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Hamber, B.E., Terre Blanche, M. and Levy, P. (1994). Litter Breeds Pigs: Anal Retentiveness, Social Identity Theory and the (Ir)relevance of Psychology. Video presentation to The Knowledge, Method and the Public Good Conference, HSRC Pretoria, July 1994.
Hamber, B.E. (1994). Community Psychiatric Care: Moving Towards effective Community Services in South Africa. Paper presented at The Psychology and Transformation Conference, University of the Western Cape, January 1994.
Hamber, B. E. (1995). Dealing with the Past and the Psychology of Reconciliation: A psychological perspective of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Public address at the 4th International Conference on Psychology and Peace. Cape Town, June 1995.
Hamber, B.E. & Van Zyl, P. (1995). The Truth, The Whole and Nothing but the Truth? Recovering the essential truth through the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Presented at the Spanner in the Factory of Truth Qualitative Methods Conference. University of the Witwatersrand, October 1995.
Butchart, A., Hamber, B., Seedat, M. & Terre Blanche, M. (1995). From Violent Policy to Policies for Violence Prevention: Violence, Politics and Mental Health in Twentieth Century South Africa. Paper presented at the Regional Conference on Mental Health Policy, Cape Town, October.
Hamber, B.E. & Stauffer, C. (1995). Victim-Offender Mediation: Applicability to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Paper presented at The South African Association of Conflict Intervention Conference. Johannesburg, December.
Hamber, B.E. (1996). Can South Africa Deal with the Past without Punishment? Keynote Address at The Mobilising Mediation: Towards Restoration and Reconciliation Conference. Community Dispute Resolution Trust, 3rd National Conference, 31 July to 2 August. Magliesberg, Gauteng: South Africa.
Hamber, B.E. (1996). Comparative Experiences: The Successes and Failures of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Paper presented at the Understanding the Past to Safeguard the Future Conference. Lilongwe, Malawi, 18-19 October 1996.
Hamber, B.E. (1997). Living with the Legacy of Impunity: Lessons for South Africa about Truth, Justice and Crime in Brazil. Seminar No.5 presented at The Latin American Studies Institute, University of South Africa, Pretoria, 24 April.
Hamber, B.E. (1997). The Burdens of Truth: An evaluation of the Psychological Support Services and Initiatives undertaken by the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Paper presented at the Third International Conference of the Ethnic Studies Network, Derry, Northern Ireland, 26-28 June 1997.
Hamber, B. (1997). The Department of Health Violence Prevention Plan. Paper presented at the Consultative Conference on Health and Violence, The Farm Inn, Lynwood, Pretoria, South Africa, 22-23 July 1997.
Levin, L., Dewhirst, P. & Hamber, B. (1997). The use of EVSYS for preparing a human rights database for presentation to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa. Paper presented at the HURIDOCS Conference, Mexico City, Mexico, 11-13 November 1997.
Hamber, B. (1997). Reflecting on the Truth: Has the media coverage of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission changed the way the public sees itself, its history and its responsibility. Paper presented at the TRC and Human Rights Journalism in South Africa Conference, Rosebank Hotel, Johannesburg, South Africa, 3 October 1997.
Hamber, B., Mofokeng, T. & Simpson, G. (1997). Evaluating the Role and Function of Civil Society in a Changing South Africa: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission as a Case Study. Paper presented at the Role of Southern Civil Organisations in the Promotion of Peace Seminar, CIIR, London, U.K., 10 November 1997.
Hamber, B. & van der Merwe, H. (1998). What is this thing called Reconciliation? Paper presented at the Geodgedacht Forum - After the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Goedgedacht Farm, Cape Town, South Africa, 28 March 1998.
Hamber, B. (1998). Reconciliation in South Africa. Paper presented at the Truth to Transformation Conference, Parktonian Hotel, Johannesburg, South Africa, 21-22 April 1998.
