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International & Interdisciplinary Conference — April 17 & 18, 2009
Topic: Human Rights, International Law and Collective Violence
Program
Friday, April 17, 2009
Robert C. Byrd Conference Center
Registration & Coffee, 8:30 a.m.
Welcome, 9:00 a.m., Kisor Chakrabarti, Provost and Dean of Faculty, Davis & Elkins College.
Session 1, 9:05-10:30 a.m.
Chair: Helen M. Benigni, Davis & Elkins College
“Jihadist Terrorism and Democracy,” Sandra Fairbanks, Barry University
“Selectively Defending Basic Human Rights: A Challenge to Armed Invention,” Robert A. Hoag, Berea College
“Bad Morality, Conscience, and Genocide: A Reply to Bennett’s Conscience of Huckleberry Finn,” Morgan Rempel, University of Southern Mississippi
“The Logic of Ethnic and Religious Violence in Iraq,” Stephen Poulson, Alicia Breig, Christine V. Clarke, Jessie M. Dodson, James Madison University
Session 2, 10:30-12 Noon
Chair: James W. Spears, Cabinet Secretary of the West Virginia Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety
Roundtable Panel: “Homeland Security, Terrorism, and Implications for Domestic Culture,” The panel will be led by James W. Spears, Cabinet Secretary of the West Virginia Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety, Dennis Shrader, former Deputy Administrator for National Preparedness, FEMA, and Paul S. Stirrup, former FBI agent and Duke University staff member. It will address the impact of 9/11 at the national and state level, to include programmatic responses and the impact on U.S. domestic culture.
Participants include: Sandra Fairbanks, Barry University, Mark Wood, Virginia Commonwealth University, Jane Woods, Davis & Elkins College, Isaac Bickford,The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, and Adam Posey, Davis & Elkins College
Session 3, 1:00 – 3:20 p.m.
Chair: Robert R. McCutcheon, Davis & Elkins College
“Swords into Plowshares: From Regensburg to Mecca,” Robert C. Christie, Devry University
“African Refugees in Israel,” Vered Nevo, Ben-Gurion University
“Unrecognized Indigenous (Bedouin) Villages in Israel,” Isaac Nevo, Ben-Gurion University
“A Humanitarian Response to Violation of Human Rights,” Linda B. Elder, Valdosta State University
“Samson Agonistes and Terrorism: John Milton since 9/11,” Byron Nelson, West Virginia University
“The Concept of Non-Violence in the Philosophy of Imperial Stoa,” Panos Eliopoulos, Olympic Center for Philosophy and Culture, Greece
Session 4, 3:20 – 5:20 p.m.
Chair: Judith Bertenthal Smith, Davis & Elkins College
“Derrida’s “Democracy to Come,” Gordon Haist, University of South Carolina at Beaufort
“Gandihian Nonviolence as a Response to Islamic Terrorism,” Joel Wilcox, Barry University
“Authoritarianism and Response to In-group Threat: Helping Behavior towards Genocide Victims,” Barbara Shaffer, Saint Francis University
“Bringing Human Rights into the Home,” JoAnne Myers, Marist College
Welcome by President G.T. "Buck" Smith, Hermanson Center Lobby, 6:30 p.m.
Keynote Address, Harper-McNeeley Auditorium, 6:40 p.m.
“Reverence for Life in the World of Violence,” Marvin Meyer, Chapman University
Cultural Program: Harper-McNeeley Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
Classical Indian Dance and "Homage to Pablo Casals" featuring preludes from Bach Suites for Unaccompanied Cello.
Reception, Hermanson Center Lobby
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Halliehurst Hall
Session 1, 8:30-11:00 a.m.
