4th / 5th of June 2015, Conference Center
of Schloss Herrenhausen, Hannover (Germany)
Scientific committee of the conference: PD Dr. Heide Glaesmer
(University of Leipzig, Germany), Prof. Dr. Sabine Lee (University of
Birmingham, UK), PD Dr. Philipp Kuwert (University of Greifswald, Germany)
Few human rights and children's rights topics have been met with a similarly
extensive silence as the fate of children born of war (CBOW). Among the children
are those conceived in conflict-related sexual violence, but also in intimate
relations of more or less consensual nature.
On 4th and 5th of June 2015 the symposium „Interdisciplinary perspectives on
Children Born of War – from World War II to current conflict settings“ took
place in the conference centre of Schloss Herrenhausen (Hannover / Germany). The
symposium addressed the topic of CBOW from an interdisciplinary perspective,
including psychology, psychiatry, sociology, history and political sciences. The
meeting was funded by the Volkswagenstiftung.
As part of the symposium an
interdisciplinary workshop with early career researchers and a public lecture
including a book reading and a round table discussion was held on Thursday 4th
of June 7pm.
The READER gives an insight in the program, the different contributions and some outcomes of the symposium.
Please cite the reader as follows:
Glaesmer H, Lee S (Eds.) (2015). Interdisciplinary perspectives on Children Born of War – from World War II to current conflict settings. Conference reader. http://medpsy.uniklinikum-leipzig.de/medpsych.site,postext,rueckblick,a_id,1412.html.
Participants of the symposium
