2007 IAGS Meeting Program Responding to Genocide Before It’s 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: 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

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

• Psychological Impact of Genocide from a Familial Perspective
• Genocide and Modernity
• Anti-Semitism and the Culture of Genocide
• Revealing Genocide: Sharing Lessons from the 2005 IAGS Meeting
• Chroniclers of Genocide
• 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

• The Precautionary Principle and the Prevention of Genocide
• New Directions in Genocide Research
• Genocide Education in Northern Europe
• Obstacles to Reconciliation in Bosnia
• Genocide and Social Activism
• 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

• Genocide, Representation, and Tourism
• Roundtable on Art and Genocide
• Committing to Evil
• Comparative Genocide Research
• Genocide in Darfur
• Media and Propaganda Aspects of Genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina

6:15 – 7:15: (Markusen Hall), Film: “Can’t Do it in Europe,” with Anna Weitz, Director

7:30: Dinner

9:00: Film: “Grbavica: Land of My Dreams” (“Esma’s Secret”),with Director Jasmila Zbanic

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 12

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

• Genocide and Perpetrator Motivation
• Justice Delayed Should Not Mean Justice Denied: Cambodia
• New Voices from Latin America
• Are there Alternatives to the Concept of Genocide?
• The Aftermath of Intergroup Violence
• Mass Rape and Genocide

12:00-1:00: Session #3

Markusen Hall: Gaçaça and Justice in Rwanda

• Discussion with Prof. Bruce Wilshire of his book, “Get 'Em All!  Kill 'Em!:  Genocide, Terrorism, Righteous Communities”
• Multidisciplinary Approaches to Addressing the Consequences of Disappearances and Mass Violations of Human Rights
• Holocaust and Memory
• Workshop, “What is Genocide?” 
• Greater State Projects and Genocide Against Bosniaks
• 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

• Genocide and Third Parties
• AEGIS: Empowering students for action, Building hope for the future (Roundtable Discussion)
• The Genocidal Mind
• Aggression and Genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Approaches to Hellenocide
• Geography of Genocide Against Bosniaks I

4:45-6:00: Session #5

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

• Crimes in Kosovo in the Context of Genocide
• Witness by Proxy: The Uses and Limits of Art and Empathy in Framing, Embodying, and Working through Genocide (Roundtable Discussion)
• Reconciliation after Genocide
• Treatment of the Bosnian Genocide by the International Community
• Geography of Genocide Against Bosniaks II
• Religion and Genocide in Bosnia

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

9:00: Dramatic Presentation:  “Lemkin’s 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

• Genocide, Art, and Visual Representation (Roundtable Discussion)
• Genocide and Sexual Violence
• Genocide and International Law
• Genocide Intervention
• Genocide and the UN Convention: New Approaches
• Psychosocial Aspects of Genocide
• Multidisciplinary Student Panel I

12:00-1:00: Session #3

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

• Coping with Modern Genocide
• Genocide and Witnessing
• Consigning Genocide to the Dustbin of History (Roundtable Discussion)
• Holocaust and Memory
• Internationalizing the IAGS: Future Directions (Roundtable Discussion)
• Multidisciplinary Student Panel II

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)

• Local Justice I
• Finish of Genocide: Trauma and Coping
• Genocide and Third Party Activism
• Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Nature and Representation of Genocide
• Genocide and Collective Memory
• Genocide and Terrorism
• Multidisciplinary Student Panel III

4:30 – 6:00: Session #5

Markusen Hall: Genocide’s Aftermath

• Local Justice II
• Forgiveness: Transforming Trauma into Healing
• The Issue of Reparations to the Victims of Genocide
• Teaching Genocide in Higher Education in the European Context
• “Reconciliation” in Post-Genocide Rwanda
• 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 Charny’s 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

SEVENTH BIENNIAL MEETING
THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GENOCIDE SCHOLARS
Hosted by the Institute for the Research of Crimes Against Humanity
And International Law of the University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

