"Genocide and Buidling Peace," December 2025, UVU Ethics Awareness Week
What is the public value of legal and popular descriptors of violence like genocide? Genocide, as an originally intellectual concept, has since its inception has been used competitively across public policy, academic, and popular discourse spaces. What good does a descriptor like this do when it is used competitively and then consequently its use it not trusted across these spaces? Most crucially we must ask, how do actors' meanings and uses impact peacebuilding? This session will draw from ongoing cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Israel/Palestine.
The Dr. Anotida Chikumba Book Series, June 2026
I spoke the Dr. Chikumba (Unviersity of Tenesee at Chattanooga) and Nnaemeka Enemchukwu (Southern Illinois University Carbondale) about my new book. The interview streches over 6 short episiodes, and is a great resource for students.
"Barriers and Innovations for Peacebuilding in Eastern Congo," December 2025
For the Peace and Justice Studies Assocaition, I shared insights from my book, The Banyamulenge Soldier: Genocide between Congo and Rwanda, highlighting how peacemaking happens in Congo, and what makes this work challegning.
New Book Launch Event- "Teaching Peace admidst Conflict and Postcolonialism," October 2023
In a world grappling with its past, this book explores the power of peace education in healing and building a better future. Mark your calendars and be a part of this important conversation. See more here.
"Report Documents Impact of 2004 Gatumba Massacre," VoA Africa, December 2022
A recent report titled "Gatumba Survivors Project" documents the lifelong impact of the 2004 massacre, which resulted in the killing of 166 Congolese at a U.N. refugee camp near Gatumba, Burundi. For more, Africa 54 host Esther Githui-Ewart spoke with Chris Davey, lead researcher for the project at Clark University in Massachusetts.
"Between the Margins of Congo and Rwanda: Repressions, Discourse, and Regionla Power," Peace Week, Fall 2021 at Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, George Mason University
Much political tension and contested memory runs between Congo and Rwanda. Recent peace talks and the resurgence of militias like M23, underscore persistent discrimination of minorities and selective state memory of past atrocities. Furthermore, the interaction of diasporas with populations and governments back home further complicates marginalization. This panel discusses the intersecting issues of transnational state repression, creating spaces for discourse, and the impact of foreign policy regionally and internationally.
"Chris Davey phd reseacher on issues affecting Eastern DRC and Banyamulenge community," BMC Radio and TV, January 2022, Nariobi, Kenya
In disucssion about current research on armed groups in South Kivu, and the participation of Banyamulenge soldiers.