Prof. Rev. Julien Ciakudia : CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONALIA
Surname Ciakudia
First and middle names Julien Kaseya-Ciakudia
Date and Place of birth 27/05/1957, DR Congo
Nationality Norwegian and Congolese
Civil Status Maried , 5 Children
Language skills English, French, Norwegian, Tshiluba, Lingala
Private address Kinshasa, DRC
Telephone Mob: + 44 79 479 411 57 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting + 44 79 479 411 57 end_of_the_skype_highlighting
HONORARY POST AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTS
1979- 1981 President, Zairian Students Union, and Jeunesse du movement populaire de la revolution (JMPR , Canada
And Consultative member, Confederation, African in Quebec, Canada
1982-1985 Deputy President, UGESAQ, General Union of African
Students / workers, Quebec, Canada and Chairperson,
RAQ, Integration Committee for African Immigrants
and Refugees, Quebec, Canada
CONFERENCES, TRAVELS, RESEARCH SEMINARS, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Dec. 1978 Participant, Urbana Conference, Inter-varsity Christian Fellowship,
Chicago, Detroit, USA.
Apr. 1980 Guest Speaker, Campus Crusade for Christ International,
Los Angels / San Bernardino / USA.
Apr/ May1981 Research, Studies, Conferences, Haiti, Jamaica, Miami (USA):
Third world, Africa and Congo – Problematic of development,
Caribbean Churches, Liberation theology,
African thinking, philosophy and theology.
Duvalier time in Haiti Boat People and refugee’s Question,
–church and politics, Education and development.
Jul. 1981 Research visit France, Belgium, Zaire on Religion,
State and Development in Africa and the Zaire of Mobutu.
International development Aid and International and National NGOs.
Oct. 1981 Lecturer, Youth Development and the world peace,
Taize Conference, New-York, USA , with the participation
of the Founder Brother Roger.
Nov. 1981 Guest speaker and Consultant, What about Aid to the Church of
Christ in Zaire facing repressive regime under
Mobutu, International Mission Conference, United
Church of Canada, London-Ontario, Canada
1981- 1985 Editor, CREDO, Church monthly review,
United Church of Canada, Montreal, Canada
Jul. 26/04 Aug. 1982 Participant, International Women Research,
Teaching and International Development Conferences, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Oct. 1982 Guest-speaker, Problematic of African identity and African
Socialism of Ujamaa promoted by Julius Nyerere,
The Anglican Diocese, Montreal, Canada
Jan./March 1983 Consultant, National synod, on Socio-economic development,
Anglican Church, Bukavu, Zaire
15-19 May 1983 Participant, Philosophy and Culture,
17th World Congress of Philosophy, Montreal, Canada
June 1984 Fellow Researcher, Centre for Studies on African Religion,
The Catholic faculty, Kinshasa, Zaire
Nov. 84/ Janv.85 Field researcher to a doctorate PhD. , Julius Nyerere and the African Socialism,
Ujamaa, Church, State and Development,
Jul/Aug. 1985 : Research visit, Understanding the Old European Culture,
Germany and Belgium.
1982-1985 -Fellow Researcher, Interdixiplinary Studies in Bio-ethics, Faculty of Theology, University of Montreal
- Lecturer, The Theological Institute, Open Bible, Affiliated to
Mc Gill Univesity
-Pastor of the Anglican parish of nativity, Haitian refugees and
Immigrants, Montreal, Canada.
1986 Rector, The High School of Theology, Bukavu, Zaire
1987-1985 International Lobbying, Africa and Congo Actual Issues,
- Governance, democracy, peace, war, security, human wrights,
sustainable development towards the entire international
community (Africa, Europe and North America) UN,
Government, Parliaments, NGOs, Churches, Business, Academics
1988 -Founder and Rrepresentative of UDPS Scandinavia, Director, Kongo-Zaire Information and Research
Office of Scandinavia,
-Chairman, Freedom Flag Foundation (FFF) Oslo, Norway
1988-1981 First Black Pastor, Norwegian State Church, in charge of
Refugees and Immigrants.
1988-1993 Guest Speaker, Reshaping Europe and Schengen, Conferences
and Seminars related to Refugees and Immigrants
integration in Europe.
Nov. 1990 Consultant, Prospects for Democracy in Zaire, International
Conference, Howard University, Washington, DC, USA
1991 Lecturer, Dept of Anthropology, University of Oslo, Norway
1991-1996 Consultation and Lobbying on the Current political situation
in Zaire under Mobutu.
