Bridget Conley publications
BooksBooks
How Mass Atrocities End: Studies from Guatemala, Burundi, Indonesia, the Sudans, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Iraq. (“Introduction” and “Bosnia-Herzegovina: Endings Real and Imagined”)
Edited by, Bridget Conley-Zilkic (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2016)
Given the brutality of mass atrocities, it is no wonder that one question dominates research and policy: what can we, who are not at risk, do to prevent such violence and hasten endings? But this question skips a more fundamental question for understanding the trajectory of violence: how do mass atrocities actually end? This volume presents an analysis of the processes, decisions, and factors that help bring about the end of mass atrocities. It includes qualitatively rich case studies from Burundi, Guatemala, Indonesia, Sudan, Bosnia, and Iraq, drawing patterns from wide-ranging data. As such, it offers a much needed correction to the popular ‘salvation narrative’ framing mass atrocity in terms of good and evil. The nuanced, multidisciplinary approach followed here represents not only an essential tool for scholars, but an important step forward in improving civilian protection.
Book Chapters
“From Memory To Action: How a Holocaust Museum Works to Prevent Genocide.”Museums Fighting for Human Rights, ed. Greg Chamberlain (England and Wales: Museum-ID, 2011).
Reports & Papers"Preventing and Respond to Mass Atrocities: Insights for the African Union" World Peace Foundation at the Fletcher School, African Politics, African Peace Research Briefing Paper, June 2016.
"Clashing Measures of Legitimacy in African Security Sector Reform: Implications for Efforts to Protect Civilians" Human Security Institute at The Fletcher School, Occasional Paper, June 2016, 1:3.
with Saskia Brechenmacher and Aditya Sarkar. "Assessing the anti-Atrocity Toolbox" World Peace Foundation at the Fletcher School, Occasional Paper, February 2016.
"What Barbed Wire Can't Enclose", Alphabet City 7: Social Insecurity (Toronto), Sept. 2000.
Articles & Op-Eds
"The Politics of Protection': Assessing the African Union's Contributions to Reducing Violence Against Civilians" International Peacekeeping 24:2, 566 - 589, 2017.
"What Counts at the End Questioning Consensus in the Construction of Mass Atrocity Narratives" Global Responsibility to Protect 9:1, 15 - 37, 2017.
with Alex de Waal.“Setting the Agenda for Evidence-based Research on Ending Mass Atrocities.” Journal of Genocide Research, Volume 16 Issue 1: 55-76, 2014
with de Waal, Alex. “What Sir William Would do in Syria.” The New York Times. September 5, 2013
with de Waal Alex, and Jens Meierhenrich. 2012. “How Mass Atrocities End: An Evidence Based Counter Narrative.” Fletcher Forum of World Affairs, Vo.l 35:3 (Winter 2011)
with David Small. “From Memory To Action: Engaging Visitors in a Holocaust Museum."Interpretation: Journal of the Association for Heritage Interpretation (2011)
“For Chechnya’s Women, Hope Dies Last,” Journal of Human Rights, Vol. 3 No. 3, 2004.
Interviews & LecturesAndy Heintz Interview with Bridget Conley, "Oversimplifying Conflicts Doesn’t Help Protect Civilians", Foreign Policy in Focus, March 1, 2018
Exhibitions and Multimedia ProductionsHost, Voices on Genocide Prevention, monthly online audio interview program (January 2008 – August 2011).
Curator, From Memory To Action: Meeting the Challenge of Genocide Today, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (open 2009 - 2014).
Producer, multimedia presentation, Our Walls Bear Witness, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (November 20 – 27, 2006)
Producer, “Defying Genocide” (15 mins., U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Committee on Conscience, 2006).
Curator, Abandoned At Srebrenica: Ten Years Later, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, (July 2005).
Producer and Director, “Darfur Eyewitness” (10 mins., U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Committee on Conscience, 2005).
