By Dr Lydia Gitau

Conference Presentations

Gitau L, 2023, 'Convergence of Arts and Mental Health in Refugee Communities', presented at Community of Practice - African-led Healing Collective, Online, 23 September 2023 - 28 September 2023

Gitau L; Juk A, 2023, 'Culturally diverse Ways to understand mental health and heal trauma', presented at Inner Collective Webinar, Online, 11 May 2023 - 11 May 2023, https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1030563?

Gitau L, 2022, 'Young South Sudanese Community Members Use Poetry to navigate Conflict and Intergenerational Trauma', presented at UNE 2022 International Peace Conference, University of New England, 05 December 2022 - 05 December 2022

Gitau L; Juk A, 2022, '"All I heard was...": Making sense of the impact of conflict through poetry.', presented at Hunar Symposia Art/Conflict, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), 07 November 2022 - 07 November 2022

Gitau L, 2022, 'Mental Health and Cultural Wellbeing', presented at Fibonacci Cultural Wellbeing Forum, Western Sydney University, 29 September 2022 - 29 September 2022

Gitau L, 2021, 'Communicating Hope Our Way: Young South Sudanese Community Members and fEEL', presented at The Australian Sociological Association (TASA) Hope and Empathy in Uncertain Times Symposium, Online, 28 October 2021 - 29 October 2021

Kenning G; Ginnivan N; Gitau L, 2021, 'A virtual visual matrix focussing on the visit', presented at Dementia Lab 2021, Vancouver online, 18 January 2021 - 28 January 2021

Gitau L, 2018, 'Rethinking Interventions for Refugee Survivors of Trauma and Torture', presented at International Peace Research Association (IPRA) Conference, Gujarat Vidyapeeth Research Centre, Ahmedabad, India, 24 November 2018 - 28 November 2018

Gitau L, 2018, 'Towards a Decolonial Approach in Interventions for Refugee Survivors of Trauma and Torture', presented at International Peace Research Association (IPRA), Gujarat Vidyapeeth Peace Research Centre, Ahmedabad, India, 24 November 2018 - 28 November 2018

Gitau L, 2015, 'Peace in My Father's World: Trauma Sensitivity in Interventions for Survivors of Conflict and Mass Violence', presented at 38th African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific (AFSAAP), Deakin University, Australia, 28 October 2015 - 30 October 2015

Lambourne W; Gitau L, 2014, 'Rwanda 20 Years On: Trauma, Transitional Justice and Reconciliation After Genocide', presented at International Network of Genocide Scholars Fourth Global Conference on Genocide, Cape Town, South Africa, 04 December 2014 - 07 December 2014

Gitau L, 2014, 'Beyond Hope: Trauma and Resilience in South Sudanese Refugees in Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya', presented at International Peace Research Association (IPRA), Sakarya University, Istanbul, Turkey, 10 August 2014 - 14 August 2014

Gitau L, 2013, 'Blurred by Pain: Trauma Healing and Social Justice for Survivors of Mass Violence', presented at Higher Degree Research Conference on Social Justice, University of Sydney, 27 November 2013 - 27 November 2013

Gitau L, 2013, 'Trauma Healing for Peace and Development: Considering South Sudan', presented at 2nd Annual Interdisciplinary Conference, Catholic University of East Africa, Nairobi, Kenya, 25 June 2013 - 29 June 2013

Gitau L, 2012, 'Resilience in Survivors of Mass Violence and Its Contribution to Reconciliation in Post-Conflict Rwanda', presented at 35th African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific (AFSAAP), Australian National University, Canberra, 26 November 2012 - 28 November 2012

Back to profile page