Search for international political mediation to the Zaire crisis to
prevent violence in the Great Lakes.
and Great Lakes Crisis, with International Institutions and NGOs,
US State Dept, The Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Ottawa and Quebec, Africa Institute, Pretoria,
South Africa Government, Centre for Democracy,
Washington D.C., USA, OAU, Addis-Ababa,
CIDA, Ottawa, Canada, USAID, Washington, USA, UNDP,
New-York…
1992 Chairperson, Action against Exclusion and for Insertion, Oslo, Norway
Dec. 5-11/1995 Consultant, Education, Democracy, Reconstruction
and Human Wrights, World University Service (WUS),
Africa Region, Zambia and South Africa
Mars 1985 Participant, UN Social Summit on poverty, Copenhagen, Denmark
April-July 1995 International Lobbying towards Archbishop Desmond Tutu,
The All African Churches Conference and others to prevent violence
in Burundi and to support Democracy in Burundi
Sept. 1995 By the Invitation of the Angola Presidency, Participant,
Angola Round Table Conference
(DOS ANTOS and SAVIMBI), UNDP and EU, Bruxels, Belgium
Mars-Jul. 1997 Intensive international lobbying, countries and institutions
Involved in Zaire during the “Liberation war”of
Laurent Desire Kabila, Ottawa, Canada
July 1997 -2003 Chairman, international NGO for Development, human Wrights
and Governancy , Freedom Flag Foundation (FFF) in Kinshasa,
and private advisor to the Presidency of Republic
Aug.1999-2008 National Expert, International Affairs, Presidency of the Republic,
National Debat, during the “aggression war”
National Expert, National Consultation, with the Leaders of
religious confessions, preparing Inter-Congolese Dialogue of
South Africa , and the governmenet of transition (1 +4)
2001- 2003 Private advisor in International Affairs to the Principal Advisor in Charge of secuirty of the President of Congo
Mars 2003 Guest speaker, Problematique d’une societe a deux faces:
Portrait du racism anti noir en Norvege , First European
Conference on Racism, Ecumenical Council of churches and
African Organizations in Europe, Geneva, Switzerland.
Nov. 2007 Guest Speaker, DRC AIDS Conference, Congolese Association
of Sweden with National NGOs and the Foreign Ministry,
Stockholm, Suede
Mars01/2008 Speaker, Criminals to the State Summit in DR Congo, SOAS, London
Mars 13th 2008 Key Speaker, How much do you know about DR Congo,
DR Congo York University Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada.
Oct. 2008 Guest Speaker, Democracy and Human Wrights in Africa
and Congo, Cardiff County Council, Cardiff, UK
EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT
Oct.-Dec. 2000 IT training, Kan DATA, Norway
!992 - Seminar participant, Immigration and Refugees, Oslo Commune
- Norwagian course, University of Oslo, Norway
1982-1985 Ph. D. Studies religion studies, sociology and liberation theologie , NEGRO-AFRICAN SOCIO-ECONOMICAL SELF-DEVELOPMENT AND LIBERATING
CHRISTIANISM : PROPHETIC
TEST UJAMAA, Dept of Pastoral Studies, Faculty of Theology,
University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada
1981-1982 M.A Studies, (Very high mention), SOCIO-POLITICAL
CONTEXT OF THE NEGRO AFRICAN LIBERATION
THEOLOGY, Faculty of Theology, Dept of Pastoral Studies,
University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada
Jul/ Aug.1981 English Immersion Course, University of Fredericton,
New Brunswick, Canada
1979-1981 B.Theology Studies, Faculty of Theology, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada
1977-1978 Certificate, Propeudetic Sciences, University of Zaire, Bukavu, Zaire
1970-1972 Certificate , Junior High School, Bonzola Institute, Mbuji-Mayi, Zaire
1964-1970 Certificate , Primary school, Mbuji-Mayi, Zaire
INTERESTS AND RESEARCH AREAS
AFRICAN THEOLOGY, THINKING AND PHILOSOPHY
Question related to theology, thinking and African philosophy
History related to African thinking
Current socio-political issues
African ethics
African Art and art promotion
DEVELOPMENT
Actual question related : AID, Trade, HIV
Basic possibilities, human being, history, Church, God
Ideology, Socio-political and philosophical aspects
Methods, epistemology and transmission
PEDAGOGICS
Organization, teaching
Hermeneutic of theology, catechism, philosophy in African theological training center and seminar, schools, colleges and universities
Adaptation and actualization of pedagogic material to the African reality for schools, colleges, universities as instruments for integrated development and human dignity.
BIO-ETHICS
Questions related
Eugenism, abortion, euthanasia, death, drogues, prostitution
Science, human evolution and human dignity
IMMIGRATION
Global perspective South/North
Regional and international perspectives
Asylum policies, terrorism, criminality
European particularity, Schengen and exclusion of the poor
DEMOCRACY, PEACE, STABILITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, LOBBYING
North/ south perspective
African specificities
Global aspects
Violence prevention and Lobbying capacity
PUBLICATION
Possibilities for the poor: The political dimension of the Christian faith in the latino-american churches, an example for the African churches, CREDO, Dec. 1981
Eugenism and morality ? The christianism in confrontation with the technical research programs : essays and reflection, CREDO, March 1982
Death and Euthanasia, Reflections (in Coll.) Faculty of Theology, University of Montreal, 1993
Philosophy and African philosophers to the 17th World Congress of Philosophy in Montreal, Canada,
Annoted bibliography on death: history, psychology, therapy, philosophy, anthropology, theology, burial, sociology and statistics on death in Quebec. (in Coll. With Prof. G. Durand), Faculty of Theology, University of Montreal,
LEISURE
Football, swimming, dance, lecture, travelling
REFERENCES
Upon request