MONDAY, July 9

1:00 – 3:00  Lunch

3:00-3:30  Welcoming Remarks (Markusen Hall)

• Israel Charny, IAGS President
• Greg Stanton, IAGS First Vice President & IAGS Meeting Director
• Smail Cekic, Institute Director

Session #1, 3:30-4:15 (Markusen Hall)  Plenary: Genocide in Bosnia at the End of the 20th Century

• Smail Cekic, Institute Director
• Muhamed Mešic, Institute Researcher on Genocide
• Amor Mašovic,  Chairman of the Bosnian Institute for Missing Persons

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

• Book launch of new books by IAGS and Institute authors and conference participants
• Presentation of Volume in Honor of Helen Fein
• Opening of Exhibitions:
• Aegis Trust/UN Exhibition (contact: Ben Walker)
• “Beyond Genocide” / 20th Century Illuminations; Auction/Exhibit (contact: Amy Fagin)
• “Cultivating Compassion” (contact: Lee Lee)
• Srebrenica Photo Exhibition (contact: Lisa DiCaprio)
• Institute Exhibit

4:15 – 5:45  Student Witnesses of the Bosnian Genocide

• Amer Hrustic
• Admir Sejdinovic
• Azmir Alic
• Nermina Sejdinovic
• D`emal D`ananovic
• Elvisa Haskic
• Nermina Dautbakic
• Sadmir Nukic

6:00-6:30     (Markusen Hall) In Memory of Eric Markusen 

IAGS Award to the Family of Eric Markusen for his Distinguished Lifetime Contributions to the Field of Genocide Studies and Prevention

6:30 – 7:30  (Markusen Hall)  Poetry Reading
Moderator: Vladimir Premec

 

• Peter Balakian
• Abdulah Sidran
• Choman Hardi

8:00      (Dining Room)  Dinner Hosted by the Mayor of Sarajevo, Semiha Borovac
Speaker: Sonja Biserko, Director, Helsinki Commission on Human Rights in Serbia 

10:00 Student Party

TUESDAY, July 10

Session #1, 8:30-9:45am  (Markusen Hall)

Plenary speaker: Carla Del Ponte, Chief Prosecutor of the ICTY

IAGS Award to Carla Del Ponte for Outstanding Contributions to the Development of an International Legal System to End Impunity for the Crime of Genocide

Session #2, 10:15-11:45

Markusen Hall:  Judgments of the ICTY

Moderator: Edina Becirovic

• Decision on Motion for Judgment of Acquittal – Prosecutor v. Milosevic
  Robert Donia (former Professor, History, USA)        

  

• Lackings in the Procedures of the ICTY and ICJ in Presenting Relevant Documents Related to Genocide Issues
  Sir Geoffrey Nice (Barrister, London, England)

 

• Prosecutor v. Momcilo Krajišnik – a Case for Genocide

Carole Hodge (author; independent scholar, England)

• The Transfer of Cases from ICTY to Courts in BiH

Muhamed Mujakic (Public Administration, University of Sarajevo)

• The Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court in the Trial of the Crime of Genocide as a Factor in its General Prevention

Zarije Seizovic

            1. Genocide of Armenians and Other Christians in the Ittihadist Ottoman Empire

• The Armenian Genocide—Premeditation or Incremental Radicalization?
  Richard G. Hovannisian (History, UCLA, U.S.)
  hovannis@history.ucla.edu

• Vectors of Victimization: Tracing Genocide from the Balkans to Anatolia, 1912-1915
  Ugur Ümit Üngör (History, University of Amsterdam)
  u.ungor@chgs.nl

• The Diaspora Memory of the Armenian Genocide

Carlos Antamarian

• And those who Continued living in Turkey after 1915: the Residues of their Sense of Armenianness (An Identity Problem)
  Rubina Peroomian Ph.D (University of California Los Angeles, U.S.)
  Rubinap@aol.com

