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Saturday, June 4, 2005
2:00-6:00	Registrations at Hotel
2:00-4:30	New and Old Executive Advisory Council Meeting at Hotel
5:00-6:30	Reception at Baldwin House, Residence of the President, Florida Atlantic University Welcome: Alan Berger, Florida Atlantic University; Robert Melson, President, IAGS, Purdue University. Bus transportation provided from the hotel.
--	Dinner on own
8:30-10:00	Roundtable on Genocide Research Abroad Moderator: Eric Markusen (Danish Institute for International Studies, Department of Holocaust and Genocide Studies) Jacques Semelin (Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris) Jurgen Zimmerer (Historisches Institut Universitaet Duisburg-Essen) Yair Auron (Open University, Tel Aviv) Christian P. Scherrer (Hiroshima Peace Institute (HPI) of Hiroshima City University, Japan Head, ECOR) Paul Bartrop (Research Fellow, School of Social and International Studies, Deakin University, Australia)

Sunday, June 5, 2005 -- All events at the hotel
7:30	Breakfast
9:00-10:30	Keynote I: address by Richard G. Hovannisian (UCLA) "90 Years After the Armenian Genocide" Moderator: Roger Smith (William and Mary)
10:30-10:50	Coffee break
11:00-12:30	Keynote II: Dr. Michael Berenbaum (University of Judaism) "The Legacy of the Holocaust for Genocide Studies" Moderator: Alan Berger (FAU)
12:45-2:30	Luncheon 1:15-2:00 Robert Melson (IAGS President): Presentation of Lifetime Achievement Award to Professor Vahakn N. Dadrian. Comments by Professor Dadrian 2:00-2:20 Peter Balakian (Colgate). "Engaging History: A Poet's Reflections on Memory, Trauma, and Genocide." Introduction by Israel W. Charny (Institute on the Holocaust and Genocide in Jerusalem)
2:30-4:00	Panels, Series 1
	Panel 1:1 -- Roundtable on Keynote I by Richard Hovannisian: The Legacy of the Armenian Genocide Moderator: Roger Smith (William and Mary) Respondents: Taner Akcam (University of Minnesota) Yair Auron (Open University, Israel) Simon Payaslian (Clark University) Rubina Peroomian (UCLA) Comments: Richard G. Hovannisian (UCLA)
	Panel 1:2 -- The Exclusivity of Suffering: Psychological and Spiritual Perspectives on Genocide Moderator: Laurie Pearlman (Trauma Research, Education, and Training Institute, Inc.) Anie Kalayjian (Fordham) Manus Midlarsky (Rutgers) Elizabeth Midlarsky (Columbia) Thea Halo (author) Ervin Staub (U Mass. Amherst)
	Panel 1:3 -- Genocide and Revelation: Disclosures of the Victims and Witnesses Moderator: Steven L. Jacobs (University of Alabama) Carla Shapiro (University of Toronto) Hilary Earl (York University) Kristin Platt (Institute fur Diaspora-und Genozidforschung and Ruhr-Universitat Bochum)
	Panel 1:4 -- Genocide and Post-genocidal responses in Bosnia-Herzegovina Moderator: Erik Markusen (Danish Centre) Becir Macic (Academic councilor, The Institute for Research Of Crimes Against Humanity And International Law, Sarajevo) Sheri P. Rosenberg (Human Rights and Genocide Clinic, Cardozo School of Law) Nesrin Kenar (Kocaeli University, Turkey)
