2007 IAGS Meeting Program

Responding to Genocide Before Its Too Late

Genocide Studies and Prevention

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

9 13 July 2007

 

MONDAY, July 9

1 3: Lunch

3 3:30: Welcoming Remarks

3:30 4:15: Session #1: Plenary: Genocide in Bosnia at the end of the 20th century

4:15 5:45: Opening Reception and Opening of Book, Art, and Educational Exhibits

4:15 5:45: Bosnian Student Symposium on Genocide

1.      Multidisciplinary Student Panel I

2.      Multidisciplinary Student Panel II

3.      Multidisciplinary Student Panel III

4.      Multidisciplinary Student Panel IV: Student Witnesses of the Bosnian Genocide

6 6:30: In Memory of Eric Markusen (Markusen Hall)

6:30 7:30: Poetry Reading (Markusen Hall)

8:00: Dinner, Hosted by the Mayor of Sarajevo, Semiha Borovac (Dining Room)

               Speaker: Sonja Biserko

10:00: Student Party

 

TUESDAY, July 10

8:30-9:45am: Session #1 Plenary speaker: Carla Del Ponte

10:15-11:45: Session #2

      Markusen Hall: Judgments of the ICTY

  1. Genocide of Armenians and Other Christians in the Ittihadist Ottoman Empire
  2. The Genocidal Process: Early Warning, Prediction, and Prevention
  3. Genocide, Memory, Narrative
  4. Genocide, Intergenerational Change, and Reconciliation

5.        ROM Leadership Development and Peace Gathering: A Panel of Prior Participants and Leaders

6.        The Siege of Sarajevo 1992 1995 Elements of Genocide

12:00-1:00: Session #3

Markusen Hall: The Srebrenica Memorial Room, Foundation for the Srebrenica Potocari Memorial

1.      Psychological Impact of Genocide from a Familial Perspective

2.      Genocide and Modernity

3.      Anti-Semitism and the Culture of Genocide

4.      Revealing Genocide: Sharing Lessons from the 2005 IAGS Meeting

5.      Chroniclers of Genocide

6.  Mass Graves Proof of Genocide Committed

1:00-2:30: Lunch/ Meeting of the Old and New IAGS Executive Board and Advisory Council

2:30-4:00: Session #4

Markusen Hall: UN Safe Areas in Bosnia Purpose and Misusage

1.       The Precautionary Principle and the Prevention of Genocide

2.       New Directions in Genocide Research

3.       Genocide Education in Northern Europe

4.       Obstacles to Reconciliation in Bosnia

5.       Genocide and Social Activism

6.       Concentration Camps and Other Places of Detention

4:30-6:00: Session #5

Markusen Hall: The Dayton Territorial and Political Organization of Bosnia and

Herzegovina After the ICJ Judgment

1.       Genocide, Representation, and Tourism

2.       Roundtable on Art and Genocide

3.       Committing to Evil

4.       Comparative Genocide Research

5.       Genocide in Darfur

6.       Media and Propaganda Aspects of Genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina

6:15 7:15: (Markusen Hall), Film: Cant Do it in Europe, with Anna Weitz, Director

7:30: Dinner

9:00: Film: Grbavica: Land of My Dreams (Esmas Secret),with Director Jasmila Žbanic

 

WEDNESDAY, July 11: SREBRENICA REMEMBRANCE DAY

8:30: Depart Sarajevo

         Visit to Mass Grave Exhumation

         Visit to Srebrenica

1:00  Memorial Commoration at Potocari Cemetery

4:00: Depart Potocari

7:30: Dinner in Sarajevo

9:00: Night Event: Witnesses of the Bosnian Genocide

 

THURSDAY, July 11

8:30-9:45: Session #1 Plenary speaker: Ragip Zarakolu

10:15-11:45: Session #2

Markusen Hall: The International Court of Justice Judgment in Bosnia v.Serbia and Montenegro

1.       Genocide and Perpetrator Motivation

2.       Justice Delayed Should Not Mean Justice Denied: Cambodia

3.       New Voices from Latin America

4.       Are there Alternatives to the Concept of Genocide?

7.       The Aftermath of Intergroup Violence

8.       Mass Rape and Genocide

12:00-1:00: Session #3

               Markusen Hall: Gaaa and Justice in Rwanda

1.       Discussion with Prof. Bruce Wilshire of his book, Get 'Em All!  Kill 'Em!:  Genocide, Terrorism, Righteous Communities

