Africa's World War: Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, and Beyond

Date:  September 30, 2009 Time:  5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Location:  Rigadoon Room, Edgewater Hotel Sponsor:  Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE), Human Rights Initiative, Madison Committee on Foreign Relations (MCFR) Cost:  Please see event details for registration and cost information.

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Agenda:
5:30 PM - Doors open for registration and announcements
6:00 PM - Speaker presentation and discussion
7:00 PM - Networking and hors d'oeuvres

Speaker Biography:
Scott Straus is Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies at UW-Madison. Scott teaches classes on genocide, violence, human rights, and African politics. His book on the Rwandan genocide, The Order of Genocide: Race, Power, and War in Rwanda (Cornell University Press, 2006), won the 2006 Award for Excellence in Political Science and Government from the Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers as well as an honorable mention from the African Studies Association for the Herskovits Prize. A second book on Rwanda, Intimate Enemy (Zone Books, 2006), includes transcripts of interviews Scott conducted with jailed Rwandan perpetrators and photographs taken by Robert Lyons. Scott also co-authored Africa's Stalled Development (Lynne Rienner), translated The Great Lakes of Africa (Zone Books), and has published in Foreign Affairs, World Politics, Politics & Society, Journal of Genocide Research, and Genocide Studies and Prevention. Scott has received fellowships from the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the Social Science Research Council, and the United States Institute for Peace. Before starting in academia, Scott was a freelance journalist based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Scott is the Faculty Coordinator of the Wisconsin Human Rights Initiative. For more information, see http://humanrights.wisc.edu/

Cost and Registration:
-Sustaining members of the Madison Committee on Foreign Relations (MCFR): Free
-Non-MCFR member guests, including those affiliated with the UW sponsors: $20 at the door
-Attending MCFR members and spouses/partners of members: $20 at the door

WAGE and the Human Rights Initiative  will cover the expenses of a limited number of faculty, staff and students who wish to attend the September 30th talk. To request WAGE/HRI funding assistance, please email wage@intl-institute.wisc.edu.

If you are planning to attend the September 30th event (without funding assistance), please RSVP to mcfr@tcgcorp.net by Friday, September 25.