	Panel 1:5 -- Perpetrators of Genocide and Failures of Justice Moderator: Jack Nusan Porter (Spencer Institute, MA) Christian P. Scherrer (Hiroshima Peace Institute (HPI) of Hiroshima City University, Japan Head, ECOR) Brent Beardsley (Canadian Army, UMAMIR-Rwanda) Omar McDoom (Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs) Jack Nusan Porter (Spencer Institute, MA)
	Panel 1:6 -- Panel: Anthropology of Genocide Moderator: Alex Hinton (Rutgers University) Uli Linke (Rochester Institute of Technology) Leslie Dwyer (Haverford College) Conerly Casey (Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria)
4:30-6:00	Panels, Series 2
	Panel 2:1 -- Roundtable discussion on Keynote II by Michael Berenbaum Moderator: Alan Berger (Florida Atlantic University) Respondents: Peter Balakian (Colgate) Helen Fein (Institute for the Study of Genocide, John Jay College of Criminal Justice) Carol Rittner (Stockton College) Comments: Michael Berenbaum (University of Judaism)
	Panel 2:2 -- Reparations in the Aftermath of Genocide Moderator: Edward Paulino John Jay College of Criminal Justice, NY) Edward R. Paulino (John Jay College of Criminal Justice) Marcia Esparza (John Jay College) Itai Nartzizenfield Sneh (John Jay College) Charles E. Ehrlich (Office of the Temporary Media Commissioner, Pristina, Kosovo)
	Panel 2:3 -- Armenian Artists Confront the Genocide Moderator: Stephen Feinstein (University of Minnesota) Robert Barsamian (Dallas, Texas. Independent Artist) Apo Torosyan (Boston) Perouz Seferian (London; Ontario, Canada) Dionne Haroutunian (Sevshoon Gallery, Seattle) Respondent: Stephen Feinstein (U of Minnesota)
	Panel 2:4 -- Psychology and Professions in Genocide and Genocide Prevention Moderator: Israel Charny Steven Baum (Psychologist, Birmingham, Michigan) T. Berman and ED Richter (Hebrew University Hadassah School of Public Health and Community Medicine Jerusalem) Eugen Schoenfeld (Georgia State University) Rebecca Knuth (University of Hawaii)
	Panel 2:5 -- Teaching about Genocide and Human Rights Moderator: Jacques Semelin (Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris) Eric Markusen (Danish Institute for International Studies, Department of Holocaust and Genocide Studies) Joyce Apsel (New York University) Carol Edelman and Sam Edelman (California State University-Chico).
	Panel 2:6 -- Revisiting the Holocaust I Moderator: Jacques Kornberg (University of Toronto) Henry Huttenbach (CCNY) Ethan Hollander (UCSD) Jack Nusan Porter (Spencer Institute, MA) Jacques Kornberg (University of Toronto)
6:00-8:00	Dinner on your own
8:00 -	Evening Event - OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
	•Showing of new documentary film "Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Romeo Dallaire." • Commentary by Frank Chalk (Concordia University) and Major Brent Beardsley (Canadian Armed Forces). •Short presentation by Rupert Bazambanza's Sourire malgrŽ tout, or Smile Through the Tears, a comic book version of the Genocide in Rwanda. Introduced by Frank Chalk.

