Reconciliation in a Fragmented World: Rethinking Justice, Accountability, and Inclusion

Join us on the latest CMR seminar series as we bring together scholars exploring the complexities of reconciliation in an era defined by intensive transformations. Amidst the chaos of the contemporary world—where the future paradoxically poses as both a source of hope and an abyss of uncertainty—reconciliation offers a potential framework for forging pathways towards more fruitful, harmonious, and just forms of sociality. 

Globally, states are being forced to confront their histories of injustice and reckon with the enduring impacts of colonialism, imperialism, and systemic erasure that have devastated Indigenous societies and other minoritised populations. Initiatives like Truth and Reconciliation Commissions and cultural and linguistic revitalisation efforts aim to understand and acknowledge past and present injustices while developing new pathways towards more just futures. 

This seminar series invites us to reconsider how reconciliation is conceptualised, practiced, and experienced across different contexts. It seeks to explore how the meanings of reconciliation shift across various scales—the individual, the community, the nation, and the global order—while considering the limitations of reconciliation in today’s world and contemplating its potential for the future.