Books
How Mass Atrocities End: Studies from Guatemala, Burundi, Indonesia, the Sudans, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Iraq. (“Introduction” and “Bosnia-Herzegovina: Endings Real and Imagined”)
Edited by, Bridget Conley-Zilkic (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2016)
Given the brutality of mass atrocities, it is no wonder that one question dominates research and policy: what can we, who are not at risk, do to prevent such violence and hasten endings? But this question skips a more fundamental question for understanding the trajectory of violence: how do mass atrocities actually end? This volume presents an analysis of the processes, decisions, and factors that help bring about the end of mass atrocities. It includes qualitatively rich case studies from Burundi, Guatemala, Indonesia, Sudan, Bosnia, and Iraq, drawing patterns from wide-ranging data. As such, it offers a much needed correction to the popular ‘salvation narrative’ framing mass atrocity in terms of good and evil. The nuanced, multidisciplinary approach followed here represents not only an essential tool for scholars, but an important step forward in improving civilian protection.
“From Memory To Action: How a Holocaust Museum Works to Prevent Genocide.”Museums Fighting for Human Rights, ed. Greg Chamberlain (England and Wales: Museum-ID, 2011).
"Preventing and Respond to Mass Atrocities: Insights for the African Union" World Peace Foundation at the Fletcher School, African Politics, African Peace Research Briefing Paper, June 2016.
"Clashing Measures of Legitimacy in African Security Sector Reform: Implications for Efforts to Protect Civilians" Human Security Institute at The Fletcher School, Occasional Paper, June 2016, 1:3.
with Saskia Brechenmacher and Aditya Sarkar. "Assessing the anti-Atrocity Toolbox" World Peace Foundation at the Fletcher School, Occasional Paper, February 2016.
"What Barbed Wire Can't Enclose", Alphabet City 7: Social Insecurity (Toronto), Sept. 2000.
"The Politics of Protection': Assessing the African Union's Contributions to Reducing Violence Against Civilians" International Peacekeeping 24:2, 566 - 589, 2017.
"What Counts at the End Questioning Consensus in the Construction of Mass Atrocity Narratives" Global Responsibility to Protect 9:1, 15 - 37, 2017.
with Alex de Waal.“Setting the Agenda for Evidence-based Research on Ending Mass Atrocities.” Journal of Genocide Research, Volume 16 Issue 1: 55-76, 2014
with de Waal, Alex. “What Sir William Would do in Syria.” The New York Times. September 5, 2013
with de Waal Alex, and Jens Meierhenrich. 2012. “How Mass Atrocities End: An Evidence Based Counter Narrative.” Fletcher Forum of World Affairs, Vo.l 35:3 (Winter 2011)
with David Small. “From Memory To Action: Engaging Visitors in a Holocaust Museum."Interpretation: Journal of the Association for Heritage Interpretation (2011)
“For Chechnya’s Women, Hope Dies Last,” Journal of Human Rights, Vol. 3 No. 3, 2004.
Andy Heintz Interview with Bridget Conley, "Oversimplifying Conflicts Doesn’t Help Protect Civilians", Foreign Policy in Focus, March 1, 2018
Host, Voices on Genocide Prevention, monthly online audio interview program (January 2008 – August 2011).
Curator, From Memory To Action: Meeting the Challenge of Genocide Today, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (open 2009 - 2014).
Producer, multimedia presentation, Our Walls Bear Witness, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (November 20 – 27, 2006)
Producer, “Defying Genocide” (15 mins., U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Committee on Conscience, 2006).
Curator, Abandoned At Srebrenica: Ten Years Later, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, (July 2005).
Producer and Director, “Darfur Eyewitness” (10 mins., U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Committee on Conscience, 2005).
Spotlight
How Mass Atrocities End: Studies from Guatemala, Burundi, Indonesia, the Sudans, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Iraq. (“Introduction” and “Bosnia-Herzegovina: Endings Real and Imagined”)
Given the brutality of mass atrocities, it is no wonder that one question dominates research and policy: what can we, who are not at risk, do to prevent such violence and hasten endings? But this question skips a more fundamental question for understanding the trajectory of violence: how do mass atrocities actually end? This volume presents an analysis of the processes, decisions, and factors that help bring about the end of mass atrocities. It includes qualitatively rich case studies from Burundi, Guatemala, Indonesia, Sudan, Bosnia, and Iraq, drawing patterns from wide-ranging data. As such, it offers a much needed correction to the popular ‘salvation narrative’ framing mass atrocity in terms of good and evil. The nuanced, multidisciplinary approach followed here represents not only an essential tool for scholars, but an important step forward in improving civilian protection.