Monday, June 6, 2005
7:30 AM	Breakfast
9:00-10:30	Keynote III Session: Genocide and Atrocity Law David Scheffer (Senior vice president of the United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA), former ambassador for war crimes, and U.S. negotiator on the International Criminal Court) Moderator: William Schabas (Irish Centre for Human Rights)
10:30-10:50	Coffee break
11:00-12:30	Panels, Series 3
	Panel 3:1 -- Roundtable on Keynote III by David Scheffer, "Genocide and Atrocity Law" Moderator: William Schabas (Irish Centre for Human Rights) Respondents: Howard Adelman (York University) Michael Bazyler (Whittier College of Law) Sevanne Gariban (Universite de Paris X-Nanteere et Universite de Geneve)(unconfirmed) Comments: David Scheffer
	Panel 3:2 -- Roundtable: "The State of Genocide Studies and Research: Problems and Directions." Moderator: Herbert Hirsch (Virginia Commonwealth University) Alex Alvarez (Northern Arizona University) Israel W. Charny (Institute on the Holocaust and Genocide in Jerusalem) Roger Smith, (College of William and Mary) Ervin Staub (University of Massachusetts-Amherst)
	Panel 3:3 -- Revisionism of Genocide History versus Denial Moderator: Marcia Sachs Littell (Richard Stockton College) Taner Akcam (University of Minnesota) Henry Huttenbach (CCNY) Habimana Abi and Dr Byamungu Robert (National University of Rwanda) Gregory Stanton (Mary Washington College and Genocide Watch)
	Panel 3:4 -- Representation of the Armenian Genocide and the Holocaust: Art, Literature and Drama after Genocide. Moderator: Robert Skloot (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Yvonne Kyriakides (London) Lorne Shirinian (Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario) Rubina Peroomian (UCLA) Robert Skloot (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
	Panel 3:5 -- Memory, Ethics, Forgiveness and Reconciliation in the Aftermath of the Holocaust Moderator: Manus Midlarsky (Rutgers University) Jeremy Lentz (Independent Researcher) Wendy C. Hamblet (Adelphi University) Emmanuel Tanay (Wayne State University Medical School, Michigan) Manus Midlarsky (Rutgers University)
12:45-2:00	Lunch on your own
2:00-3:30	Panels, Series 4
	Panel 4:1 -- Roundtable: Genocide Victim Groups and Recognition of Others Moderator: Israel W. Charny (Institute on the Holocaust and Genocide in Jerusalem) Rouben Adalian (Armenian National Institute) Michael Berenbaum (University of Judaism) Nicholas Robins. (Duke University)
	Panel 4:2 -- Genocide in Darfur I Moderator: Helen Fein (Institute for the Study of Genocide at John Jay College of Criminal Justice) Robert Collins (University of California, Santa Barbara) Eric Reeves (Smith College) Eric Markusen (Danish Institute for International Studies, Department of Holocaust and Genocide Studies) Sam Totten (University of Arkansas) Jerry Fowler (Committee on Conscience, USHMM)
	Panel 4:3 -- Gender Crimes: Genocidal Sexual Violence and Rape Moderator: Elizabeth R. Baer (Gustavus Adolphus College) Myrna Goldenberg (Montgomery College, Emeritus) Joanne Palchak (Stetson University Law School) Carol Rittner, R.S.M. (The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey) Fiona de Londras (Senior Lecturer in Law, Griffith College Dublin, Ireland)
	Panel 4:4 -- Teaching About Genocide in the Classroom Moderator: Joyce Apsel (NYU) Yair Auron (Open University, Tel Aviv) Mark Sachleben (Miami University) Albert Nzamukwereka (Secretary General, ÀNever Again International-Rwanda") Sara Cohan (Education Director, The Genocide Education Project)
