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Camilla Orjuela
Professor
School of GlobalAbout Camilla Orjuela
Areas of interest
- Diaspora mobilization
- Identity politics
- Local peacebuilding
- Post-war reconstruction and reconciliation
- Memory politics
- Famines
- Sri Lanka, Rwanda
Current and earlier research projects
Famines as mass-atrocities: Reconsidering violence, memory and justice in relation to hunger.
Second-generation diaspora activism and homeland states.
Seeking justice from from abroad: Diaspora engagement in transitional justice
Political transition and religious radicalization in Burma and Sri Lanka
Teaching
Supervision of BA, masters and PhD students. Main areas of teaching: ethics and methods in field research; conflicts and conflict resolution; civil society and peacebuilding; diaspora and migration; memory politics.
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Remembering/forgetting hunger: towards an understanding of famine
memorialisation
Camilla Orjuela
Third World Quarterly - 2024 -
Memory and justice after famines: an
introduction
Camilla Orjuela, Swati Parashar
Third World Quarterly - 2023 -
The ‘ideal citizen’ abroad: Engaging Rwanda’s young generation
diaspora
Camilla Orjuela
Globalizations - 2023 -
Engaging the next generation: authoritarian regimes and their young
diaspora
Arne Wackenhut, Camilla Orjuela
European Political Science - 2023 -
Diaspora Memory Conflicts: Struggles Over Genocide Commemoration, Recognition and
Denial
Camilla Orjuela
Ethnopolitics - 2023 -
Ninety years since the Holodomor: Ukrainians remember the 1932-33 famine as the war
continues
Camilla Orjuela
Blogalstudies - 2023 -
90 år senare: I krigets skugga minns ukrainarna
hungeråren
Camilla Orjuela
Utrikesmagasinet - 2023 -
Sri
Lanka
Camilla Orjuela
Encyclopedia of Transitional Justice, Second edition - 2023 -
Return after 500 years? Spanish and Portuguese repatriation laws and the reconstruction of Sephardic
identity
Arielle Goldschläger, Camilla Orjuela
Diaspora Studies - 2021 -
Seeking Justice from Abroad: Diasporas and Transitional
Justice
Dženeta Karabegović, Camilla Orjuela
Routledge International Handbook of Diaspora Diplomacy - 2021 -
Famines: ‘Slow’ Violence and Gendered
Memorialisation
Swati Parashar, Camilla Orjuela
Tarja Väyrynen, Swati Parashar, Élise Féron & Catia Cecilia Confortini (eds): Routledge Handbook of Feminist Peace Research - 2021 -
Navigating labels, seeking recognition for victimhood: Diaspora activism after
mass-atrocities
Camilla Orjuela
Global Networks - 2021 -
Diasporas in Peace and
Conflict
Dženeta Karabegović, Camilla Orjuela
The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Peace and Conflict Studies - 2021 -
Passing on the torch of memory: Transitional justice and the transfer of diaspora identity across
generations
Camilla Orjuela
International Journal of Transitional Justice - 2020 -
Nobels fredspris en påminnelse om glömda
svältoffer
Camilla Orjuela
Utrikesmagasinet - 2020 -
Nobel Peace prize to World Food Programme recognises hunger as violation of human
rights
Swati Parashar, Camilla Orjuela
Indian Express - 2020 -
Unga tamiler i diasporan engagerar sig för rättvisa i Sri
Lanka
Camilla Orjuela
Sydasien - 2020 -
Hunger in the age of
pandemic
Camilla Orjuela
School of Blogal Studies - 2020 -
Remembering genocide in the diaspora: Place and materiality in the commemoration of atrocities in Rwanda and Sri
Lanka
Camilla Orjuela
International Journal of Heritage Studies - 2020 -
Countering Buddhist radicalisation: emerging peace movements in Myanmar and Sri
Lanka
Camilla Orjuela
Third World Quarterly - 2020 -
Minnena av våldet kan både ena och söndra Sri
Lanka
Camilla Orjuela
Utrikesmagasinet - 2019 -
Swimming upstream: fighting systemic corruption in Sri
Lanka
Dhammika Herath, Jonas Lindberg, Camilla Orjuela
Contemporary South Asia - 2019 -
North-South migration and the corrupt Other: Practices of bribery among Portuguese migrants in
Angola
Lisa Åkesson, Camilla Orjuela
Geopolitics - 2019 -
Att förstå det obegripliga våldet - och att förebygga
det
Camilla Orjuela
Pax - 2018 -
Försoningsprocesser blir globala i migrationens
spår
Camilla Orjuela
Utrikesmagasinet - 2018 -
Buddhistiskt våld mot muslimer i Sri
Lanka