• Gender and Genocide: Armenian and Greek Women Finding Positive Meaning in the Horror
  Artemis Pipinelli (Walden University)
  apipinelli@verizon.net
  
  Anie Kalayjian (Fordham University, U.S.)
  kalayjiana@aol.com

            2.  The Genocidal Process: Early Warning, Prediction, and Prevention

• From the Vienna to the Paris Systems: Situating the Holocaust in International and Imperial Politics
  Eric D. Weitz (History, University of Minnesota, U.S.)
  weitz004@umn.edu

• Guatemalan Atrocity Crimes, Early Warning Signs and the Lessons for Genocide Prevention
  Marc Drouin (Genocide Studies, Université de Montréal, Canada)
  madrouin@hotmail.com; marc.drouin@umontreal.ca

• Prevention of Genocide and the Security Interests of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Selmo Cikotic                                 

• The Stages of the Rwandan Genocide
  Rebecca Parson (University of Mary Washington, USA)
  rpars3ua@umw.edu

• How Long is the Road to Hell?  An Examination of the Temporal Progression of Risk Factors for Genocide, and the Implications for Future Genocide Prevention

Deborah Mayersen (History, University of Melbourne, Australia)
d.mayersen@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au

3. Genocide, Memory, Narrative

• Localizing the Rwandan Genocide

Jacob R. Boersema (Development Studies, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)
jacobboersema@yahoo.com

• Dichotomy of Memory? Surviving Memories of the Genocide in Bosnia

Ramajana Hidic Demirovic (History, Indiana University, Bloomington, U.S.)
rhidicde@indiana.edu

• When Your Friends and Neighbors Become Enemies: Listening to the Tales of the Survivors of Srebrenica
  Selma Leydesdorff (Oral history and Culture Univ of Amsterdam, Netherlands)
  s.leydesdorff@uva.nl

• To be hunted like animals: Samuel and Joseph Chanesman’s accounts of their survival in the Polish countryside during the Holocaust
  Pam Maclean (History, Deakin University, Australia)
  maclean@deakin.edu.au

• Death and Life: Memory and Narratives in Personalizing the Holocaust
  Ann Weiss, Ph.D. (Education, University of Pennsylvania, U.S.)
  annweiss18@hotmail.com

            4. Genocide, Intergenerational Change, and Reconciliation

• Giving Voice to the Children of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide: Adult Reflections on Leadership of Those Who Lived the Nightmare
  Elizabeth J. Sausele (Education, Trinity International University, U.S.)
  esausele@comcast.net

• The Long Path to “Never Again”: Genocide Prevention Requires MultiGenerational Change
  Amy C. Hudnall (Peace Studies, Appalachian State University, U.S.)
  hudnallac@appstate.edu

• Understanding the Genocide in Bosnia as a Displaced Repetition of WWII
  
  Louise L. Lambrichs (Independent Scholar/Writer, France)
  louise.lambrichs@noos.fr

• Does addressing prejudice and discrimination through Holocaust education produce better citizens?
  
  Henry Maitles (University of Strathclyde, Faculty of Education)
  h.maitles@strath.ac.uk

• Genocide’s Aftermath: Responsibility and Repair

Armen T. Marsoobian (Philosophy, Southern Connecticut State University)
marsoobiana1@southernct.edu

5. Roundtable: ROM Leadership Development and Peace Gathering: A

Panel of Prior Participants and Leaders

• Dialogue Project Between Young Adults from Various Groups That Constituted Former Adversaries in the Former Yugoslavia

Randall E. Butler (Institute for Sustainable Peace, Houston, Texas, USA)
Randall@ButlerMediation.com

• Tihomir Kukolja
• Brajna Miladinov
• Srdjan Anti
• Aferdite Tahiri
• Randall Butler

6.  The Siege of Sarajevo 1992 – 1995 – Elements of Genocide

• Chair: Zijad Rujanac
• Genocidal Activities in the Sarajevo Region

Nedzad Ajnadzic (independent scholar, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