	Panel 4:5 -- Holocaust, Genocide and Law: Legal Responses to the Crime of Crimes Moderator: Michael Bazyler (Whittier Law School) Paul Dubinsky (New York Law School) Michael Bazyler (Whittier Law School) Sevane Gariban (Universite de Paris X-Nanteere et Universite de Geneve) Discussant: William Schabas (Irish Centre for Human Rights)
	Panel 4:6 -- Roundtable: Mechanisms of Genocide on a Local Level: Evidence from Rwanda The panel will be a discussion of research methods used on survivors, prisoners and bystanders in Rwanda using multiple research instruments. el. Moderator: Philip Verwimp (University of Leuven, Belgium) Participants: Philip Veriwimp Jacob Boersema (University of Amsterdam) Holen Kahn (Filmmaker, Yale Scholar) Shanley Pinchotti (Maryland) Respondent: Reva Adler (University of British Columbia)
3:30-3:50	Coffee Break
4:00 - 5:30	Panels, Series 5
	Panel 5:1 -- Artistic Responses to the Holocaust Moderator: Stephen Feinstein (University of Minnesota) Fay Grajower (Independent Artist, Boston) Matthew Girson (DePaul University) Alan Jacobs
	Panel 5:2 -- Killing Cultures: Genocide and Human Rights in the 21st Century Moderator: Alex Alvarez (Northern Arizona University) Herb Hirsch (Department of Political Science, Virginia Commonwealth). Paul Bartrop (Research Fellow, School of Social and International Studies, Deakin University, Australia) Alex Alvarez (Northern Arizona University) Richard Kamber (The College of New Jersey)
	Panel 5:3: Genocide in Darfur II: Social Recognition and Response to Genocide Moderator: Eric Markusen, (Danish Institute for International Studies, Department of Holocaust and Genocide Studies) Bill Miles (Northeastern University) Howard Adelman (U of Toronto) Helen Fein (Institute for the Study of Genocide at John Jay College of Criminal Justice) Martin Mennecke (Danish Institute for International Studies, Department of Holocaust and Genocide Studies) Elisabeth Moltke (Danish Institute for International Studies, Department of Holocaust and Genocide Studies)
	Panel 5:4 -- Aftermaths: Issues in Genocide Justice and Forgiveness Moderator: Michael Bazyler (Whittler College School of Law) Ernesto Verdeja (Wesleyan University) Laurie Anne Pearlman and Ervin Staub (Trauma Research, Education, and Training Institute, Inc. and UMASS-Amherst) Ellen Yamshon (Attorney at Law, CPCU)
	Panel 5:5 -- Communications, The Media and Genocide Moderator: Frank Chalk (Concordia University, Montreal) Adam Jones (Yale University) Frank Chalk (Concordia University, Montreal) Aaron P. Karnell (U.S. Agency for International Development)
	Panel 5:6 -- Training Initiatives for Genocide Prevention Moderator: Jerry Fowler (USHMM) Andrea Bartoli (Auschwitz Center for Genocide Prevention and Columbia University) Matthew Levinger (Academy of Genocide Prevention USHMM) Discussant: Henry Huttenbach (CCNY)
6:30-8:15	Banquet dinner at the hotel
8:30-9:30	Keynote IV: "The UN and the Prevention of Genocide: Possibilities and Limitations" Dr. Juan E. Mendez (Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Office of the Secretary General of the United Nations) Moderator: Frank Chalk (Concordia University, Montreal)

Tuesday, June 7, 2005
9:00-10:30	Panels, Series 6
	Panel 6:1 -- Roundtable Discussion on Keynote IV by Juan Mendez Moderator: Barbara Harff (Proventus Distinguished Visiting Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark University) Jerry Fowler (Committee on Conscience, USHMM) Barbara Harff (Proventus Distinguished Visiting Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark University) Gregory Stanton (Genocide Watch and Mary Washington College) Ervin Staub (University of Massachusetts-Amherst) Comments: Dr. Juan Mendez (Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Office of the Secretary General of the United Nations.)
