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Séverine Autesserre

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The Frontlines of Peace

Keynote

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Free and open to the public

20 November 2025, 3:30 - 5 p.m.
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SeverineAR avatar Severine Autesserre @SeverineAR ·
1 Oct 1973326785124438265

Back in eastern Congo: steep hills, complex peace, powerful conversations.
Walking, listening, learning, strategizing.
Wi-Fi is slow. Spirits are high.
Yes, I overpacked books. Again.

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SeverineAR avatar Severine Autesserre @SeverineAR ·
1 Aug 1951353878110413150

🎙 I joined @mariamalagardis, Bob Kabamba & @MatteoCaranta on @franceculture
🇨🇩 Peace in DR Congo
🧩 A roundtable that went in… a few directions
J’étais ravie de participer à Questions du soir d’été
🎧 https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/podcasts/questions-du-soir-d-ete/qui-peut-tenir-la-paix-en-republique-democratique-du-congo-5890640

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SeverineAR avatar Severine Autesserre @SeverineAR ·
19 May 1924421225998176639

📍En route pour @saint_etienne_ !
Le jeudi 22 mai à 19h, je serai à l’Hôtel de Ville pour une conférence gratuite et ouverte à tous : "Sur les fronts de la paix".

Plus d’infos ici : https://mediatheques.saint-etienne.fr/Default/doc/CALENDAR/1358/rencontre-avec-severine-autesserre

Au plaisir de vous y retrouver !

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SeverineAR avatar Severine Autesserre @SeverineAR ·
6 May 1919730461355495906

🕊️ Heading to Brussels to give the keynote at Reimagining PEACE 2025, hosted by Peace Research Community Europe & @vredesinstituut.
I’ll speak about “The Frontlines of Peace” + share insights from my new project, “On Peace.”
Join us!
🔗https://vlaamsvredesinstituut.eu/en/events/conference-reimagining-peace-building-a-network-in-times-of-conflict/
#ActionPEACE2025

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SeverineAR avatar Severine Autesserre @SeverineAR ·
19 Apr 1913610154622308714

Thrilled to host Emmy-winning journalist @AnnePoiret at Barnard on April 22!

We’ll talk about what happens after war—stories of rebuilding, resistance & peace.

Open to Columbia/Barnard ID holders.
Details + RSVP: https://barnard.edu/events/post-war-journalism-telling-stories-after-guns-fall-silent
#PostConflict #Journalism #ColumbiaEvents

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SeverineAR avatar Severine Autesserre @SeverineAR ·
5 Apr 1908601686689489025

Junior faculty and recent PHD in African & Africana studies, here are three open positions for you !

These two-year residential fellowships are our equivalent of postdoc positions.

For details & application guidelines, please see: https://barnard.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Faculty/job/New-York-City-NY/Barnard-Early-Career-Faculty-Fellow--Africana-Studies_JR4652

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SeverineAR avatar Severine Autesserre @SeverineAR ·
18 Feb 1891877204176294007

Join us tonight!
@GeorgesNtalaja, Kalala Ngalamulume, @CongoFriends, @Jdlzw, Abosede George and I will do our best to help you all understand the situation in eastern Congo and think through potential paths for peace.
Free webinar, open to everyone.
RSVP: https://ias.columbia.edu/events/congo-context-historical-and-contemporary-perspectives

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SeverineAR avatar Severine Autesserre @SeverineAR ·
26 Dec 1872425748977623514

Congrats on this powerful article, @Evreki, and huge thanks for the shout-out to "The Frontlines of Peace"!

Congrats on this powerful article, @Evreki, and huge thanks for the shout-out to "The Frontlines of Peace"!
T24 @t24comtr

✍️ Prof. Dr. Evren Balta yazdı:

🔴 Zafer değil; umut ve korku

📌 Şam’da nüvelerini gördüğümüz iktidar yapılanması gücünü silahlanmış gruplar, mezhepsel bağlar ve dış aktörlerle kurulan ilişkilerinden alan bir yapı üzerinden sürdürmeye hazırlanıyor gibi
https://t24.com.tr/yazarlar/evren-balta/zafer-degil-umut-ve-korku,47782

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SeverineAR avatar Severine Autesserre @SeverineAR ·
24 Dec 1871575829702176879

Look what arrived just in time for the challenges 2025 may bring! John Paul Lederach’s "The Pocket Guide for Facing Down a Civil War" is packed with insights from a lifetime of peacebuilding, & it's freely available online at https://www.johnpaullederach.com/2024/07/pocket-guide/. Let’s build peace together!🕊️