Camilla Orjuela
Utrikesmagasinet - 2018 -
Kambodja och Sri Lanka: Hoten mot
demokratin
Camilla Orjuela, Astrid Norén-Nilsson
Världspolitikens dagsfrågor - 2018 -
Buddhistiskt våld i Sri Lanka – motiv och
motkrafter
Camilla Orjuela
Orientaliska studier - 2018 -
The Rise of Social Enterprises in Low-trust Situations: Nonprofit Organizations’ Survival Strategies in Post-civil War and Disaster-affected Villages in Batticaloa District, Sri
Lanka
Jude Fernando, Camilla Orjuela, Sarah Khasalamwa-Mwandha
Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift - 2018 -
Mobilising diasporas for justice. Opportunity structures and the presencing of a violent
past
Camilla Orjuela
Journal of ethnic and migration studies - 2018 -
Resisting resettlement in Rwanda: rethinking dichotomies of “survival”/“resistance” and
“dominance”/“subordination”
Gumira Joseph Hahirwa, Camilla Orjuela, Stellan Vinthagen
Journal of Eastern African Studies - 2017 -
Divides and dialogue in the diaspora during Sri Lanka’s civil
war
Camilla Orjuela
South Asian Diaspora - 2017 -
How Portuguese migrants in Angola navigate
corruption
Lisa Åkesson, Camilla Orjuela
The Conversation - 2017 -
Food (in)security, human (in)security, women’s (in)security: State policies and local experiences in rural
Rwanda
Marie Jeanne Nzayisenga, Camilla Orjuela, Isabell Schierenbeck
African Security - 2016 -
Corrupt peace? Corruption and Ethnic Divides in Post-war Sri
Lanka
Camilla Orjuela, Dhammika Herath, Jonas Lindberg
Journal of South Asian Development - 2016 -
Friction over justice in post-war Sri Lanka: actors in local-global
encounters
Camilla Orjuela, Kristine Höglund
Peacebuilding and Friction: Global and local encounters in post-conflict societies - 2016 -
Corruption in the aftermath of war: an
introduction
Jonas Lindberg, Camilla Orjuela
Lindberg, Jonas och Orjuela, Camilla (Red.) Corruption in the Aftermath of War - 2016 -
Corruption in the Aftermath of
War
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Fred utan
avtal
Camilla Orjuela
Internationella Studier - 2015 -
Diasporas and justice: Legal opportunity structures, diaspora mobilization and contestations over a violent
past
Camilla Orjuela
Paper presented at the workshop "Diaspora mobilization for conflict and post-conflict reconstruction: comparative and contextual dimensions" at Warwick University, 26-27 November 2015 - 2015 -
Diasporas and contested justice – conceptual and methodological
challenges
Camilla Orjuela
Paper presented at "Diaspora: A one-day conference on a travelling concept", University of Stockholm, 9 September 2015 - 2015 -
Korruptionen hotar
freden
Camilla Orjuela
Omvärlden - 2014 -
Corruption in the aftermath of war: an
introduction
Jonas Lindberg, Camilla Orjuela
Third World Quarterly - 2014 -
Corruption and identity politics in divided
societies
Camilla Orjuela
Third World Quarterly - 2014 -
Ett ändlöst sökande efter sanning och
rättvisa
Camilla Orjuela
Fria Tidningen - 2013 -
Friction and the pursuit of justice in post-war Sri
Lanka
Kristine Höglund, Camilla Orjuela
Peacebuilding - 2013 -
Corruption and Identity Politics in Divided
Societies
Camilla Orjuela
Paper presented at the annual convention of the International Studies Association, San Francisco, April, 3-6, 2013 - 2013 -
Sri Lankans in
Sweden
Camilla Orjuela
The Encyclopedia of the Sri Lankan Diaspora - 2013 -
Violence at the Margins: Street Gangs, Globalized Conflict and Sri Lankan Tamil Battlefields in London, Toronto and
Paris
Camilla Orjuela
International studies - 2013 -
Diaspora Identities and Homeland Politics: Lessons from the Sri Lanka/Tamil Eelam
Case
Camilla Orjuela
Politics from Afar: Transnational Diasporas and Networks : Lyons, Terrence and Mandaville, Peter (eds.) - 2012 -
Hybrid Peace Governance and Illiberal Peacebuilding in Sri
Lanka
Camilla Orjuela, Kristine Höglund
Global Governance - 2012 -
Winning the peace: conflict prevention after a victor's peace in Sri
Lanka
Kristine Höglund, Camilla Orjuela
Contemporary Social Science - 2011 -
Corruption and conflict: connections and consequences in war-torn Sri
Lanka
Jonas Lindberg, Camilla Orjuela
Conflict, Security and Development - 2011 -
A costly war. How the arms trade has affected people in Sri
Lanka
