CAPAZ Academic Director to speak at the online session of the LatinKnows Group at the University of Göttingen

CAPAZ Academic Director to speak at the online session of the LatinKnows Group at the University of Göttingen

The student group called LatinKnows at the University of Göttingen promotes intercultural and multidisciplinary dialogue on issues relevant to Latin America. Its purpose is the exchange of academic expertise and experience, through events and activities including festivals, seminars and lectures.

The CAPAZ Academic Director and Professor of Peace Studies at Justus Liebig University Giessen, Prof. Dr. Stefan Peters, will be the guest speaker at the online session on migration in Latin America of the series “Zwischen den Welten” (Between Worlds), organized by LatinKnows.

The focus of the session will be on reviewing the context of the peace process in Colombia and, specifically, the migration waves resulting from the armed conflict. The discussion entitled: “Migrationsbewegungen durch bewaffneten Konflikt in Kolumbien” (Migratory movements caused by armed conflict in Colombia) will be addressed by Prof. Peters and Luis Carlos Palomino Forero, spokesperson of Oigo Paz, an association based in Göttingen, Germany, dedicated to the Colombian peace process.

The online meeting will be held on Tuesday, December 1, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. (German time), in English, and can be accessed live on Zoom: https://uni-goettingen.zoom.us/j/93212341890

Find more information on the LatinKnows Instagram profile: https://www.instagram.com/latiknowshsg/

Note: CAPAZ is not the organiser of this event, for more information, please contact the organisers directly.

(NWText: Claudia Maya. English: Tiziana Laudato)