	Panel 6:2 -- New and Old Issues in Assessing the Armenian Genocide Moderator: Thea Halo (Independent author) Thea Halo (Independent Author) Nikolay Hovhannisyan (Director, Institute of Oriental Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia) Tigran N. Sarukhanyan (Armenian Academy of Sciences, Yerevan)
	Panel 6:3 -- Rape, Children and Genocide Moderator: Myrna Goldenberg (Professor Emeritus, Montgomery College) Morgan N. Blum (Deakin University, Australia) Jasna Balorda (The Institute for Research of Crimes Against Humanity and International Law, Sarajevo) Nina Silove (University of Sydney) Helene J. Sinnreich (University of Mississippi)
	Panel 6:4 -- Responses of the Europeans and the United States to Genocide in Central Africa Moderator: Rene Lemarchand (University of Florida) Patrice Muhirwa (National University of Butare, Rwanda) William Ferroggiaro (Independent Scholar) Christian DesRoches (Concordia University)
	Panel 6:5 -- Memorialization and Genocide Remembrance in Art and Museums Moderator: Prof. Alan Jacobs (Editor H-Holocaust) Gagik Aroutiunian (DePaul University) Alan Jacobs (MSU) Andrew Charlesworth (University of Gloucestershire, UK)
	Panel 6:6 -- Early Warning System for Genocide Moderator: Frank Chalk (Concordia University) Begna Dugassa (U of Toronto) Fred Grunfeld (Utrecht University and Maastricht University, Netherlands) Christian Scherrer (Hiroshima Peace Institute (HPI) of Hiroshima City University, Japan Head, ECOR)
10:30-10:50	Coffee Break
11:00-12:30	Panels, Series 7
	Panel 7:1 -- Genocide Justice and Forgiveness Moderator: Anie Kalayjian (Fordham) Clint B.T. Baldwin (Asbury Theological Seminary) Elisabeth Moltke (Danish Institute for International Studies, Copenhagen)
	Panel 7:2 -- Origins and Accountability of Genocide in Rwanda Moderator: William F. Miles (Northeastern University) Lee Ann Fujii (George Washington University) Nigel Eltringham (University of Sussex, UK) Reva Adler (University of British Columbia) Nina Silove (University of Sydney)
	Panel 7:3 -- Assessing Genocide and Search for Justice in Asia Moderator: Gregory Stanton (Genocide Watch and Mary Washington College) April Crabtree (Fulbright Graduate Student, Poland) Heather Brown (Purdue University) Mohammad Omar Farooq (Upper Iowa University)
	Panel 7:4 -- Panel: Revisiting the Holocaust II: New issues Moderator: Ruth Linn (Haifa) Kekeila El-Mokdad (Oakland) Diane Afoumado (Paris, France) Kristof Van Assche (Fund for Scientific Research, Flanders and Ghent University)
	Panel 7:5 -- Neglected? Other Genocidal Situations in Asia and Africa Moderator: Trevor Trueman (Oromo Support Group, UK) Begna F. Dugassa - PhD Student (The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at University of Toronto) Donald W. Beachler (Ithaca College)
	Panel 7:6 -- Memory and Aftermath of Genocide I Moderator: Ethan Hollander (UCSD) Henry Maitles (University of Strathclyde, UK) Sarah Gensburger (Ecoles Normale Superieure, Paris) Dr. Daniel H. Magilow (University of North Texas) Maureen S. Hiebert (U of Toronto)
12:30-2:15	Luncheon and business meeting
2:30-4:00	Panels, Series 8
	Panel 8:1 -- Memory and Aftermath of Genocide II Moderator: Henry Theriault (Worcester State College) Barry Trachtenberg (SUNY Albany) Keith Pomakoy (Adirondack Community College)
	Panel 8:2 -- Gendercide and Genocide Moderator: Adam Jones (Yale University) Fiona de Londras (Senior Lecturer in Law, Griffith College Dublin, Ireland) Lorrie I. King (AID Atlanta)
	Panel 8:3 -- New Issues in Genocide Research Moderator: Roger Smith (William and Mary) Dr. Mary Rose Leacy (Wagner College) Rony Blum (McGill University) Shyam Kapadia and Kersi Shroff (NALSAR University of Law, India) Jim Fussell (Prevent Genocide International)
	Panel 8.4 -- Rethinking the Concept of Genocide Morton Winston and Richard Kamber (The College of New Jersey) David L. Sallach (Argonne National Laboratory) Andrew Bosworth (University of Texas at Brownsville)
	Panel 8:5 -- The Medical Professions and Genocide: Emergency responses to prevention Moderator: Reva Adler (University of British Columbia) T. Berman and Ed Richter. (Hebrew University Hadassah School of Public Health and Community Medicine Jerusalem) Jutta Lindert (University of Mainz) Charli Carpenter (U of Pittsburgh)
5:00-6:30	New Executive Board and New Advisory Council Meeting