2.       Multidisciplinary Approaches to Addressing the Consequences of Disappearances and Mass Violations of Human Rights

3.       Holocaust and Memory

4.       Workshop, What is Genocide? 

5.       Greater State Projects and Genocide Against Bosniaks

6.       Sexual Violence as a Genocidal Strategy

1:00 3:00: Lunch and IAGS 2007 Business Meeting (Dining Hall)

3:15 4:30: Session #4

               Markusen Hall: Effects of the term Ethnic Cleansing on Intervention

1.       Genocide and Third Parties

2.       AEGIS: Empowering students for action, Building hope for the future (Roundtable Discussion)

3.       The Genocidal Mind

4.       Aggression and Genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina

5.       Approaches to Hellenocide

6.       Geography of Genocide Against Bosniaks I

4:45-6:00: Session #5

Markusen Hall: Can Genocide Prevention Be Taught?   With Genocide Education (Workshop)

1.       Crimes in Kosovo in the Context of Genocide

2.       Witness by Proxy: The Uses and Limits of Art and Empathy in Framing, Embodying, and Working through Genocide (Roundtable Discussion)

3.       Reconciliation after Genocide

4.       Treatment of the Bosnian Genocide by the International Community

5.       Geography of Genocide Against Bosniaks II

6.       Religion and Genocide in Bosnia

6:10-7:20: Film: Indonesia 1965, with filmmaker Rob Lemelson 
7:30: Dinner

9:00: Dramatic Presentation:  Lemkins House, with playwright, Catherine Filloux

FRIDAY, July 13

8:30-9:45am: Session #1  Plenary speaker: Deborah Lipstadt

10:15-11:45: Session #2

Markusen Hall: Genocide Prevention

1.       Genocide, Art, and Visual Representation (Roundtable Discussion)

2.       Genocide and Sexual Violence

3.       Genocide and International Law

4.       Genocide Intervention

5.       Genocide and the UN Convention: New Approaches

6.       Psychosocial Aspects of Genocide

12:00-1:00: Session #3

               Markusen Hall: Film, Faces of Genocide, with filmmaker Gayle Donsky

1.       Coping with Modern Genocide

2.       Genocide and Witnessing

3.       Consigning Genocide to the Dustbin of History (Roundtable Discussion)

4.       Holocaust and Memory

5.       Internationalizing the IAGS: Future Directions (Roundtable Discussion)

6.       TBA

1:00 2:45: Lunch/ Meeting of the New IAGS Executive Board and Advisory Council

1:45 2:45 (Markusen Hall) Dramatic reading: If the Whole Body Dies: Raphael Lemkin and the Treaty

               Against Genocide, by Robert Skloot

2:45 4:15: Session #4

Markusen Hall: Genocide, Art, and Literary Representation (Roundtable Discussion)

1.       Local Justice I

2.       Finish of Genocide: Trauma and Coping

3.       Genocide and Third Party Activism

4.       Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Nature and Representation of Genocide

5.       Genocide and Collective Memory

6.       Genocide and Terrorism

4:30 6:00: Session #5

               Markusen Hall: Genocides Aftermath

1.       Local Justice II

2.       Forgiveness: Transforming Trauma into Healing

3.       The Issue of Reparations to the Victims of Genocide

4.       Teaching Genocide in Higher Education in the European Context

5.       Reconciliation in Post-Genocide Rwanda

6.       Genocide Denial

6:15-7:15: Film: New Year Baby with filmmaker Socheata Poeuv

6:15-7:15: Wine and Cheese Reception: Book Launch for Israel Charnys books, Fascism and

               Democracy in the Human Mind, and Fighting Suicide Bombing: A Worldwide Campaign for Life

7:30: Banquet Dinner with Music

               Presentation of 2007 IAGS Awards for Leadership, Service, and Diplomatic Courage

 

SATURDAY, July 14

EXCURSIONS

8:00am 7:00pm: Bus trip to Mostar, visit to Medugorgje Sanctuary, Zitomislici (Monastery/Orthodox

               Church), Tekija Dervish Community on Buna River

9:00am: Tram tour of Sarajevo (the Tunnel, Old City, etc.)

1:00pm:  Possible Kosher lunch with Jewish community of Sarajevo

 

DEPARTURES