Faith-based humanitarianism conference - Las Casas Institute / Refugee Studies Centre

Location

Faith-based humanitarianism conference

21-23 September 2010, Oxford

The Refugee Studies Centre and the Las Casas Institute on Ethics, Governance and Social Justice are organizing an international conference on ‘Faith-based humanitarianism: the response of faith communities and faith-based organisations to people affected by conflict, crisis and forced migration’.

The conference aims to consider the motives, role and impact of faith-based organisations in their responses to people affected by conflict, crisis and forced migration and how faith-based approaches differ from the responses of secular humanitarian organisations. The conference will discuss the role faith plays in the lives of forced migrants. It will touch on the occasional culpability of faith-based institutions in generating conflicts leading to forced displacement while also considering the role of faith communities and faith-based organisations in conflict mediation and resolution. The conference will convene academics, humanitarian practitioners, policymakers, theologians and inter-faith representatives. Southern scholars, practitioners and forced migrants will also be involved in debates on these issues which directly affect their work and lives.

The Call for Papers and Expression of Interest Form are now available online at: http://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/conf_conferences_210910.html