Her Name is Beatrice, My Name is Lara: experiences in witnessing, internal displacement and conflict in Northern Uganda after 23 years of war Opening January 14 2010 By Lara Rosenoff, PhD student and Liu Scholar At certain stages in the 23-year conflict in Northern Uganda, over 1.8 million people, or 90% of the northern population, had been displaced into severely overcrowded and squalid internally displaced person’s (IDP) camps, resulting in “almost 1000 excess deaths every week…” (Ugandan Ministry of Health, 2005). It is also estimated that one in five girls and one in three boys in northern Uganda have been abducted at some point by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebel group and were forced to be child soldiers. Although a ceasefire between the LRA and the Ugandan Government had been signed in August 2006, it has since run out without producing a peace agreement. The LRA and their infamous leader, Joseph Kony, continue to be active in neighbouring Sudan, Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of Congo. "Her Name is Beatrice, My Name is Lara: experiences in witnessing, internal displacement and conflict in Northern Uganda after 23 years of war" is a documentary project manifested in several forms. The various forms and means of dissemination examine a documentary’s potentials and pitfalls in critical “witnessing,” while exploring how voices from those living in the centre of conflict can challenge dominant media and humanitarian narratives. Lara Rosenoff returned three times over two years to visit Beatrice in Padibe Internally Displaced Person's Camp in Northern Uganda. The photo and video-based exhibition that Ms. Rosenoff has put together is part of their story and will be featured in the Lobby Gallery at the Liu Institute for Global Issues in 2010. For more information about the exhibit, please visit http://www.hernameisbeatrice.com/
	Women Through the Border Coming in September 2010 By Luna Vives, PhD student and Liu Scholar, and Javier Acebal New neighbors, new faces, new stories: immigration is changing our cities. But rarely are we familiar with  the personal stories that lie behind it. “Women Through the Border”  bridges that gap. The project includes a series of cultural activities that aim to bring the audience closer to the experience of a group of Senegalese women currently living in Spain. At the heart of the project is a photo exhibit that traces the routes these women have followed from their home towns and cities in Senegal to the new homes they have made for themselves in Spain. Through an intimate series of portraits, the exhibit explores the relationship they maintain with those left behind and the dreams that give them strength to carry on. Over the course of the exhibit, special presentations – including cinema, live music and live storytelling – show the wealth of Senegalese culture that the women bring with them. “Women Through the Border” opened at the Biblioteca de Andalucía (Granada) in late November, 2009 before beginning a tour of other Spanish and European cities. The exhibit will be featured in the Lobby Gallery at the Liu Institute for Global Issues from September 2010. For more information about the exhibit, please visit

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