Hamber, B. (1998). How should we remember? Issues to consider when establishing commissions and structures for dealing with the past. Paper presented at the Dealing with the Past: Reconciliation Processes and Peace Building Conference, Holiday Inn, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 8-9 June 1998.
Hamber, B. (1998). Building a Culture of Human Rights or a Culture of Impunity? Some reflections on the relationship between truth recovery processes and prevention of future human rights violations. Paper presented at the Burying the Past Conference, St Anthony’s College, Oxford, U.K., 14-16 September 1998.
Hamber, B. (1998). Repairing the Irreparable: Dealing with the double-binds of making reparations for crimes of the past. Paper presented at the African Studies Association of the UK Biennial Conference “Comparisons and Transitions” at SOAS, University of London, London, U.K., 14-16 September 1998.
Hamber, B. (1998).Evaluating the TRC in a comparative international context. Paper presented at the Evaluating South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission Conference at Sussex University, Institute for Developmental Studies, U.K., 18-19 September 1998.
Hamber, B. (1998). Who Pays for Peace? Implications of the negotiated settlement for reconciliation, transformation and violence in post-apartheid South Africa. Public lecture at the Annual General Meeting of the Catholic Institute for International Relations, London Voluntary Sector Resource Centre, London, 30 October 1998.
Hamber, B. (1999). Trauma and the Truth Commission. Paper presented at the Traumatic Stress In South Africa – Working Towards Solutions Conference, Parktonian Hotel, Johannesburg, South Africa, 27-29 January 1999.
Hamber, B. (1999). Past Imperfect: Strategies for dealing with past political violence in Northern Ireland, South Africa and countries in transition. Paper presented at the Fourth International Conference of the Ethnic Studies Network at the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, 8-11 June 1999.
Hamber, B. (1999). Psychologising the truth. Paper presented at the Commissioning the Past Conference at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, 11-14 June 1999.
Hamber, B. (1999). The Challenge of Embedding Peace. Paper presented at the Community and Governance in Times of Transition Conference, Northern Ireland Voluntary Trust, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 9-10 December 1999.
Hamber, B. & Mosikare, N. (2000). Truth Commission and self-help groups in South Africa - the relations between social processes of dealing with the past and individual coping with repressive regimes. Paper presented at the Psychosocial Programs after War and Dictatorship Conference, Medico International, Mainz, Germany, 17-21 June 2000.
Brocklehurst, H., Stott, N., Hamber, B. & Robinson, G. (2000). Lesson Drawing from Negotiated Transitions in Northern Ireland and South Africa. Paper presented at the American Political Science Association Conference, Washington, D.C., USA., August 30 to September 3 2000.
Hamber, B. (2000). Between Conflict and Peace: Dealing with Transition. Keynote address to Trauma and Transition Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 23 October 2000.
Simpson, G., Hamber, B. & Stott, N. (2001). Future Challenges to Policy-Making in Countries in Transition, Presentation to the Workshop Comparative Experiences of Policy Making and Implementation in Countries in Transition, 6th - 7th February, Derry/Londonderry Northern Ireland.
Hamber, B. & Robinson, G. (2001). Developing and Implementing Public Policy in Northern Ireland and South Africa. Paper presented at the Fifth International Conference of the Ethnic Studies Network: From Violence to Politics, Derry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland, 27-30 June 2001.
Hamber, B. (2001). Irreconcilable Tensions: The implications of the Negotiated Settlement for Transformation in Post-apartheid South Africa. Paper presented at the Fifth International Conference of the Ethnic Studies Network: From Violence to Politics, Derry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland, 27-30 June 2001.
Hamber, B. (2002). Community Effects of Transgenerational Trauma. Paper presented to the Wave Conference on Transgenerational Trauma, Armagh City Hotel, Armagh, Northern Ireland, 18 June 2002.
Hamber, B. (2002). Community Effects of Transgenerational Trauma. Paper presented to the Wave Conference on Transgenerational Trauma, Broomhill Hotel, Derry, Northern Ireland, 19 June 2002.