• Sniper Activities Against Civilians in Besieged Sarajevo

Hajriz Becirevic (Dzemal Bijedic University, Mostar; Public Education, University of Sarajevo)

• 1425 Days of Siege of the University of Sarajevo

Faruk Caklovica (Rector of the University of Sarajevo)

• Food Relief for the Residents of Sarajevo

Ante Milanovic

• The Siege of Sarajevo Through Jewish Prism

Eli Tauber (Editor-in-chief of the Jewish community in Bosnia and Herzegovina's journal, «Jewish Voice»)

Session #3, 12:00-1:00

Markusen Hall: The Srebrenica Memorial Room (Presentation by the Foundation for the Srebrenica Potocari Cemetery and Memorial)

• Organizer: Suzanne Bardgett, Imperial War Museum, London
  SBardgett@IWM.ORG.UK

• Amor Mašovic, Executive Board of Srebrenica Potocari Memorial and Cemetery
  compbih@bih.net.ba

• Amra Begic, Visitor Services, Srebrenica Potocari Memorial and Cemetery Service
  mcentar@teol.net

            1. Psychological Impact of Genocide from a Familial Perspective

• Cultivating Compassion: First Steps toward Prevention
  Lee Lee, Chair (Independent Artist, U.S.)
  eire.lee@hotmail.com

• Psychological Impacts of Genocide from a Familial Perspective
  Jill Thurman (Rocky Mountain Survivors Center, U.S.)
  jthurman@rmscdenver.org &

Izabela Lundberg (Rocky Mountain Survivors Center, U.S.)
izabelalundberg@msn.com

 

            2. Genocide and Modernity

• Genocide and Biopolitical modernity
  Tomás Borovinsky (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina)
  tomasboro@yahoo.com.ar

• Policy, Exception and Genocide
  Emmanuel Taub (Social Sciences, Buenos Aires University, Argentina)
  emmanuel_taub@yahoo.com.ar

• Katherine Anne Porter and Genocide: A Novelist’s Response to the Banality of Evil

Akio Kimura (International Business and Management Kanagawa University, Japan)
theakio@aol.com

            3. Anti-Semitism and the Culture of Genocide

• The Contribution of Erich Goldhagen to Holocaust and Genocide Studies
  Jack Nusan Porter (Spencer Institute, U.S.)
  jacknusan@earthlink.net

• When is it Hate?: Antisemitism vs. Anti-Israeli Sentiment
  Steven K. Baum (Psychology, College of Santa Fe, U.S.)
  skbaum@comcast.net

• Anti-Islamism and anti-Semitism: the common heritage of two racist discourses

P.S. van Koningsveld

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

• Andy Holcom (Western Washington University)
  theholcom@yahoo.com

            5.  Chroniclers of Genocide

• Uncovering the Victims: New Liberators and the post-mortem of genocide)

Simone Gigliotti, (History, Victoria University, New Zealand)
Simone.gigliotti@vuw.ac.nz

• Warnings of Racism, Warnings of Genocide: Contributions by Raphaël Lemkin and Emmanuel Levinas 
  Donna-Lee Frieze (Deakin University, Australia)
  Donna-lee.frieze@deakin.edu.au

• The Genocide Paradox: Evidence of Crime and its prosecution at Nuremberg
  Hilary Earl (History, Nipissing University, Canada)
  hearl@nipissingu.ca

            6.  Mass Graves – Proof of Genocide Committed

• Chair: Amor Mašovic
• Secondary Mass Graves – Proof of Intention to Commit Genocide

Eva Klonowski (International Commission on Missing Persons)

• Significance of Establishing Death Causes of Victims Exhumed from Mass Graves in Court Proceedings

Nermin Sarajlic (International Commission for Missing Persons)

• Reconstruction and Re-association of Victims from Primary and Secondary Mass Graves of UN Safe Area Srebrenica by Method of DNA

Rifat Kešetovic (University Clinical Center Tuzla, ICMP, Sarajevo)