Jonas Lindberg, Camilla Orjuela
Arms trade with Sri Lanka - global business, local costs - 2011 -
Arms trade with Sri Lanka - global business, local
costs
Jonas Lindberg, Camilla Orjuela, Siemon Wezeman, Linda Åkerström
2011 -
Buying Peace? Politics of Reconstruction and the Peace Dividend
Argument
Camilla Orjuela
Liberal Peace in Question: Politics of State and Market Reform in Sri Lanka, edited by Kristian Stokke and Jayadeva Uyangoda - 2011 -
The Bullet in the Living Room: Linking Security and Development in a Colombo
Neighbourhood
Camilla Orjuela
Security Dialogue - 2010 -
Tamil Nationalist
Media
Camilla Orjuela
Encyclopedia of Social Movement Media, edited by John Downing (Sage Reference) - 2010 -
Arms exports to Sri Lanka - global pretence, local
costs
Camilla Orjuela
New Routes: A Journal of Peace Research and Action - 2010 -
Understanding power and change in the context of armed conflict and post-war
reconstruction
Camilla Orjuela
Power and Politics in the Shadow of Sri Lanka's Armed Conflict, editor Camilla Orjuela - 2010 -
Power and Politics in the Shadow of Sri Lanka's Armed
Conflict
Camilla Orjuela
2010 -
Enabling and Disenabling Factors for Civil Society
Peacebuilding
Camilla Orjuela
Civil Society and Peacebuilding: A Critical Assessment. Thania Paffenholz (ed.) - 2010 -
Sri Lanka: Peace Activists and
Nationalists
Camilla Orjuela
Civil Society and Peacebuilding: A Critical Assessment. Thania Paffenholz (ed.) - 2010 -
Från krigspolitik till
fredspolitik?
Camilla Orjuela, Jonas Lindberg
Sydasien - 2009 -
Policing for Peace in the Midst of War: Risks and Opportunities for Peacebuilding in a Swedish-Sri Lankan Police
Project
Camilla Orjuela
Paper presented at Workshop on the Nordic Involvement in Sri Lanka’s Peace Process, Uppsala University, 22-23 January 2009 - 2009 -
Long-Distance Reconciliation? Polarisation and Dialogue in the
Diaspora
Camilla Orjuela
Paper presented at conference for the project ‘Beyond Nations: Diasporas, Transnational Practices and Global Engagement’, University of Windsor, Kanada, and International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Sri Lanka, Penang February 2009 - 2009 -
Domesticating Tigers: The LTTE and peacemaking in Sri
Lanka
Camilla Orjuela
Bruce W. Dayton and Louis Kriesberg (eds.): Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding: Moving from Violence to Sustainable Peace - 2009 -
Meeting Places? Centre and Periphery in Civil Society Peace
Work
Camilla Orjuela
Spatializing Politics: Culture and Geography in Post-Colonial Sri Lanka. Cathrine Brun and Tariq Jazeel (eds.) - 2009 -
Kriget väntas fortsätta med
terrordåd
Camilla Orjuela
www.utrikesbloggen.se - 2009 -
Distant Warriors, Distant Peace Workers? Multiple Diaspora Roles in Sri Lanka’s Violent
Conflict
Camilla Orjuela
Global Networks: A Journal of Transnational Affairs - 2008 -
Reaping the harvest of peace? Politics of reconstruction during Sri Lanka's 2002 peace
process
Camilla Orjuela
Critical Asian Studies - 2008 -
I väntan på bättre
tider
Camilla Orjuela
Sydasien - 2008 -
Den Krieg von Ausserhalb führen: Die Rolle der Diaspora im Krieg in Sri
Lanka
Camilla Orjuela
Wissenschaft und Frieden - 2008 -
Civil society in violent conflict: Playing a positive role in a complicated
context
Camilla Orjuela
2008 -
Högt pris för civila i Sri Lankas
inbördeskrig
Camilla Orjuela
www.utrikesbloggen.se - 2008 -
Diaspora har blivit ett
modeord
Camilla Orjuela
www.utrikesbloggen.se - 2008 -
Kanada profilerar sig som
fredsnation
Camilla Orjuela
www.utrikesbloggen.se - 2008 -
Utveckling kräver fred i
Ollikulam
Camilla Orjuela
www.utrikesperspektiv.se - 2008 -
Identity and Homeland Politics: Lessons from the Sri Lanka/Tamil Eelam
Diaspora(s)
Camilla Orjuela
Paper for the Project on Global Migration and Transnational Politics. Presented at George Mason University, Washington D.C., April 2008 - 2008 -
Diaspora homeland politics: What has identity got to do with it? Lessons from the Sri Lanka/Tamil Eelam
case
Camilla Orjuela
Paper presented at the 49th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, San Francisco, March 2008 - 2008 -
Osynligt arbete för
fred
Camilla Orjuela
Accent - 2008 -
The Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora: Warmongers or
peacebuilders?