Hamber, B. (2002). Trauma work in crisis regions: developing and assessing quality. Paper presented to the International Trauma Research Net Conference on Individual and collective trauma – reality, myth, metaphor? Wiesbaden-Naurod, Germany, 28-30 June 2002.
Hamber, B. (2002). Inter-Group Forgiveness in Settings of Ethnic Conflict: International Perspectives. Discussant at the symposium held at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, 23 August, 2002.
Hamber, B. (2002). Are Lessons Transferable? Paper presented at the Empirical Research Methodologies of Transitional Justice Mechanisms Conference, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 18-20 November 2002.
Hamber, B. (2002). Dealing with the Past: Drawing a line or searching for the truth? Paper presented at the Human Rights and Community Relations Round Table Conference, 26 November 2002, Duncairn Gardens, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Hamber, B. (2002). Maximizing Our Contribution to Building Peace and Reconciliation. Keynote address at the Standing Community Convention, Armagh City Hotel, Northern Ireland, 16 December 2002.
Hamber, B. (2003). Peacebuilding Post 2003: The need for a more expansive view of peacebuilding in Ireland. Keynote address to the Peacebuilding Post 2006 Workshop, 4 February 2003, Fairways Hotel, Dundalk, Co. Louth, Republic of Ireland.
Hamber, B. (2003). Psychologising the Nation: Truth, Trauma and Reconciliation in Post-Conflict Societies. Paper presented at the Strengths and Limitations of Truth Commissions: the cases of Argentina, Chile and South Africa and Guatemala Workshop, 6 March 2003, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Hamber, B. (2002). South Africa and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Paper presented at Symposium on Contemporary South Africa, 16 April 2003, Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Virginia.
Hamber, B. (2003). Peacebuilding Post 2003: The need for a more expansive view of peacebuilding in Ireland. Keynote address to the Peacebuilding Post 2006 Workshop, 4 February 2003, Fairways Hotel, Dundalk, Co. Louth, Republic of Ireland.
Hamber, B. (2003). Rights and Reasons: Challenges for Truth Recovery in South Africa and Northern Ireland. Paper presented at the Strengths and limitations of truth commissions: the cases of Argentina, Chile, South Africa and Guatemala Workshop. Centre for International Studies and CISA: Peterhouse College, Cambridge University, UK.
Hamber, B. (2003). The Politics of Victimhood: Perspectives on dealing with needs of victims and survivors following political conflict in Northern Ireland and South Africa. Paper presented at the Social Work and Political Conflict Conference, Queen’s University, Belfast, 26th June 2003
Hamber, B. (2003). Nunca Más and the Politics of Person: Critical questions for violence prevention through truth telling. Paper presented at Research Initiative for the Resolution of Ethnic Conflict Conference, Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame, USA, 11-13 September 2003
Hamber, B. (2003). Psychologising the Nation: The politics of truth, healing and reconciliation in post-conflict societies. Paper presented at the Building Healthier Communities International Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1-3 October 2003
Hamber, B. (2003). Flying flags of fear: The role of fear in the process of political transition. Paper presented at the Risk, Complex Crises & Social Futures Conference, Amman, Jordan, 11-13 October 2003
Hamber, B. (2004). Public Memorials and Reconciliation Processes in Northern Ireland. Paper presented at the Trauma and Transitional Justice in Divided Societies Conference, Airlie House, Warrington, Virginia, USA, March 27-29, 2004
Hamber, B. (2004). The Impact of Trauma: A psychosocial approach. Keynote address to the A Shared Practice - Victims Work in Action Conference, Radisson Roe Park Hotel, Limavady, Northern Ireland, 7-8 April 2004
Hamber, B. (2004). Contested Pasts and Uncertain Futures: Lessons from South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Possibilities in Northern Ireland. Paper presented at Workshop on justice in transition, Northern Ireland and beyond, Onati, Spain, 19 – 21 May 2004
Hamber, B. (2004). Reparations as symbol: Narratives of resistance, reticence and possibility in South Africa. Paper presented at the Reparations: An Interdisciplinary Examination of Some Philosophical Issues Conference, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada, 6-8 February
Hamber, B. (2004). Symbolic Reparations in the Aftermath of Political Conflict. Paper presented at the Settling Accounts? Truth, Justice and Redress in Post-conflict Societies, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, Boston, USA, 2-3 November 2004
Hamber, B. (2004). The Challenge: Peace and Reconciliation. Keynote address to the 25th Year Challenge, Change and Celebrate Conference of Co-operation Ireland, Slieve Donard Hotel, Newcastle, Co. Down.