Lunch/ Lunch events 1:00-2:30

            Luncheon Meeting of the Old and New IAGS Executive Board and Advisory Council

Session #4, 2:30-4:00

      Markusen Hall: UN Safe Areas in Bosnia – Purpose and Misusage

• Chair: Diego Arria (former Ambassador of Venezuela to the United Nations)
• Un-safe Areas Saved from Any Attack – Deception Called Demilitarized Zone

Omer Ibrahimagic (Political Science, University of Sarajevo)

• How Demilitarization of Srebrenica and Zepa Agreements Were Made in 1993

General Sefer Halilovic, MP (Member of the House of Representatives in the Parliament Assembly)

• Implementation of the ‘Safe Area’ Policy of the United Nations in Bosnia and Herzegovina – Controversy and Obstructions

Enis Omerovic (independent scholar, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

1. The Precautionary Principle and the Prevention of Genocide

Chair: Greg Stanton (IAGS First Vice President, U. of Mary Washington, U.S.) genocidewatch@aol.com Elihu D Richter (Genocide and Violence Prevention Program, Center for Injury Prevention, Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Hebrew University-Hadassah)   elir@cc.huji.ac.il

• Rony Blum
  (Ombudsman’s Office, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical Center, Center for Injury Prevention, Hebrew University-Hadassah, Jerusalem, Israel)

roblum@cc.huji.ac.il

• Jutta Lindert (Public Health at the University of Ludwigsburg, Germany)
  mail@lindert.de

• Israel Charny (Institute on the Holocaust and Genocide, Jerusalem, Israel)
  encygeno@mail.com

            2. New Directions in Genocide Research

• Cultural Genocide: Destroying Material Culture, Destroying Identity?
  Pamela de Condappa (Archaeology, Cambridge, U.K.)
  pameladecondappa@hotmail.com

• Genocide and Structural Violence: Challenges of Definition, Prevention, and Intervention
  Adam Jones (Genocide Studies Program, Yale University, U.S.)
  adam.jones@yale.edu

• New Directions in Comparative Genocide Research: Advances, Problems, and Possibilities for Future Research
  Scott Straus (Political Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison, U.S.)
  sstraus@wisc.edu

• Rape as a Tool of Genocide or Genocide as a Tool of Rape?

Henry Theriault (Philosophy and Human Rights, Worcester State College, U.S.)
Henry.Theriault@worcester.edu

      3. Genocide Education in Northern Europe

• Integrating Holocaust and Genocide Education: The Norwegian Experience

Anton Weiss-Wendt (Norwegian Holocaust Centre, Norway)

anton.weiss-wendt@hlsenteret.no

• Genocide Education in Northern Europe: Anne Frank and the Netherlands

Johannes Houwink ten Cate (Holocaust and Genocide Studies, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

• Genocide Education on Internet

Gitte Almer Nielsen (Danish Institute for International Studies, Denmark)

gan@diis.dk     

• Looking Back-Looking Forward: Genocide Education in Denmark
  
  Stine Thuge (Danish Institute for International Studies, Denmark)
  sth@diis.dk   

• Discussant
  Joyce Apsel (Humanities, New York University, U.S.)
  jaa5@nyu.edu

            4. Obstacles to Reconciliation in Bosnia

• Refugee Voices from Banja Luka: Settlement and Return

Jasmina Besirevic-Regan (Sociology, Yale University, U.S.) jasmina.besirevic@yale.edu

• The BiH Missing Persons Institute.  The Problem of Ethnic Politics and Trust

Kirsten Juhl (Social Sciences, University of Stavanger, Norway)
kirsten.v.juhl@uis.no

• Impediments to Bosnia’s Political and Economic Recoveries arising from Ethnic Hostilities and Genocide in Srebrenica

Miodrag Kapor (Economics, Rutgers University, U.S.)
miodrag75@yahoo.com

• Witnessing Genocide at Srebrenica: Obstacles to Reconciliation: A PowerPoint Presentation

