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Genocide, Justice, and State Power: Learn More During Fall Talks at Rutgers University, Newark
October 11, 2010
Hosted by Center for Genocide, Conflict Resolution and Human Rights
October 05, 2010
NEWARK, N.J. - In keeping with its goal of raising awareness about political violence and protracted conflicts -with the hope of helping to end both – the Rutgers Center for Genocide, Conflict Resolution and Human Rights is hosting a fall 2010 series of symposia and talks examining issues ranging from the Cambodian war trials to state-inspired genocide.
THURSDAY, OCT. 7, 2010, 3- 5:30 P.M., THE KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL CASE 002: WILL JUSTICE BE SERVED FOR CAMBODIA?
Speakers:
· Francis Deng , UN Secretary General Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide
· Benny Widyono, Former Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Cambodia
Paul Robeson Art Gallery, Paul Robeson Campus Center, 350 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Newark
THURSDAY, OCT. 21, 2010, 6:30-8:30 P.M., HEARING THE FOOTSTEPS OF DAWN: THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IN MODERN TURKISH CONSCIOUSNESS
Speaker: Khatchig Mouradian, Editor, Armenian Weekly
Bove Auditorium, Engelhard Hall, 190 University Ave., Newark
THURSDAY, OCT. 28, 2010, 4 – 5:45 P.M., HIROSHIMA AND HUMANITARIANISM
Speaker: Masaya Nemoto, Hitotsubashi University, Japan
Paul Robeson Art Gallery, Paul Robeson Campus Center, 350 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Newark
THURSDAY, NOV. 11, 2010, 6:30-8:30 P.M. TAKING LIVES: GENOCIDE AND STATE POWER, a question and answer forum
Speaker: Irving Louis Horowitz, Sociology and Transaction Publishers, Rutgers University
LOCATION: Dana Room 4th Floor, Dana Library, 185 University Ave.
THURSDAY, DEC. 2, 2010, 6-8 P.M., THE (NON)QUESTION OF HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION IN THE GENOCIDE/CIVIL WAR IN EAST PAKISTAN, 1971
Speaker: Dirk Moses, associate professor of history, University of Sydney
Paul Robeson Art Gallery, Paul Robeson Campus Center
For more information about these programs or the CGCHR, please go to http://cghr.newark.rutgers.edu/ or call 973.353-1260/5345.
Media Contact: Rutgers Center for Genocide, Conflict Resolution and Human Rights
973.353-1260/5345
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