Hamber, B. (2005). Psychologizing the Nation: Truth and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland and South Africa. Pubic lecture at the Relational Track of the NYU Post Doctoral Program, NYU, New York. 18 March.
Hamber, B. (2005). The dilemma's of reparations: In search of a process-driven approach. Paper presented at Reparation for Victims of Gross and Systematic Human Rights Violations Conference, Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium which, Brussels, Belgium, 25 February 2005.
Hamber, B. (2005). Lessons from the South Africa truth and reconciliation process for Northern Ireland. Paper presented at the Healing Through Remembering: Dealing with the past Corrymeela Conference, St Ethelburga's Centre for Reconciliation and Peace, Bishopsgate, London, 12 March 2005.
Hamber, B. (2005). Beyond Co-existence. Paper presented at the Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict Research Group, Eleventh International Conference, Windermere Manor Conference Centre, The University of Western Ontario, Canada,14-15 May.
Hamber, B. (2005). Dealing with the Past in Northern Ireland: A response. Paper presented at the Colloquium on Telling the Truth in Northern Ireland, Trinity College, Dublin, 13 April
Hamber, B. (2005). Dealing with Ambivalences in Conflict Resolution. Paper presented at the Remembering, Repeating and Working Through Psychoanalytic Perspectives on the Enduring Psychological Impact of the Troubles, Malone House, Barnett’s Demesne Belfast, 11 November.
Hamber, B. (2006). “We must be careful how we emancipate our women”: Shifting masculinities in post-apartheid South Africa. Paper presented at the Re-Imagining Women’s Security: a Comparative Study of South Africa, Northern Ireland and Lebanon Round Table, United Nations University, New York, 12-13 October.
Hamber, B. & Kelly, G. (2006). Reconciliation: Searching for Ambivalences. Keynote address at the Trauma – Stigma and Distinction : Social Ambivalences in the Face of Extreme Suffering Conference, St. Moritz, Switzerland, 14-17 September.
Hamber, B. (2007). Gender, memorialization and reparations. Paper given at the What Happened to the Women? Gender and Reparations for Human Rights Violations Conference, Caux, Switzerland, 23-24 February.
Hamber, B. (2007). Political Trauma and Context. Keynote address at the Launch of the People Affected by Violence Report (PAVE), Canada Room / Council Chambers, Queen’s university Belfast, 9 March 2007.
Hamber, B. (2007). Narratives of the South African TRC. Paper presented at the Narratives of Suffering Symposium hosted by the International Trauma Studies Programme, Clinical Population and Family Health Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, 27 April 2007.
Hamber, B. (2007, 6 September). What the Bill of Rights achieved for South Africa. Paper presented at the Making the Bill of Rights have a Lasting Legacy Conference, Main Hall, Grosvenor House, Belfast.
Hamber, B. (2007, 26 September). Opening Address: Networking Victim Groups and Ex-Prisoners Organisations. Paper presented at the Networking Conference: Possibilities and Perspectives, Dunadry Hotel, Dunadry.
Hamber, B. (2007, 3 December). Thoughts on DDR in a Changing Context. Paper presented at the Whither now after the war? Future directions for former pro- and anti-state activists Conference, Council Chamber, Queen’s University, Belfast.

