Contact person: Aguswandi
The Peace Process in Aceh:
The Remainders of Violence and
the Future of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam
Asia Center Harvard University
October 24 27, 2007
Sponsored by the Asia Center, Harvard University, and
the Department of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Wednesday, October 24
Visualizing Pre- and Post-Conflict Aceh: 4:15-6:30
Tsai Auditorium, CGIS South
Screening and Discussion of the 1999 Documentary Film about Tiro, Aceh:
Village Goat Takes the Beating, by Aryo Danusiri
Moderated by Prof. Byron Good
Commentators: Aguswandi, Aceh Peace Resource Center (BRA)
Prof. Mary Steedly, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University
Mr. Meidyatama Suryodiningrat, Managing Editor, Jakarta Post,
and Fellow, Weatherhead Center, Harvard University
Prof. Jay Rosengard, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Thursday, October 25
CGIS North Room #N354
9:00 9:30 Welcome and Introduction to the Conference
Prof. Byron Good
Prof. Tony Saich, Director Asia Center
Aguswandi, Aceh Peace Resource Center
Prof. Mary-Jo DelVecchio Good
The Peace Process: Historical Context and Implementing the Peace
Chairs: Prof. Mary-Jo DelVecchio Good and Aguswandi
9:30 Nurdin Abdurrahman, Reflections on the history of violence in Aceh
9:50 Mark Knight, A historical and comparative perspective on the DDR
processes in Aceh
10:10 M Nur Rasyid, Challenges to implementing the peace process
10:30 Coffee Break
10:50 Amiruddin Usman, Zeinal Arifin, Soleman Ponto, The role of the
Government of Indonesia in continuing the peace process and perspectives on the
implementation of the Helsinki MOU
11:10 Nur Djuli, The role of GAM in continuing the peace process and
perspectives on the implementation of the MOU
11:30 Aguswandi, The role of civil society in continuing the peace process
and perspectives on the implementation of the MOU
11:50 William Ozkaptan, Sustaining the peace process through the
implementation of the MOU
12:10 Panel Discussion
12:30-1:30 Lunch
Remnants of Violence: Models for Addressing Issues of Transitional Justice,
Trauma, and Reconciliation
Chair: Prof. Herbert Kelman
1:30 Prof. Jennifer Leaning: Human Rights Approaches
1:50 Dr. Donna Hicks: Conflict Resolution Approaches: Reconciling with Dignity
2:10 Prof. Kimberly Theidon: TRC and Transitional Justice Approaches
2:30 Dr. Hafid Abbas: Indonesian Perspectives on Peace and Reconcilitation
2:50 Dr. Ibrahim Puteh and Prof. Byron Good: Trauma Treatment and Mental
Health
3:10 4:00 Commentary by Prof. Stanley Tambiah; Discussion led by Prof.
Herbert Kelman
Public Lecture and Films on Reconciliation: Tsai Lecture Hall, CGIS South
4:15-6:30
Governor Irwandi Yusuf: A Vision for Aceh: Hopes and Concerns, Lecture and
Discussion
Film Facing the Truth: Film of encounters between victims and former
perpetrators of the Northern Ireland violence, facilitated by Bishop Desmond
Tutu and Donna Hicks. Discussion led by Donna Hicks
Friday October 26
CGIS North Room #N354
Documenting and Responding to Violence
Historical Experiences of Violence in Aceh
Chair: Prof. Engseng Ho
8:30 Prof. Sylvia Tiwon, Narratives of womens experiences
8:50 Prof. Jacquie Siapno, Facing up to grief and the remnants of violence
9:10 Raihana Diani, The struggle for human rights
9:30 Prof. Mary-Jo Good, Levels of violence and trauma: Empirical data
9:50 Jesse Grayman, Displacement as a dimension of the violence
10:10- 10:30 Coffee Break
Responses and Interventions
Chair: Prof. Byron Good
10:30 Monica Tanuhandaru, Training police for human rights
10:50 Prof. Lucie White, Global perspectives on reintegrating former
combatants into civil society
11:10-12:00 Comments and Discussion
Friday Afternoon
12:00-2:00 Friday Prayers and Lunch
Economic Rebuilding Post Conflict
Chair Aguswandi
2:00 Teuku Kamaruzzaman, Economic rebuilding in post-tsunami and
post-conflict Aceh
2:20 Teungku Nasruddin Ahmed, Creating a cooperative movement in
post-conflict Aceh
2:40 Prof. Jay Rosengard, Principles and priorities for post-conflict and
post-disaster economic development in Aceh
3:00 Patrick Barron, The role of the international community in post-conflict
development: A view from the World Bank
3:20 Steve Cook and James Bean, Peace-building and on-going reintegration
processes in Aceh: A view from the International Organization for Migration
3:50-5:00 Discussion
Reception, Asia Center Lounge, CGIS South
5 pm
Saturday, October 27
CGIS Room N354
9:00 - 3:00 Indonesian Working Group: Setting an Agenda for the Future of the
Peace Process (Participation by Invitation)
Organizing Committee
Byron Good
Professor of Medical Anthropology
Harvard Medical School
Mary-Jo DelVecchio Good
Professor of Social Medicine,
Harvard Medical School
Anthony Saich
Daewoo Professor of International Affairs
Director, Asia Center, Harvard University
Aguswandi
Senior Program Officer,
Aceh Peace Resource Center
Willliam Ozkaptan
Coordinator
Aceh Peace Resource Center
Hafid Abbas
Director General, Agency for Research and Development on Human Rights,
Ministry of Law and Human Rights, Government of Indonesia
Jesse Grayman
Department of Anthropology, Harvard University
Fulbright Research Fellow, Aceh
Support for the Conference is provided by the Asia Center, Harvard
University, the Department of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, the Aceh
Peace Resource Center and USAID, and the Government of Indonesia.
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