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SeverineAR avatar Severine Autesserre @SeverineAR ·
26 Nov 1861346353684603299

Great opportunity for African researchers! You’ll join a fantastic community of fellows (truly impressive) and benefit from mentorship from the @HFGuggenheim team. From personal experience, I can say they treat their fellows exceptionally well. Good luck!
https://live-harryfrankguggenheim.pantheonsite.io/african-fellows/

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SeverineAR avatar Severine Autesserre @SeverineAR ·
28 Sep 2024 1840047900656594970

My Thursday morning treat: Being invited by @UNOPS and Goals House to talk with @simonmundy, @IsraSpeaks, @UNOPS_Chief, and L. Sacks about "The Missing Peace."
I loved our discussion (many thanks to my hosts & fellow panelists!)
If you'd like to watch it:

Twitter feed video.
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SeverineAR avatar Severine Autesserre @SeverineAR ·
14 Sep 2024 1834985682948825287

Super équipe, super ville, super job. Amis universitaires, bonne chance!

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SeverineAR avatar Severine Autesserre @SeverineAR ·
6 Sep 2024 1831854260725936529

One of my favorite thinkers and authors has created an online archive of his work, with free access to a wealth of fabulous resources. Fellow fans of John Paul Lederach—and anybody else interested in peace and peacebuilding— enjoy!

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Welcome to the John Paul Lederach Archive - John Paul Lederach

www.johnpaullederach.com

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SeverineAR avatar Severine Autesserre @SeverineAR ·
6 Jun 2024 1798757351341842929

Thank you so much for the shout-out, @ruthmaclean and @nytimes! I'm so glad you've enjoyed the book and find it useful.

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SeverineAR avatar Severine Autesserre @SeverineAR ·
2 Jun 2024 1797262155357548856

Been a bit MIA (campus life!), but here are some updates 1/2:
🏅 Received the Ann Whitney Olin Foundation Chair. Thanks @BarnardCollege of @Columbia!
👩‍🎓The flyer students created to introduce me is the perfect illustration to keep the algorithm happy. Thanks, wonderful students!

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SeverineAR avatar Severine Autesserre @SeverineAR ·
2 Jun 2024 1797264033696940466

✨Lovely review of "The Frontlines of Peace." Thanks, @CritiqueIntle & F. Ramel!
🕊️I’m thrilled I can spend my summer working on my new research project (on building peace). Thanks for all your support, everyone!
#Peacebuilding #AuthorLife #grateful 2/2

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Séverine Autesserre, Sur les fronts de la paix

The Frontlines of Peace, traduit de l’anglais américain par Stanislas de Haldat Paris, Éditions de la Maison des...

www.cairn.info

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HFGuggenheim avatar Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation @HFGuggenheim ·
28 May 2024 1795560720047722598

On May 2, @SeverineAR,@BarnardCollege, and João Honwana, @KrocInstitute, discussed tensions between the UN's peacebuilding agenda and local realities.

Watch the full discussion here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=InRnn8xp8O8

#Peacebuilding #UN #HFGEvents

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SeverineAR avatar Severine Autesserre @SeverineAR ·
27 May 2024 1795196319117550070

Yet another excellent investigation by @Melaniegouby for @ForeignPolicy.
“The Problem With ‘Conflict-Free’ Minerals
How traceability schemes have wound up hurting Congo’s people.”

Foreign Policy @ForeignPolicy

Western advocacy led to policies focused on derisking supply chains and virtue signaling to consumers, rather than improving Congolese miners’ living conditions or addressing the conflict’s root causes, Mélanie Gouby writes. https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/05/22/conflict-free-minerals-traceability-schemes-congo/

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SeverineAR avatar Severine Autesserre @SeverineAR ·
21 May 2024 1793006600136913376

I enjoyed the discussion *so* much! Thanks again to Nyeleti & João Honwana (and the @HFGuggenheim team, the HFG African Fellows, and the other participants--in the room & on Zoom).
Those of you who couldn't join us: Enjoy the video!

Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation @HFGuggenheim

Watch HFG’s May 2 #KnowledgeAgainstViolence discussion of #PeacebuildingInAfrica with @SeverineAR and João Honwana.

