events / 14 January 2026

Narratives and Collective Trauma: Strategies for Building Resilience and Peace

Event

05/02/2026

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

The Institute for Integrated Transitions (IFIT) is pleased to invite you to Narratives and Collective Trauma: Strategies for Building Resilience and Peace, an online event hosted by our Narrative Peacebuilding Hub.

Traumatic experiences affect more than the individual; they are often collectively transmitted through group narratives, cultural symbols and social memory. While these narratives help communities make sense of harm, they can also entrench rigid identities, polarise intergroup relations, and perpetuate cycles of fear, blame and exclusion.

Using our recent publication as a starting point, IFIT experts and advisers Frauke de Weijer, Melanie Greenberg, Alison Castel and Refik Hodzic will discuss practical strategies for addressing collective trauma and polarising narratives in ways that help break cycles of violence.

Date: Thursday, February 5, 2026, 10:00–11:00 EST / 16:00–17:00 CET

Registration: Please click here to register

Format: Roundtable (30 minutes), followed by Q&A (30 minutes)

Moderator: Frauke de Weijer, conflict prevention and peacebuilding expert; member of IFIT’s Inclusive Narratives Practice Group

Panellists:

Melanie Greenberg, Managing Director of Programs at Humanity United; member of IFIT’s International Advisory Council
Alison Castel, Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Communication at Regis College; member of IFIT’s Inclusive Narratives Practice Group
Refik Hodzic, communications and transitional justice specialist; member of IFIT’s Inclusive Narratives Practice Group

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