Conference and Academic Publications
Dr Brandon Hamber - Updated December 2007
Hamber, B.E., Terre Blanche, M. and Levy, P. (1994). Litter Breeds Pigs: Anal Retentiveness, Social Identity Theory and the (Ir)relevance of Psychology. Video presentation to The Knowledge, Method and the Public Good Conference, HSRC Pretoria, July 1994. Hamber, B.E. (1994). Community Psychiatric Care: Moving Towards effective Community Services in South Africa. Paper presented at The Psychology and Transformation Conference, University of the Western Cape, January 1994. Hamber, B. E. (1995). Dealing with the Past and the Psychology of Reconciliation: A psychological perspective of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Public address at the 4th International Conference on Psychology and Peace. Cape Town, June 1995. Hamber, B.E. & Van Zyl, P. (1995). The Truth, The Whole and Nothing but the Truth? Recovering the essential truth through the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Presented at the Spanner in the Factory of Truth Qualitative Methods Conference. University of the Witwatersrand, October 1995. Butchart, A., Hamber, B., Seedat, M. & Terre Blanche, M. (1995). From Violent Policy to Policies for Violence Prevention: Violence, Politics and Mental Health in Twentieth Century South Africa. Paper presented at the Regional Conference on Mental Health Policy, Cape Town, October. Hamber, B.E. & Stauffer, C. (1995). Victim-Offender Mediation: Applicability to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Paper presented at The South African Association of Conflict Intervention Conference. Johannesburg, December. Hamber, B.E. (1996). Can South Africa Deal with the Past without Punishment? Keynote Address at The Mobilising Mediation: Towards Restoration and Reconciliation Conference. Community Dispute Resolution Trust, 3rd National Conference, 31 July to 2 August. Magliesberg, Gauteng: South Africa. Hamber, B.E. (1996). Comparative Experiences: The Successes and Failures of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Paper presented at the Understanding the Past to Safeguard the Future Conference. Lilongwe, Malawi, 18-19 October 1996. Hamber, B.E. (1997). Living with the Legacy of Impunity: Lessons for South Africa about Truth, Justice and Crime in Brazil. Seminar No.5 presented at The Latin American Studies Institute, University of South Africa, Pretoria, 24 April. Hamber, B.E. (1997). The Burdens of Truth: An evaluation of the Psychological Support Services and Initiatives undertaken by the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Paper presented at the Third International Conference of the Ethnic Studies Network, Derry, Northern Ireland, 26-28 June 1997. Hamber, B. (1997). The Department of Health Violence Prevention Plan. Paper presented at the Consultative Conference on Health and Violence, The Farm Inn, Lynwood, Pretoria, South Africa, 22-23 July 1997. Levin, L., Dewhirst, P. & Hamber, B. (1997). The use of EVSYS for preparing a human rights database for presentation to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa. Paper presented at the HURIDOCS Conference, Mexico City, Mexico, 11-13 November 1997. Hamber, B. (1997). Reflecting on the Truth: Has the media coverage of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission changed the way the public sees itself, its history and its responsibility. Paper presented at the TRC and Human Rights Journalism in South Africa Conference, Rosebank Hotel, Johannesburg, South Africa, 3 October 1997. Hamber, B., Mofokeng, T. & Simpson, G. (1997). Evaluating the Role and Function of Civil Society in a Changing South Africa: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission as a Case Study. Paper presented at the Role of Southern Civil Organisations in the Promotion of Peace Seminar, CIIR, London, U.K., 10 November 1997. Hamber, B. & van der Merwe, H. (1998). What is this thing called Reconciliation? Paper presented at the Geodgedacht Forum - After the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Goedgedacht Farm, Cape Town, South Africa, 28 March 1998. Hamber, B. (1998). Reconciliation in South Africa. Paper presented at the Truth to Transformation Conference, Parktonian Hotel, Johannesburg, South Africa, 21-22 April 1998. Hamber, B. (1998). How