On October 26, USIP, the RESOLVE Network and the Mershon Center for International Security Studies hosted a conversation on the role of rituals, traditions, and transformational processes in the wake of violence and their ability to transform societal relationships in significant ways.

Chris Bosley, welcoming remarks
Interim Director, Program on Violent Extremism, U.S. Institute of Peace

John Caulker
Executive Director, Fambul Tok

Oliver Kaplan
Associate Professor in International Relations and Human Rights; Associate Director of Human Trafficking Center, Josef Korbel School of International Students, University of Denver

Lisa Schirch, moderator
Richard G. Starmann Sr. Professor of the Practice of Peace Studies, Keough School of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame

Dorry Noyes, concluding remarks
Director, Mershon Center for International Security Studies, Ohio State University

Pedro Valenzuela
Professor, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Colombia

For more information about this event, please visit: https://www.usip.org/events/how-rituals-rites-and-ceremonies-can-help-social-healing-after-violence