Activities of the Dealing with the Past Project

Project activities in 2002

Lectures

1. The Case for the Abolition of War
   Cambridge University Amnesty International Meeting
   26 February 2002
   Tony Kempster and Roberta Bacic
2. The Truth Commission of Chile
   To MA students, Centre for the Study of Forgiveness and Reconciliation
   School of International Studies and Law, Coventry University
   22 May 2002
3. Truth and Reconciliation
   Quaker Peace and Social Witness: Workers' Preparation
   Sully Oak, Birmingham
   2l August 2002
4. Strengths and Weaknesses of Truth Commissions, with special reference to the Chilean case
   Latin American Studies course, Brandeis University
   Boston, Massachusetts, USA
   17 September 2002
5. Governance, Participation and Human Rights
   European University Centre for Peace Studies (EPU)
   Stadtschlaining, Austria
   28 October - 1 November 2002

Articles, Conference Papers, Other Writings

1. Amidst Poetry, Pain, Memories, Magic and Rage: A Re-encounter with the Villa Grimaldi
   Strange Ways (Newsletter), Centre for Studies in Crime and Social Justice
   Vol 5 No 2, December 200l (copy received March 2002)
2. From Kosov@ to Seattle: What role for nonviolent action?
   The Broken Rifle
   March 2002
   Edited by Roberta Bacic with the key assistance of Sophie Reynolds and compilation by Mika Minio-Paluello
3. From Protest to Resistance
   Nonviolent Activist, USA
   March-April 2002
4. Cuba: People and Sun, Music and Memories
   Peace News
   June-August 2002
5. WRI in Our Struggle against Dictatorship
   Nonviolent Action, Britain
   June
6. Dealing with the Past: Chile - Human rights and human wrongs
   Race and Class, published by Institute of Race Relations
   July-September 2002
7. A Testimony about the Chilean Churches' Commitment to Human Rights during Pinochet's dictatorship
   The Anglican Peacemaker
   July 2002
8. Our Stories
   Peace News
   September-November 2002
9. Memories and Memorials: The Other September 11 -- Chile 1973
   Nonviolent Activist, USA
   September-October 2002

Workshops, Seminars, Discussions, Events

1. Amnesty at The Earls (Primary School) Human Rights Day
   Torture
   30 January 2002
2. Assembly at Millennium Primary School
   Stop the War
   23 January 2002
3. Konfliktive Geschichate Colloquium
   Personen, Zeugniesse, Symbolische Erinnerungen und Mahnmale en Chile
   Unversity Erlangen-Nurnberg, Germany
   7-9 February 2002
4. Training Session, Peace Brigades International UK Section
   Cultural sensitivity and awareness
   Jordans, Buckinghamshire
   9-l2 May 2002
5. The Right to Refuse to Kill
   Ceremony marking International CO Day
   Message of imprisoned CO in Israel made public by WRI
   Music by pupils of Millennium Primary School, cello solo by Eva González
   15 May 2002
6. 30-year Celebration of Graswerzelrevolution Kongress
   Ausschnitte einer ungeheuren Geschichte (mit Contraviento singers)
   Munster, Germany
   2l June 2002
7. War Resisters' International Triennial Conference
   Theme group: Dealing with the Past
   Dublin, Ireland, August 2002
8. Memory and Memorials, commemorating September 11, l973, 200l
   Photo Exhibition
   Brecht Forum, New York City
   12 September 2002
9. Planting a Tree for Peace: In Remembrance of Chilean Disappeared
   The Peace Abbey
   Massachusetts
   15 September 2002
10. Víctor Jara: The Impact of His Life and Death
    Potluck Dinner and Discussion
    Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
    18 September 2002
11. Finding Our Humanity in Memory and Memorials: The stories of seven
    Chilean women who survived the terror of 9/11/73
    Humanities Center, Lehigh University
    Bethlehem, PA
    19 September 2002
12. Dealing with the Past in Chile
    Lunchtime seminar
    Institute of Race Relations
    7 October 2002
13. Truth Commissions: One option when dealing with the past
    Case studies of the disappeared during the Pinochet regime
    One-day Seminar organised by the Committee for Conflict Transformation
    Support (CCTS)
    17 October 2002
14. Dealing with the Past
    Five-day Seminar
    Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
    26-30 November 2002
15. Festival por la paz
    Photograph Exhibition | Muestra fotográfica
    Villa Grimaldi (Centro de tortura y exterminio 1973-78) Santiago, Chile
    13-15 December 2002
16. Democratic Dialogue Roundtable Discussion
    Where to now? Next steps in dealing with victim issues
    Belfast
    5 December 2002, attended as participant