Camilla Orjuela, Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah
Susan Koshy and R. Radhakrishnan (eds), Transnational South Asians: The making of a neo-diaspora - 2008 -
The vicious cycle of war in Sri Lanka: A perspective from the
outside
Camilla Orjuela
Paper presented at conference on Peace in Sri Lanka, Toronto, 6 April 2008 - 2008 -
”Will die never back off” A field note on street gangs, globalised violent
conflict
Camilla Orjuela
Paper presented at the Björn Hettne seminar on the Security-Development Nexus, Göteborg, 17-18 October 2008 - 2008 -
The identity politics of peacebuilding: Civil society in war-torn Sri
Lanka
Camilla Orjuela
2008 -
War, peace and the Sri Lankan diaspora: Complications and implications for
policy
Camilla Orjuela
Ashok Swain (ed.): Diasporas, Armed Conflicts and Peacebuilding in their Homelands, Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, Report No. 79, 2007. - 2007 -
Biståndsfällor som motverkar
fred
Camilla Orjuela
Sofia Wennerstrand & Malin Söderlund: Verktyg för fred – exempel från Liberia och Sri Lanka - 2007 -
Review of cooperation between Sri Lanka Police and Swedish National Police
Board
Camilla Orjuela
2007 -
The limited space to mobilise for
peace
Camilla Orjuela
48th annual convention of the International Studies Association, Chicago, February 2007 - 2007 -
From peace optimism to undeclared war: The narrowing space for civil society peace work in Sri
Lanka
Camilla Orjuela
Polity - 2007 -
Humanitär katastrof i Sri
Lanka
Camilla Orjuela
GöteborgsFria Tidning 2007-01-19 - 2007 -
Propagandakrig i full gång: Båda parter framhäver fiendesidans bestialiska
dåd
Camilla Orjuela
Sydasien (Monsun) - 2006 -
Reaping the harvest of
peace?
Camilla Orjuela
19th European conference for modern South Asia studies, Leiden, June 2006 - 2006 -
Distant warriors, distant peace
workers?
Camilla Orjuela
Background paper to the expert forum on 'Capacity building for peace and development: Roles of Diaspora', Toronto, Canda, 19-20 October 2006 - 2006 -
Civil society in civil war: the case of Sri
Lanka
Camilla Orjuela
Civil Wars - 2005 -
Ett nytt hem - mer än bara
hus
Camilla Orjuela
Utblick - 2005 -
Många fallgropar när Sri Lanka skall byggas upp efter
tsunamin
Camilla Orjuela
Sydasien (Monsun) - 2005 -
"Post"war reconstruction and the peace process in Sri
Lanka
Camilla Orjuela
Structures of vulnerability: mobilization and resistance, Stockholm 12-14 January 2005 - 2005 -
Sri Lanka: konflikter, fredsarbete och
återuppbyggnad
Camilla Orjuela
Chakra - tidskrift för indiska religioner (Chakra - journal of India religion) - 2005 -
Dilemmas of civil society aid: Donors, NGOs and the quest for peace in Sri
Lanka
Camilla Orjuela
Journal of Peace and Democracy in South Asia - 2005 -
From 'popular movement aid' to 'civil society support': The case of swedish development
policy
Camilla Orjuela
2005 -
Assessment of the tsunami recovery implementation in Ampara
district
Camilla Orjuela, et al.
2005 -
Post-tsunami reconstruction in Sri Lanka: Exacerbating or solving
conflicts?
Camilla Orjuela
Nordic Association for South Asian Studies conference, Aarhus, 3-5 June, 2005 - 2005 -
Alkohol och
fattigdom
Camilla Orjuela
Utblick - 2004 -
Civil society in civil war : peace work and identity politics in Sri
Lanka
Camilla Orjuela
2004 -
Civil war, civil society. The third sector and 'ethnic conflict' in Sri
Lanka
Camilla Orjuela
18th European conference on modern south Asian studies, 6-9 July 2004, Lund, Sweden - 2004 -
Building peace in Sri Lanka: A role for civil
society?
Camilla Orjuela
Journal of Peace Research - 2003 -
The peace process in Sri Lanka and the role of civil
society
Camilla Orjuela
2003 -
Poverty and
conflict
Camilla Orjuela, Björn Hettne, Tiejun Zhang
2003 -
Peaceful identities? Mulitculturalism and civic peace building in Sri
Lanka
Camilla Orjuela
Paper presented at the 9th international conference on Sri Lankan studies, Matara, November 28.30, 2003 - 2003 -
European aid and poverty in
Zambia
Camilla Orjuela, Jerker Carlsson, Patrick Chibbamullilo, Oliver Saasa
2000 -
The making of ethnicity in Sri
Lanka
Camilla Orjuela
Schulz, M. (ed.), Peace and development - their interrelationship in the global system: an inventory of peace and development research at PADRIGU: a Festschrift in honour of professor Björn Hettne - 1999