Speaking Engagements and Presentations

Rothbart has been invited to participate as a keynote speaker and discussant in academic conferences, peace-making organization meetings, public lectures, and presentations at religious organizations seeking peace.

Sudan at War with Itself: Gender-Based Violence in the Current Civil War
Academic Centers for Conflict Anticipation and Prevention, Washington, D.C., November 18, 2024

Peace and Conflict Studies as Systems Science: Investigating Human Rights Violations / Keynote Speaker
International Society for the Systems Sciences, Washington D.C. Keynote Speaker, June 11, 2024

Security, Securitizing and Securitization: Confronting Conflicting Perspectives / Keynote Speaker
Security Sector Reform and Governance, United Nations, New York, New York, Keynote Speaker, June 3, 2024

Living Through War: An Oral History of Civilians in Sudan
Conflict Research Society, London, England, 2023

The Social Psychology of Right-wing Extremist Groups: On the Salience of Political Narcissism
International Association of Reconciliation Studies, August, 2023

The Praxis of Peace and Conflict Studies: The Field of Genocide Studies
Conflict Research Society, Belfast, Northern Ireland, September, 2022

Oral Histories of War and the Production of Meaning of Justice in Sudan / Facilitator and Presenter
Peace Week at the Carter School, April 7, 2022

Minds of violence, Minds of Peace: Ground-breaking Discoveries for Peacebuilders / Facilitator and Presenter
Peace Week at the Carter School, April 4, 2022

The Emotional Life of Conflict Actors: Compassion in Peacebuilding
International Association of Reconciliation Studies, August, 2022

Conflict Research as Reflective Praxis
Conflict Research Society, Virtual Annual Conference, September 9, 2021

The Praxis of Conflict Research on Polarization and Healing Divided Societies
Conflict Research Society, Annual Meeting, 2021

Transforming the Mind for Peace | Facilitator and Presenter
Peace Week, September 20, 2021

Peacebuilding in Africa: Opportunities and Challenges for SDG 16 | Facilitator and Presenter
Peace Week, September 22, 2021

Moral Emotions, Compassion and Reconciliation
International Association of Reconciliation Studies, Tokyo, August 6, 2021

Power, Emotions, and Violent Conflicts
Peace and Conflict Studies Journal Conference, February 11, 2021

State-Sponsored Violence: Instruments of Power over Marginalized Groups
International Studies Association, San Francisco, CA, April 7, 2018

State Domination and Symbolic Violence in Sudan
Women and Genocide Symposium: The case of Darfur, Washington, D.C., October 18, 2017

Sudan’s Cultural Violence Against Darfurians
Women and Genocide Symposium: The case of Darfur, Washington, D.C., October 21, 2016

State-Sponsored Violence: Instruments of Power over Marginalized Groups
International Studies Association, San Francisco, CA, April 7, 2018

State Domination and Symbolic Violence in Sudan
Women and Genocide Symposium: The case of Darfur, Washington, D.C., October 18, 2017

Ideology, Cultural Violence and Ethnic Cleansing in Darfur with Adeeb Yousif
International Studies Association, March 2017

Ideology, Cultural Violence and Ethnic Cleansing in Darfur with Adeeb Yousif
Facing a Violent Past: Dealing with History and Memory in Conflict Resolution, April 22, 2016

Ethnic Identity and Violent Conflict: A Global Perspective / Keynote Address
2016 Conference on Politics, Conflict and Development, Virginia International University, April 17, 2016

Building Sustainable Peace / Discussant
George Mason University, April 18, 2016

Peacebuilding around the World: Stories on Possibilities of Peace after War in Burundi and Liberia / Discussant
Shinnyo-en Foundation, March 23, 2016

Identity, Morality and Violence: On the Moral Career of Conflict Protagonists
International Studies Association Meeting, Peace Studies Section, Atlanta, GA, 2016

A Counter-narrative to the Rwandan Genocide: Hutus Rescuing Tutsis
International Studies Association Meeting, Peace Studies Section, Atlanta, GA, 2016