➡️ http://youtube.com/watch?v=InRnn8xp8O8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InRnn8xp8O8

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SeverineAR avatar Severine Autesserre @SeverineAR ·
6 May 2024 1787572037256380561

First Dutch publication! My work is now available in 7 different languages!
Flemish & Dutch friends, enjoy.
(It's a brief overview of my latest book, “The Frontlines of Peace”)
Free full-text version of my chapter: https://doi.org/10.7916/7ny2-ns34, or for the book: https://lup.be/products/249612

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SusannaCampbell avatar Susanna Campbell (@susannacampbell.bsky.social) @SusannaCampbell ·
6 May 2024 1787308440592785410

APPLY: We are hiring a Global Evidence Fellow - a year-long post-doctoral fellowship with @LPI_voices and @ripil_au at @AmericanU. Funded by @CarnegieCorp, fellows will conduct community-based research in East Africa and seek to translate it into a policy impact. Due: 05/22/24.

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HFGuggenheim avatar Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation @HFGuggenheim ·
2 May 2024 1786003224077475974

HAPPENING TODAY: Discussion on challenges of international #PeacebuildingInAfrica led by @SeverineAR, political science professor @BarnardCollege @Columbia University & João Honwana, mediation program senior advisor @KrocInstitute @NotreDame.

Register: https://2ly.link/1xhtI

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1 May 2024 1785723802061623674

Join us on Thu., May 2 for a conversation on #PeacebuildingInAfrica. Experts @SeverineAR and João Honwana will explore the challenges and successes of the #InternationalPeacebuilding agenda.

Register: https://2ly.link/1xhtI

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SeverineAR avatar Severine Autesserre @SeverineAR ·
26 Apr 2024 1783979176703250630

Fabulous opportunity for junior scholars

Conflict Research Group @crg_crg

Now open: Call for participants: Summerschool on fieldwork in violent environments (16-19 September) - CRG in collaboration with @Mats_Utas and @dsfactories https://www.crg-ghent.be/call-for-participants-summerschool-on-fieldwork-in-violent-environments/

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26 Apr 2024 1783889722164592735

Learn about the complexities of #PeacebuildingInAfrica on May 2, when @SeverineAR and João Honwana discuss the tensions between the international agenda and local realities.

Register now: https://2ly.link/1xhtI

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25 Apr 2024 1783633888352317563

Join us next week! João Honwana has spent his entire career working for the United Nations in Africa (Sudan, Guinea Bissau, Mali) and in the Headquarters, and @HFGuggenheim is *the* catalyst to fabulous research on violence and peace, so this should be good. 😀

Join us next week! João Honwana has spent his entire career working for the United Nations in Africa (Sudan, Guinea Bissau, Mali) and in the Headquarters, and @HFGuggenheim is *the* catalyst to fabulous research on violence and peace, so this should be good. 😀
Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation @HFGuggenheim

Join HFG on Thursday, May 2, for a conversation on #PeacebuldingInAfrica led by @SeverineAR, professor of political science at @BarnardCollege, @Columbia University and João Honwana, senior advisor at the @KrocInstitute, @NotreDame.

Register: https://2ly.link/1xhtI

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SeverineAR avatar Severine Autesserre @SeverineAR ·
12 Apr 2024 1778744991403130964

Anybody interested can watch the full (1h30-long) event here!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HokglgMq0-A
Enjoy 😉

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SeverineAR avatar Severine Autesserre @SeverineAR ·
12 Apr 2024 1778744080333164802

Such an important question… It’s never to early to think about peace!
Thank you so much again for the provocative discussion, @AMarieDussault and #RDI2460.

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12 Apr 2024 1778788538764468345

*too early 🤦‍♀️ (the lack of sleep is really starting to show)

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24 Mar 2024 1771861597494874394

Thank you so much for the kind recommendation and for the review, @ACCORD_online & Dr. Odhiambo! 🙏

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27 Feb 2024 1762502844492415045

Thank you so much for this beautiful review, @seikyoreadbook!

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24 Feb 2024 1761402032060055871

Postales d #NuevaYork : Despues d 1 animado panel d discusion sobre 1 tema d actualidad, nada mejor q compartir 1 grata cena con mis colegas, @SylvieKauffmann , @SeverineAR y @JGuehenno . En @Margaux, #GreenwichVillage . @sebastian_gray @marichivalero @TurkiAntof @ganacarola

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Department of Political Science, Barnard College, Columbia University, 3009 Broadway, New York, NY 10027-6598, USA

E-mail: [email protected]

Affiliated with the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Columbia University

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