David Pettigrew (Philosophy, Southern Connecticut State University, U.S.)

pettigrewd1@southernct.edu

            5. Genocide and Social Activism

• An Ottoman Intellectual Deputy and Harbinger of Ethnic Cleansing
  Aktsoglou Z. Iakovos (History, Hellenic Police Academy, Greece)
  izak@otenet.gr

• The Journey for Humanity: Scholar-Activism and the Status of Social Consciousness

Edward S. Majian (Philosophy, Saint Peter’s College, U.S.), Hasmig Tatiossian (Global Affairs, NYU, U.S.)
e.majian@verizon.net, Hasmig.Dreambig@gmail.com

• He Tried to Prevent Both: He Failed in Both.  From Deir-el-Zor to Auschwitz - Armin Teofil Wegner

Tigran Sarukhanyan (Museum-Institute, Armenian National Academy of Sciences)
tsarukhanyan@yahoo.com

• “We Charge Genocide: A Historical Petition All but Forgotten and Unknown”
  
  Steven Leonard Jacobs, (Religious Studies, University of Alabama, U.S.)
  sjacobs@bama.ua.edu

6.  Concentration Camps and Other Places of Detention

• Chair: Edina Becirevic (Political Science, University of Sarajevo)
• Concentration Camps and Other Detention Places: an Empiric Perspective

Murat Tahirovic (formed association of concentration camp detainees in the municipality of Cazin)

• Genocidal Acts Against Bosniaks in Camps and Other Places of Imprisonment

Becir Macic (Institute for Research of Crimes Against Humanity and International Law, University of Sarajevo)

• Detainees from Concentration Camps in Mass Graves

Jasmin Odobašic (Vice Chairman of the Federal Commission for missing persons)

• Concentration Camps’ Torture and Sexual Violence as Strategic Ways of Committing Genocide Against Bosniaks in the Period 1992-1995

Senadin Ljubovic (Deputy Director of the Psychiatric clinic in Sarajevo)

Session #5, 4:30-6:00

Markusen Hall: The Dayton Territorial and Political Organization of Bosnia and Herzegovina After the ICJ Judgment

• Chair: Zarije Seizovic
• The Legalization of Aggression and Genocide in Bosnia – the Dayton Agreement

H.E. Haris Silajdzic (Member of the Bosnian Presidency)

• The Necessity of Change in the Dayton Constitutional Solutions

Nijaz Durakovic (Political Science, University of Sarajevo)

• Displacement of Bosniaks as an Element of Genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Alaga Derviševic (journalist; author)

1. Genocide, Representation, and Tourism

• Rwanda: It’s a country, not a genocide

Stephanie McKinney (Claremont Graduate University, U.S.)
smckinne@sbcglobal.net

• (Re)Constructing a Post-Conflict Tourism in Bosnia-Herzegovina

Anna Sheftel (History, Oxford University, U.K.)
anna.sheftel@stx.ox.ac.uk

• “Can’t Do It in Europe”

Anna Weitz (Independent Scholar/Filmmaker, Sweden)

anna.weitz@rafilm.se

2. Roundtable on Art and Genocide

• Chair: Stephen Feinstein (Holocaust and Genocide Studies, University of Minnesota. USA)
  Feins001@umn.edu

• Fay Grajower (Studio Artist, Boston, U.S.)
  faygrajower@aol.com

• Karen Frostig (Social Sciences, Lesley University, U.S.)
  karenfrostig@comcast.net

• Paul B. Miller (History, International University of Sarajevo and McDaniel College, U.S.)
  pmiller@mcdaniel.edu

            3. Committing to Evil

• Becoming Evil: Perpetrators of Ethnic Cleansing in the Former Yugoslavia

James Waller
(Psychology, Whitworth University, U.S)

jwaller@whitworth.edu

• What Motivates Perpetrators?: Lessons from the Cambodian Genocide Alex Hinton
  (Anthropology, Rutgers University, U.S.)
  ahinton@andromeda.rutgers.edu

• Work of Killing, Work of Morality: A Case Study on Genocidal Killing Harald Welzer
  (Center for Interdisciplinary Memory Research, Germany)
  Harald.Welzer@kwi-nrw.de

• What Do Killers Think About While Massacring?

