
If you would like copies of the papers and/or speaking
notes that go along with some of these presentations please email me
susanm.thomson@gmail.com
“Peasant Politics and Power Dynamics: Blind
Spots in the Transitional Justice Paradigm”. Research Presentation.
European Conference on African Studies. Leipzig, Germany. 7 June 2009.
“Preserving Power: Elite Claims of Historical
Unity in Post-Genocide Rwanda”. Research Presentation. Reconstructing
Rwanda: Power, History and Human Rights, a Conference in Honor of Alison
Des Forges, Madison, WI. 19 May 2009
“One Rwanda for All Rwandans? The Reconfiguration
of Social and Political Power in Post-Genocide Rwanda”. Research
Presentation. African Studies Association. Chicago. 13 November 2008.
“Situating Ordinary Rwandans in Post-Genocide
Rwanda: A Methodological Approach to Fieldwork.” Research presentation.
American Political Science Association. Chicago. 1 September 2007.
"Partnership or Power? Deconstructing Mrs.
Kagame's Partnership for HIV/AIDS". Research presentation. Gender,
HIV/AIDS and Human Security Conference. Dalhousie University. 10 August
2007.
"Profiling the Impacts of North-South Research
Collaboration for Development". Panellist. AUCC-IDRC Panel, Canadian
Association for the Study of International Development (CASID) Meeting,
University of Saskatchewan, 1 June 2007.
"The Unity-Generating Machine: State Power
and Gacaca Trials in Post-genocide Rwanda". Research Presentation.
Canadian Political Science Association (CPSA) Meeting, University of
Saskatchewan, 31 May 2007.
“The Politics of Trauma in Post-Genocide Rwanda:
Treatment for Some at the Expense of the Many”. Research Presentation.
Peacebuilding and Trauma Recovery: Integrated Strategies in Post-War
Reconstruction, University of Denver, 25 February 2007.
“A State-Led Response to Genocide: The Discourse
of National Unity in Rwanda”. Research Presentation. Canadian
Consortium for Human Security Roundtable. Munk Centre for International
Studies, University of Toronto. 2 February 2007.
“Voices from the South: Ordinary Rwandans
Speak. Preliminary Reflections”. Invited Talk. UK Department for
International Development, Rwanda Field Office. Kigali, Rwanda. 25 August
2006.
“The Politics of Fieldwork: Permission, Power and
Ethics”. Public lecture. Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University
of London, 5 November 2005.
“The Use of Narrative Analysis in Understanding
Acts of Resistance: The Case of Rwandan Survivors of the 1994 Genocide”.
Research Presentation. Icelandic Feminist Association Meeting, Department
of Anthropology, University of Iceland. 2-4 November 2005.
“Critical Discourse Analysis as Method of
Inquiry in Political Science”. Research presentation. Critical
Discourse and Political Analysis Workshop, University of Copenhagen,
Denmark, 26-28 October 2005.
“The International Promotion of Democracy
and Post-Conflict Societies: What Odds?”. Invited lecture. Department
of Political Studies, University of Cape Town, 17 February 2005.
“Crimes against Women during the Rwandan Genocide:
Prospects of Justice for Women Survivors”. Guest speaker. 2004
John Humphrey Freedom Award Laureate, Canadian Tour Public Event, Dalhousie
University, 27 November 2004.