2020_Resisting_the_Path_to_Genocide_2011_Final_Conference_Program

2020 Genocide Resistance Research Cluster www.dornsife.usc.edu/2020-resistance International Workshop Resisting the Path to Genocide: The Case of States and Societies May – 7, 2011 Thursday, May Arrival - Evening dinner for conference participants Friday, May 6: USC, University Park Campus, Doheny Library, Library Friends Lecture Hall Morning Session: 10:00 – 12:30 Welcome remarks: Wolf Gruner, Stephen Smith Colin Keaveney(Chair), French and Italian, University of Southern California Yehonatan Alseh – History, Tel Aviv University, Israel The Emergence of Genocidal Tendencies and Anxieties of Falling Victim to Genocide in the Process of Democratization Ariel Ahram – Political Science, University of Oklahoma The Role of Paramilitaries, Gangs, and Militias in Genocide: Repertoires of Repression and Resistance Richard Dekmejian and Louis Gordon – Political Science, University of Southern California Raphael Lemkin’s Linkage Role: The Armenian Genocide and the Holocaust Keynote address and luncheon: 1:00 – 3:00 Christian Gerlach, History, University of Bern, Switzerland Resisting, Limiting, Decelerating, or Stopping Mass Violence: Historical Examples Afternoon session 3:30 – 5:30 Richard Dekmejian (Chair) - Political Science, University of Southern California Alexander Korb – History, University of Leicester Genocide in a Multiethnic Society: Croatia 1941 - 1945 Frederick Shepherd – Political Science, Samford University International and Transnational Genocide Deterrence: Guatemala in Comparative Perspective Saturday, May 7: Villa Aurora, Pacific Palisades Morning Session: 10:00 – 12:30 Ange-Marie Hancock (Chair), Political Science, University of Southern California Kai Thaler – Sociology, University of Cape Town Foreshadowing Future Slaughter: From the Indonesian Killings of 1965-66 to Genocide in East Timor Iva Vukusic – Sense News Agency, The Hague War Crimes Prosecution After Conflict – An Effective Tool Against Future Crimes? The Example of Bosnia-Herzogovina Sonali Chakravarti – Political Science, Wesleyan University Transitional Justice as Precursor to Future Violence? The Case of the Gacaca Courts in Rwanda Concluding remarks Lunch buffet Afternoon, 2pm: In collaboration with the Villa Aurora, Welcome reception for the Feuchtwanger fellow Reading: Amir Cheheltan, Feuchtwanger Fellow - Writer in Exile, Villa Aurora Please rsvp and for further information: Alida Liberman, research assistant, aliberma@usc.edu