should we remember? Issues to consider when establishing commissions and structures for dealing with the past. Paper presented at the Dealing with the Past: Reconciliation Processes and Peace Building Conference, Holiday Inn, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 8-9 June 1998. Hamber, B. (1998). Building a Culture of Human Rights or a Culture of Impunity? Some reflections on the relationship between truth recovery processes and prevention of future human rights violations. Paper presented at the Burying the Past Conference, St Anthony’s College, Oxford, U.K., 14-16 September 1998. Hamber, B. (1998). Repairing the Irreparable: Dealing with the double-binds of making reparations for crimes of the past. Paper presented at the African Studies Association of the UK Biennial Conference “Comparisons and Transitions” at SOAS, University of London, London, U.K., 14-16 September 1998. Hamber, B. (1998).Evaluating the TRC in a comparative international context. Paper presented at the Evaluating South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission Conference at Sussex University, Institute for Developmental Studies, U.K., 18-19 September 1998. Hamber, B. (1998). Who Pays for Peace? Implications of the negotiated settlement for reconciliation, transformation and violence in post-apartheid South Africa. Public lecture at the Annual General Meeting of the Catholic Institute for International Relations, London Voluntary Sector Resource Centre, London, 30 October 1998. Hamber, B. (1999). Trauma and the Truth Commission. Paper presented at the Traumatic Stress In South Africa – Working Towards Solutions Conference, Parktonian Hotel, Johannesburg, South Africa, 27-29 January 1999. Hamber, B. (1999). Past Imperfect: Strategies for dealing with past political violence in Northern Ireland, South Africa and countries in transition. Paper presented at the Fourth International Conference of the Ethnic Studies Network at the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, 8-11 June 1999. Hamber, B. (1999). Psychologising the truth. Paper presented at the Commissioning the Past Conference at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, 11-14 June 1999. Hamber, B. (1999). The Challenge of Embedding Peace. Paper presented at the Community and Governance in Times of Transition Conference, Northern Ireland Voluntary Trust, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 9-10 December 1999. Hamber, B. & Mosikare, N. (2000). Truth Commission and self-help groups in South Africa - the relations between social processes of dealing with the past and individual coping with repressive regimes. Paper presented at the Psychosocial Programs after War and Dictatorship Conference, Medico International, Mainz, Germany, 17-21 June 2000. Brocklehurst, H., Stott, N., Hamber, B. & Robinson, G. (2000). Lesson Drawing from Negotiated Transitions in Northern Ireland and South Africa. Paper presented at the American Political Science Association Conference, Washington, D.C., USA., August 30 to September 3 2000. Hamber, B. (2000). Between Conflict and Peace: Dealing with Transition. Keynote address to Trauma and Transition Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 23 October 2000. Simpson, G., Hamber, B. & Stott, N. (2001). Future Challenges to Policy-Making in Countries in Transition, Presentation to the Workshop Comparative Experiences of Policy Making and Implementation in Countries in Transition, 6th - 7th February, Derry/Londonderry Northern Ireland. Hamber, B. & Robinson, G. (2001). Developing and Implementing Public Policy in Northern Ireland and South Africa. Paper presented at the Fifth International Conference of the Ethnic Studies Network: From Violence to Politics, Derry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland, 27-30 June 2001. Hamber, B. (2001). Irreconcilable Tensions: The implications of the Negotiated Settlement for Transformation in Post-apartheid South Africa. Paper presented at the Fifth International Conference of the Ethnic Studies Network: From Violence to Politics, Derry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland, 27-30 June 2001. Hamber, B. (2002). Community Effects of Transgenerational Trauma. Paper presented to the Wave Conference on Transgenerational Trauma, Armagh City Hotel, Armagh, Northern