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MIGS WORKSHOP PRESENTATION

ROLAND MARCHAL
Research Fellow
CNRS/CERI
Paris

will present a report from the field on

"THE SITUATION IN DARFUR "

FRIDAY
20 OCTOBER 2006

12 NOON. TO 13:30 P.M.

ROOM LB-608
CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARY BUILDING
1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West

If time permits, we will post a preliminary copy of Roland Marchal's paper. You will be able to access it by clicking here.
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ROLAND MARCHAL is a Research Fellow of France's Centre national de la recherche scientifique and the Centre d’Études et de Recherches Internationales. He holds his first degrees both in Mathematics and Social Sciences from the University of Strasbourg and his higher degrees from the Ecole des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHEES/School of Advanced Studies in Social Sciences) and University Paris VI. He is a member of the Scientific Committee of the quarterly Politique Africaine. His books include Guerre et Sociétés. Etats et violence après la guerre froide (with Pierre Hassner, ed.), Paris, Karthala, 2003; Somalia : Human Development (with Ken Menkhaus), Nairobi, UNDP, 1998; Les chemins de la guerre et de la paix (with Christine Messiant), Paris, Karthala, 1997; and Lower Shabelle : Study on governance, Nairobi, United Nations Development Office for Somalia, November 1997. Roland Marchal's current research focuses on the sociology of violence and armed conflicts in Africa, peace-keeping operations in Africa, and war and informal trans-national economics. He has just returned from fieldwork in Somalia and Sudan.