Gregory H. Stanton
Wed. Sept. 23, 7:30 p.m. – 105 Lawrence Hall
“Rethinking Genocide Prevention”
Gregory H. Stanton is Research Professor in Genocide Studies and Prevention at the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University. Dr. Stanton is the founder (1999) and president of Genocide Watch (website: www.genocidewatch.org), the founder (1981) and director of the Cambodian Genocide Project, and is the founder (1999) and Chair of the International Campaign to End Genocide. He was the President (2007 – 2009) of the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS). He has served as Co-Chair of the Washington Working Group for the International Criminal Court, and has been instrumental in the current Khmer Rouge Tribunal for which he drafted the internal rules of procedure and evidence. He holds a Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from University of Chicago and a JD from Yale Law School. Sponsored by Core, P-Con, and University Studies.
Darius Rejali
Thurs. Oct. 22, 7:00 p.m. – Love Auditorium, Olin Hall
“The Secret Histories of Modern Torture”
Darius Rejali is Professor and Chair of Political Science at Reed College. Beginning with a historical account detailing how Western democracies pioneered and exported techniques that have become the common base of modern torture, Rejali takes up the challenging question of the relation between torture and democracy in the present. In the wake of this history, Rejali asks what we can expect of the current US administration, and explores prospects for the future prevention of torture internationally. The 2009 Peter C. Schaehrer Memorial Lecture.
Khalil Shikaki
Wed. Nov. 4, 5:00 pm – Persson Hall Auditorium
“The Prospects for Arab-Israeli Peace: A Palestinian Perspective”
Khalil Shikaki is the director of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, which has conducted extensive public opinion polls in the West Bank and Gaza since the mid-1990s on a wide range of topics (the peace process, Hamas, Fatah, political Islam, etc.). He will use some of this research to illuminate how Palestinians who reside in the West Bank and Gaza view Israel, the conflict, and the prospects for peace. For further information on Professor Shikaki’s work see: http://www.pcpsr.org/about/khalilshikaki.html.