8th Annual Sol Kanee Lecture

September 29, 2010 | 1:30 pm | Manitoba Room, University Centre

Distinguished Speaker:  Dr. Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela

Topic:  "Narratives of Dialogue and Healing: Stories of Remorse and Forgiveness in the Aftermath of Mass Trauma and Violence"

Sponsored by the Richardson Foundation Inc. and hosted by the Arthur V. Mauro Centre for Peace and Justice at St. Paul's College, the Annual Sol Kanee Lecture Series features distinguished leaders in the field of peace and justice.

This year’s guest speaker is Dr. Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, Professor of Psychology at the University of Cape Town. She served on the Human Rights Violation Committee of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission as coordinator of public hearings in the Western Cape. Her critically acclaimed book A Human Being Died That Night: A Story of Forgiveness won the Alan Paton Prize in 2004, and the Christopher Award for non-fiction in 2004. In 2005 Dr. Gobodo-Madikizela was honoured among “100 People Who Made a Difference” in the Permanent Exhibit of Hall of Heroes in the National Freedom Centre in Cincinnati, Ohio, and in 2007, she was awarded the Eleanor Roosevelt Award.

For more information, please contact the Mauro Centre at 474-6052