Chair: Ellen Darden, Concord University
“Framing Separatism as Terrorism: Lessons from Kosovo,” Elena Pokalova, Kent State University
“Precursors to Genocide? Ex-Gay Ministries: Social Death and Gendercide,” Sue E. Spivey and Christine Robinson, James Madison University
“The Limits of Community and the Politics of Abu Ghraib,” Gary A. Mullen, Gettysburg College
“Poverty, Autonomy, and Biomedical Research: Unnoticed Collective Violence,” Christopher Caldwell, Virginia State University
“Paradoxes of Criminalization: Drug Trafficking and it’s Social Implications in Twentieth Century Britain,” William M. Meier, University of Wisconsin, Madison
“An Epistemological Meta-Reflection on the Role of Drug Trade in International Affairs,” Michael Wenisch, Barry University
Session 2A, 1 1:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Chair: Barbara Shaffer, St. Francis University
“A Most Distasteful Responsibility: Seventy Years of British Anti-Terrorist Legislation,” Jane C. Woods, Davis & Elkins College
“Suicide Terrorism: An Analysis in the Context of Historical Perspective- Causes and Solutions,” Dillipkumar Muhkopadhyay, Mayanaguri College
“Can We Understand Islamic Terrorism,” Laurent Metzger, University of la Rochelle
“The Non-Marxist Roots of North Korea’s State Ideology: A Consideration for International Approach to a Hermit Kingdom,” T.J. Park, West Virginia State University
Session 2B, 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Chair: Doug Penhallegon, Duquesne University
“Kafka 9/11,” Peter T. Okun, Davis & Elkins College
“The Influence of Theater and Para-theater on the Holocaust:” Harry Potter and Conflict Resolution,” Dana Lori Chalmers, University of British Columbia, Vancoueveri
“U.S. Foreign Policy in the Age of Terrorism,” David R. Turner, Davis & Elkins College
“Beyond Jihad and McWorld: Making Peace and Justice in the World House,” Mark Wood, Virginia Commonwealth University
Session 3A, 2:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Chair: David R.Turner,, Davis & Elkins College
“Narrative on the Italian War to Ethiopia 1935-1936,” Valerie Kouam, Institut-de-Culture-et-de-Langues
“The Lessons We Teach through Torture,” Danny Franke, Alderson-Broaddus University
“Gender and Human Rights Violation,” Sayanti Satpathi and Michael Zlis, Kent State University
“Fiction and the Possibility of Change: Exploring Images of Violence in the Story of Zahra,” Felicia Mitchell, Emory and Henry University
“International Environmental Policy,” Sayanti Satpathi and Victoria Ceban, Kent State University
“A Way Out of the World’s Madness: Gandhi and his Zionist Discontents,” Doug Penhallegeon, Duquesne University
“W.E.B. Dubois Double Consciousness Martin Luther King, The White Family and their Cook,” J.F. Humphrey, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
“Do Private Military Companies Operate in a Legal Vacuum,” Hans Brun, University of Pittsburgh
Session 3B, 2:00-5:00 p.m.
Chairs: Peter T.Okun, and William E. King, Davis & Elkins College
“Small Arms Trade: Increasing Violence against Women” Kate Kent, Marist College
“Militarization of Space,” Conor Arens, Marist College
“Education: Necessary and Needed,” Joseph de Lisle, Marist College
“Family Expectations and the Obstruction of the Self,” Matthew H. McLeskey, Senior, Davis & Elkins College
“Detention Centers: A Necessary Stop for U.S. Immigration Policy,” Michelle Paolicelli, Marist College
“Collective Identity and Escalation of Ethnic Conflict,” Siddhartha Thapa, Marist College
“The Relationship of Human Rights and Citizenship,” Vincent O’Neill, Marist College
“Retributive Punishment and the Case for Redistribution,” Lindsey White, East Tennessee. University
“The Fabrication of Difference: Symbolic Intent Behind the Mass Rapes of Bosnian War,” Aliana Briggs, Seattle University
“Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking: Current Policies,” Parisa Bigdeli, Concord University
“Violence of Exhibiting India: Gandhi’s Reconciliation in Design Frontier,” Farhan Karim, University of Sydney
Session 3C, 2:00- 5:00 p.m.
Chair: Chandana Chakrabarti, Davis & Elkins College
“Talibanization of Women in Khalid Hosseini’s Works,” Ravichandra Chittampalli, University of Mysore
“Religious Co-existence and Politics in Syncretism: Hindus and Muslims over a Saintly Cult in Bangladesh,” Togawa Masahiko, Hiroshima University
“Anti-War Persian Poetry,” A. Ahan, JNU
“What the World can Learn from the Invasion of Tibet,” Jampa Yonten, Tibetan Healing Center, Bangalore, India
“Violence against Children in India: A Case Study of Slum Children,” Erin McShea, Thad Toole, VyCu and Emmanuel Morales, West Chester University of Pennsylvania
“Exploring the Anticipatory Fear for Terrorist Attacks and Possible Intervening Factors,” Krittika Singh, Delhi University
“Argument of Exclusivity: Critical Discourse Analysis of Racism,” Anita Chowdhury, Arizona State University
“European Settlers, Divisions, and African Conflicts,” Joseph Amani Ruganda
“Changes in Managing Conflict and Existential Issues Using Supernatural Forces Amidst Western Civilization,” Tonukari Emmanuel
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Dr. Chandana Chakrabarti
Dean of Academic Centers and International Studies
304-637-1293
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