BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Kevin Dunn on Peeling\nthe\nOnion: "Sons of the Soil" and local roots of conflict in Eastern DRCKevin\nDunn\, Associate\nProfessor of Pol itical Science\,\nHobart and William Smith CollegesJason Stearns noted tha t the conflict in\nthe Congo is like an onion\, with multiple layers and n o clear discernible core.\nMany different attempts have been made to expla in the conflict in the DRC\,\nranging from ethnicity\, to greed and resour ce wars\, to the role of colonialism\,\nand each provides useful contribut ions to the debate. This talk will emphasize\nthe concept of autochthony\, which links identity and space\, enabling a direct\nclaim to territory by asserting that one is an original inhabitant\, a ‘son of\nthe soil’. Whil e acknowledging significance of both regional and international\nfactors\, this talk will assert that the conflict in North Kivu is largely an\nagra rian war\, and its root causes must be located in the complex web of\nunce rtainties concerning citizenship and land rights. This is further\ncomplic ated by the extraction of the valuable minerals that are abundant in\nthis part of the Congo. \;Professor\nDunn’s work\nincludes the books Polit ics\nof Origin in Africa: Autochthony\, Citizenship and Conflict (with Mor ten Boas\, 2013)\, Inside\nAfrican Politics (with\nPierre Englebert\, 2013 )\, African\nGuerrillas: Raging Against the Machine (with\nMorten Boas\, 2 007)\, Imagining\nthe\nCongo: The International Relations of Identity (200 3) and Africa’s Challenge\nto International Relations Theory\n(with Timoth y Shaw\, 2001). \;Sponsored by the Maxwell African Scholars Union at t he Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs DTEND:20140228T190000Z DTSTAMP:20260610T014533Z DTSTART:20140228T173000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:MASU presents: Kevin Dunn UID:RFCALITEM639166383335437229 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Kevin Dunn on Peeling\nthe\nOnion : "Sons of the Soil" and local roots of conflict in Eastern DRC

Kevin\nDunn\, Associate\nProfessor of Political Science\,\nHobart and W illiam Smith Colleges

Jason Stearns noted that the conflict in\n the Congo is like an onion\, with multiple layers and no clear discernible core.\nMany different attempts have been made to explain the conflict in the DRC\,\nranging from ethnicity\, to greed and resource wars\, to the ro le of colonialism\,\nand each provides useful contributions to the debate. This talk will emphasize\nthe concept of autochthony\, which links identi ty and space\, enabling a direct\nclaim to territory by asserting that one is an original inhabitant\, a ‘son of\nthe soil’. While acknowledging sig nificance of both regional and international\nfactors\, this talk will ass ert that the conflict in North Kivu is largely an\nagrarian war\, and its root causes must be located in the complex web of\nuncertainties concernin g citizenship and land rights. This is further\ncomplicated by the extract ion of the valuable minerals that are abundant in\nthis part of the Congo.  \;

Professor\nDunn’s work\nincludes the books Politics\nof O rigin in Africa: Autochthony\, Citizenship and Conflict (with Morten B oas\, 2013)\, Inside\nAfrican Politics (with\nPierre Englebert\, 20 13)\, African\nGuerrillas: Raging Against the Machine (with\nMorten Boas\, 2007)\, Imagining\nthe\nCongo: The International Relations of I dentity (2003) and Africa’s Challenge\nto International Relations T heory\n(with Timothy Shaw\, 2001). \;

Sponsored by the Maxwell African Scholars Union at the Moynihan Institute of Global Affair s

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