Jacques Semelin (Political Science, Sciences Po, France)
semelin@ceri-sciences-po.org

4. Comparative Genocide Research

• Chair: Robert Melson (Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Clark University, U.S.)
• Comparative Genocide Research

Frank Chalk (History, Concordia University, Canada)
drfrank@alcor.concordia.ca

• Benefits and Pitfalls of a Comparative Approach to Genocide

Edward Kissi (Africana Studies, University of South Florida, U.S.)
ekissi@cas.usf.edu

• Conceptualization of the Scientific Research on Genocide

Dzevad Termiz

• Relevant Aspects of Analysis, Description and Prevention Deduced from the Armenocide, Serbocide, and Holocaust – Three Main Genocidal Events During World Wars

Richard Albrecht

• Burundi 1972: Reflexions on a Forgotten Genocide

René Lemarchand (History, University of Florida, U.S.)
Renelemar@aol.com

• Structural Violence, Conflict, and Peacebuilding: The Case of Burundi
  
  Vijaya Thakur (International Relations, Bryn Mawr College, U.S.)
  vthakur@brynmawr.edu

5. Genocide in Darfur

• Analysis of a Conflict: Early Warning Signs and Prevention Points in the Darfur Genocide

Bixby, Martha Heinemann (Government, Georgetown University, U.S.)
mjh.bixby@gmail.com

• Why does it go on? The Darfur Peace Agreement and the Deadly Case of Darfur

Joyce Apsel (Humanities, New York University, U.S.)
jaa5@nyu.edu

• Darfur is Different: Why the International Muslim Community and Arab States Ignore the Crisis in Darfur

Kathryn V. Johnson (Religious Studies, University of North Carolina, U.S.)
kvjohnso@email.uncc.edu

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

•   Chair: Edina Becirovic
• Education of Journalists for Realization of Genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Muhamed Nuhic (Journalist/Independent scholar, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

• Media as Tools for Realization of Genocide

Šemso Tucakovic (Associate, Institute for Research of Crimes Against Humanity and International Law, University of Sarajevo)

• Genocide Announced

Sylvie Matton

• The Role of Serbian Media in Preparation for Aggression on Bosnia

Amir Ahmetovic

• Media Creation of Hatred Towards Bosniaks

Uma Isic (journalist, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

6:10 – 7:20  (Markusen Hall)

Film, “Can’t Do it in Europe,” with Anna Weitz, Director

7:30  Dinner

9:00  Night Event  (Markusen Hall)

Film “Grbavica: Land of My Dreams” (“Esma’s Secret”),with Director Jasmila Zbanic

Wednesday, JULY 11: SREBRENICA REMEMBRANCE DAY

8:30  Travel to Potocari by air-conditioned bus

Bring hats, sunscreen, sunglasses, good walking shoes or sandals.
Bottled drinking water will be provided, as will a full box lunch.

Visit to Mass grave exhumation (optional)

Visit to Srebrenica (optional)

Box Lunch at Potocari factory headquarters of Dutch battalion

1:00 Memorial Service- Potocari Cemetery

4:00pm Leave Srebrenica and Potocari

Return to Sarajevo by air-conditioned bus

7:30 Dinner in Sarajevo (Dining Hall)

9:00 Night Event  (Markusen Hall): Witnesses of the Bosnian Genocide

Moderator: Hasan Nuhanovic
Statements of Survivors:

• Munira Subašic, Srebrenica
• Kada Hotic, Srebrenica
• Esma Palic, Zepa
• Nusreta Sivac, Prijedor
• Ibrahim Karovic, Foca
• Mehmed Dizdar, Stolac
• Bakira Hasecic, Višegrad