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Prof. Susan Thomson – “How Rwanda Changed My Life”

By Aaron Solle on February 17, 2014

Professor Thomson (@susanmthomson) begins Colgate’s series of events to honor the 20th anniversary of genocide in speaking about how the Rwandan genocide changed her life. Watch her the video below:


Professor Susan Thomson speaks to Montreal’s La Presse

By Aaron Solle on February 6, 2014

Professor Thomson recently spoke to Montreal’s La Presse about France’s very first trial of a Rwandan genocide suspect, Pascal Simbikangwa.

Click here to read the full story.


PCON Remembers the 20th Anniversary of the Rwandan Genocide

By Aaron Solle on February 3, 2014

Thumbnail of events posterApril 2014 marks the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide. Over 100 days, from April to June 1994, ethnic Hutu militias killed more than 800,000 ethnic Tutsi in the most efficient genocide of the 20th century. To mark this milestone event, the Peace and Conflict Studies Program (P-CON) presents a multi-disciplinary series of events to analyze the lessons and legacies of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.

View the event poster and schedule of events.