
Im April 2019 veranstalteten wir im Rahmen der Freiburger Friedensgespräche in Kooperation mit dem Arbeitsbereich Caritaswissenschaft und Christliche Sozialarbeit der Theologischen Fakultät der Universität Freiburg ein internationales Symposium. Dem Thema „Gerechtigkeit, Wahrheitsfindung, Vergebung und Versöhnung: die Rolle des Staates und der Kirche in Ländern nach kriegerischen Konflikten“ widmeten sich 66 Teilnehmende an der Albert-Ludwigs-Universtät.
Kurz vor Weihnachten organisierten wir die dritte Sitzung der Freiburger Friedensgespräche zum Thema „Quo vadis Burundi: Burundi und die Wahlen von 2020“. Burundische Politiker*innen, die im Exil in Belgien leben, haben an dieser Tagung unter der Moderation von Pater Dr. Déogratias Maruhukiro teilgenommen.
"Forms of remembrance after experiences of war and violence"
September 10, 2021
A seminar by RAPRED-Girubuntu eV in cooperation with the Chair of Caritas Studies and Christian Social Work at the University of Freiburg and the Sudeten German Ackermann Community within the framework of the Girubuntu Peace Academy (GPA)
"Forms of Remembrance after Experiences of War and Violence" by Stefan P. Teppert:
Africa, particularly the Great Lakes region, suffers from a painful past. The history of Rwanda and Burundi, in particular, is rife with civil wars, atrocities, and genocide that have never been fully addressed and processed. A conference held on September 11, 2020, at the Catholic Academy of the Archdiocese of Freiburg, focused on the question of whether remembering the past is a path to creating lasting peace, within the context of a dialogue between Africa and Europe.
"Remembering, Understanding, Reconciling"
September 11, 2020
Conference report "Remembering, Understanding, Reconciling" by Stefan P. Teppert:
Africa, particularly the Great Lakes region, suffers from a painful past. The history of Rwanda and Burundi, in particular, is rife with civil wars, atrocities, and genocide that have never been fully addressed and processed. A conference held on September 11, 2020, at the Catholic Academy of the Archdiocese of Freiburg, focused on the question of whether remembering the past is a path to creating lasting peace, within the context of a dialogue between Africa and Europe.
Contact (GPA)
GIRUBUNTU PEACE ACADEMY
The Girubuntu Peace Academy (GPA) is an initiative of RAPRED-Girubuntu eV, which arose from the collaboration between the Department of Caritas Studies and Christian Social Work (Faculty of Theology) of the University of Freiburg and the Ackermann Community.
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