Conference

"Localizing Global Justice: Rethinking Law and Human Rights in Southeast Asia" (November 4-5, 2011)

Organizers: Kristy Kelly (Columbia) and Duncan McCargo (Columbia/Leeds)

Co-Sponsored by:

  • Weatherhead East Asian Institute
  • Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures
  • Open Society Foundations
  • Institute for the Study of Human Rights
  • Southeast Asian Student Initiative
  • School for International and Public Affairs, Economic and Political Development Concentration
  • APEC Study Center

 

International Affairs Building, Room 918

NOTE: Registration REQUIRED.

Schedule of Events

November 4
(Friday)

8:00 AM – 8:30 AM 

REGISTRATION

8:30 AM – 9:00 AM 

WELCOME REMARKS : Duncan McCargo and Kristy Kelly

9:15 AM – 10:30 AM 

KEYNOTE :     The Quest for Justice and the Conundrum of Rights: Law, Religion, and History in Lanna
David Engel, SUNY, Buffalo

10:45 AM – 12:45 PM 

PANEL 1:       COMPLICATING "JUSTICE" PANEL
Moderator: Ann Marie Murphy, Seton Hall University/Columbia University

Justice before and after transition: Legacies of human rights advocacy on transitional justice in post-New Order Indonesia
Jiwon Suh, Ohio State University

When Torture is a Duty: The Murder of Imam Yapha Kaseng and the Challenge of Accountability in Thailand
Tyrell Haberkorn, The Australian National University

Keeping it Up and Keeping It Down - Broadcasting Rights at Thai Protests
Benjamin Tausig, New York University

Faceless Wounds, Nameless Peace: Vietnamese Women in Search of Glocal Transformative Justice
Trangdai Glassey-Tranguyen, University of California, San Diego

2:15 PM – 4:15 PM 

PANEL 2:        COMPLICATING LAW, CONTESTING RIGHTS
Moderator: Amy Freedman, Long Island University/Columbia University

Trafficking In Law: Rethinking the Relationship Between Globalization of Law and Local Human Rights in Thailand
Frank Munger, New York Law School

Whatever happened to comrade? Reframing gender, class and retirement rights in Vietnam
Kristy Kelly, Columbia University

Rape: A matter of private prosecution? The interface of gender, sexuality, and politics in dealing with rape cases among some ethnic minority groups of northern Vietnam
Nguyen Thu Huong, Vietnam National University of Hanoi

The Rhetorics and Practice of Housing Rights in Thailand: The Dynamics of Neglect – A Case History
Michael Herzfeld, Harvard University

November 5
(Saturday)

8:30 AM – 9:00 AM 

REGISTRATION

9:00 AM – 11:00 AM 

PANEL 3:        GLOBAL-LOCAL (RE)IMAGININGS
Moderator: Jayne Werner, Columbia University

Localizing Global Justice: Transitional Justice in Indonesia
Ehito Kimura, University of Hawai'i at Manoa

Gendered Intersections of Transitional Justice in Indonesia
Leslie Dwyer, George Mason University

Contrasting Global and Local Arenas: Justice and Prosecution of Malaysian Political Leaders
Bridget Welsh, Singapore Management University

Gender Justice Advocacy in the Philippines: Strategic Engagement with Human Rights Norms
Eugenia McGill, Columbia University

11:15 AM – 12:00 PM 

VIDEO DOCUMENTARY AND PRESENTATION:  State Violence Under Tribunal in Cambodia and the Perpetuation of Ritualcide
Peg LeVine, Monash University

1:30 PM – 3:30 PM

PANEL 4:        TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE: THE CASE OF CAMBODIA
Moderator: Duncan McCargo, Columbia University/University of Leeds

The Politics of Transitional Justice in Cambodia
Sophal Ear, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School

Global and Local "Truths" about Democratic Kampuchea
John Ciorciari, University of Michigan

Testimony, Truth, Trauma, and Transitional Justice: A Day at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal
Alex Hinton, Rutgers University

Narrating the Khmer Rouge Regime: Literary Frames of Local Justice
Lorraine M Paterson, Cornell University

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM 

CLOSING CONVERSATION – WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
Moderator: Duncan McCargo, Columbia University/University of Leeds

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