Ireland, 18 June 2002. Hamber, B. (2002). Community Effects of Transgenerational Trauma. Paper presented to the Wave Conference on Transgenerational Trauma, Broomhill Hotel, Derry, Northern Ireland, 19 June 2002. Hamber, B. (2002). Trauma work in crisis regions: developing and assessing quality. Paper presented to the International Trauma Research Net Conference on Individual and collective trauma – reality, myth, metaphor? Wiesbaden-Naurod, Germany, 28-30 June 2002. Hamber, B. (2002). Inter-Group Forgiveness in Settings of Ethnic Conflict: International Perspectives. Discussant at the symposium held at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, 23 August, 2002. Hamber, B. (2002). Are Lessons Transferable? Paper presented at the Empirical Research Methodologies of Transitional Justice Mechanisms Conference, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 18-20 November 2002. Hamber, B. (2002). Dealing with the Past: Drawing a line or searching for the truth? Paper presented at the Human Rights and Community Relations Round Table Conference, 26 November 2002, Duncairn Gardens, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Hamber, B. (2002). Maximizing Our Contribution to Building Peace and Reconciliation. Keynote address at the Standing Community Convention, Armagh City Hotel, Northern Ireland, 16 December 2002. Hamber, B. (2003). Peacebuilding Post 2003: The need for a more expansive view of peacebuilding in Ireland. Keynote address to the Peacebuilding Post 2006 Workshop, 4 February 2003, Fairways Hotel, Dundalk, Co. Louth, Republic of Ireland. Hamber, B. (2003). Psychologising the Nation: Truth, Trauma and Reconciliation in Post-Conflict Societies. Paper presented at the Strengths and Limitations of Truth Commissions: the cases of Argentina, Chile and South Africa and Guatemala Workshop, 6 March 2003, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. Hamber, B. (2002). South Africa and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Paper presented at Symposium on Contemporary South Africa, 16 April 2003, Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Virginia. Hamber, B. (2003). Peacebuilding Post 2003: The need for a more expansive view of peacebuilding in Ireland. Keynote address to the Peacebuilding Post 2006 Workshop, 4 February 2003, Fairways Hotel, Dundalk, Co. Louth, Republic of Ireland. Hamber, B. (2003). Rights and Reasons: Challenges for Truth Recovery in South Africa and Northern Ireland. Paper presented at the Strengths and limitations of truth commissions: the cases of Argentina, Chile, South Africa and Guatemala Workshop. Centre for International Studies and CISA: Peterhouse College, Cambridge University, UK. Hamber, B. (2003). The Politics of Victimhood: Perspectives on dealing with needs of victims and survivors following political conflict in Northern Ireland and South Africa. Paper presented at the Social Work and Political Conflict Conference, Queen’s University, Belfast, 26th June 2003 Hamber, B. (2003). Nunca Más and the Politics of Person: Critical questions for violence prevention through truth telling. Paper presented at Research Initiative for the Resolution of Ethnic Conflict Conference, Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame, USA, 11-13 September 2003 Hamber, B. (2003). Psychologising the Nation: The politics of truth, healing and reconciliation in post-conflict societies. Paper presented at the Building Healthier Communities International Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1-3 October 2003 Hamber, B. (2003). Flying flags of fear: The role of fear in the process of political transition. Paper presented at the Risk, Complex Crises & Social Futures Conference, Amman, Jordan, 11-13 October 2003 Hamber, B. (2004). Public Memorials and Reconciliation Processes in Northern Ireland. Paper presented at the Trauma and Transitional Justice in Divided Societies Conference, Airlie House, Warrington, Virginia, USA, March 27-29, 2004 Hamber, B. (2004). The Impact of Trauma: A psychosocial approach. Keynote address to the A Shared Practice - Victims Work in Action Conference, Radisson Roe Park Hotel, Limavady, Northern Ireland, 7-8 April 2004 Hamber, B. (2004). Contested Pasts and Uncertain Futures: Lessons from South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Possibilities in Northern Ireland. Paper presented at Workshop on justice in transition, Northern Ireland and beyond, Onati, Spain, 19 – 21 May 2004 Hamber, B. (2004). Reparations as symbol: Narratives of resistance, reticence and possibility in South Africa. Paper presented at the Reparations: An Interdisciplinary Examination of Some Philosophical Issues Conference, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada, 6-8 February Hamber, B. (2004). Symbolic Reparations in the Aftermath of Political Conflict. Paper presented at the Settling Accounts? Truth, Justice and Redress in Post-conflict Societies, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, Boston, USA, 2-3 November 2004 Hamber, B. (2004). The Challenge: Peace and Reconciliation. Keynote address to the 25th Year Challenge, Change and Celebrate Conference of Co-operation Ireland, Slieve Donard Hotel, Newcastle, Co. Down. Hamber, B. (2005). Psychologizing the Nation: Truth and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland and South Africa. Pubic lecture at the Relational Track of the NYU Post Doctoral Program, NYU, New York. 18 March. Hamber, B. (2005). The dilemma's of reparations: In search of a process-driven approach. Paper presented at Reparation for Victims of Gross and Systematic Human Rights Violations Conference, Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium which, Brussels, Belgium, 25 February 2005. Hamber, B. (2005). Lessons from the South Africa truth and reconciliation process for Northern Ireland. Paper presented at the Healing Through Remembering: Dealing with the past Corrymeela Conference, St Ethelburga's Centre for Reconciliation and Peace, Bishopsgate, London, 12 March 2005. Hamber, B. (2005). Beyond Co-existence. Paper presented at the Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict Research Group, Eleventh International Conference, Windermere Manor Conference Centre, The University of Western Ontario, Canada,14-15 May. Hamber, B. (2005). Dealing with the Past in Northern Ireland: A response. Paper presented at the Colloquium on Telling the Truth in Northern Ireland, Trinity College, Dublin, 13 April Hamber, B. (2005). Dealing with Ambivalences in Conflict Resolution. Paper presented at the Remembering, Repeating and Working Through Psychoanalytic Perspectives on the Enduring Psychological Impact of the Troubles, Malone House, Barnett’s Demesne Belfast, 11 November. Hamber, B. (2006). “We must be careful how we emancipate our women”: Shifting masculinities in post-apartheid South Africa. Paper presented at the Re-Imagining Women’s Security: a Comparative Study of South Africa, Northern Ireland and Lebanon Round Table, United Nations University, New York, 12-13 October. Hamber, B. & Kelly, G. (2006). Reconciliation: Searching for Ambivalences. Keynote address at the Trauma – Stigma and Distinction : Social Ambivalences in the Face of Extreme Suffering Conference, St. Moritz, Switzerland, 14-17 September. Hamber, B. (2007). Gender, memorialization and reparations. Paper given at the What Happened to the Women? Gender and Reparations for Human Rights Violations Conference, Caux, Switzerland, 23-24 February. Hamber, B. (2007). Political Trauma and Context. Keynote address at the Launch of the People Affected by Violence Report (PAVE), Canada Room / Council Chambers, Queen’s university Belfast, 9 March 2007. Hamber, B. (2007). Narratives of the South African TRC. Paper presented at the Narratives of Suffering Symposium hosted by the International Trauma Studies Programme, Clinical Population and Family Health Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, 27 April 2007. Hamber, B. (2007, 6 September). What the Bill of Rights achieved for South Africa. Paper presented at the Making the Bill of Rights have a Lasting Legacy Conference, Main Hall, Grosvenor House, Belfast. Hamber, B. (2007, 26 September). Opening Address: Networking Victim Groups and Ex-Prisoners Organisations. Paper presented at the Networking Conference: Possibilities and Perspectives, Dunadry Hotel, Dunadry. Hamber, B. (2007, 3 December). Thoughts on DDR in a Changing Context. Paper presented at the Whither now after the war? Future directions for former pro- and anti-state activists Conference, Council Chamber, Queen’s University, Belfast.