Dialogues on Historical Justice and Memory Network News Newsletter No. 26
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Dear Colleagues:
Welcome to the twenty-sixth issue of the Dialogues on Historical Justice and Memory Network News (formerly Historical Justice and Memory Research Network News). The Network, which operates from www.historicaldialogues.org, provides information and resources for scholars and activists working on issues of historical justice and social and public memory to encourage innovative interdisciplinary, transnational, and comparative research.
The Dialogues on Historical Justice and Memory Network is a joint initiative of the Historical Justice and Memory Research Network (HJMRN), housed at the Swinburne Institute for Social Research, Swinburne University of Technology, in Melbourne, and Columbia University’s Alliance for Historical Dialogue and Accountability (AHDA), at the Institute for the Study of Human Rights (ISHR) in New York. It draws on an international team of collaborators and affiliates.
Request for information about best practices in the field of historical dialogue. Please send us success stories and examples of historical dialogue that you know about or you’ve conducted or carried out that involve historical dialogue as a tool in conflict resolution or post-conflict education. Topics can be, but are not limited to, categories such as: historical commissions; addressing national trauma in memory; inclusion of historical acknowledgement in conflict resolution agreements; education and textbooks; museums. Please do NOT send activities that are framed entirely in a judicial context. We look forward to hearing from you at dialogues@columbia.edu; check our website and newsletter for updates on activities that might help you in your HD endeavors.
We are currently updating the database of researchers on our website (see http://historicaldialogues.
We also draw your attention to our latest book reviews, including:
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Alexandra Wood’s review of Jennifer Henderson and Pauline Wakeham (2013), Reconciling Canada: Critical Perspectives on the Culture of Redress
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Hakeem O. Yusuf’s review of Mark Findlay (2013), International and Comparative Criminal Justice
Read these and other reviews on our website.
If you have any information about calls for papers, new publications, forthcoming conferences, or jobs that could be publicized in future newsletters or via the Dialogues website, please email us at dialogues@columbia.edu.
Best wishes,
Carla De Ycaza
Editor, Dialogues on Historical Justice and Memory
Alliance for Historical Dialogue and Accountability
Institute for the Study of Human Rights
Columbia University
Books for Review
We currently have available a number of English, French, and German books for review. Please contact the relevant editor (Stephen Winter for English-language titles; Elizabeth Rechniewski for French-language titles; Nina Schneider for German-language titles; Daniele Salerno for Italian-language titles; and Juan José Cruz and Rosario Figari Layús for Spanish-language titles) on our website www.historicaldialogues.org if you are interested.
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Aleida Assmann, Das neue Unbehagen an der Erinnerungskultur Eine Intervention. München: C.H.BECK, 2013.
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Bruno Benvindo, Evert Peeters, Les décombres de la guerre. Mémoires belges en conflit, 1945-2010. Renaissance du livre, Lieve Maes, 2012.
- Kerry Clamp, Restorative Justice in Transition. Routledge, 2013.
Recent and Forthcoming Publications
April 2014
Archiving the Unspeakable: Silence, Memory, and the Photographic Record in Cambodia
Michelle Caswell, University of Wisconsin Press
February 2014
Special Issue: Reframing North Korean Human Rights (part 2)
Christine Hong and Hazel Smith (eds.), Critical Asian Studies, Taylor & Francis Online, Volume 46, Issue 1
Transitional Justice and Memory in Europe (1945-2013)
Nico Wouters, Intersentia Series on Transitional Justice, vol. 17
Memorials in Times of Transition
Susanne Buckley-Zistel and Stefanie Schäfer (eds.), Intersentia Series on Transitional Justice, vol. 16
Mark Levene, Oxford University Press
Pamina Firchow, Journal of Peacebuilding & Development, 8:3, 50-63.
Special Section entitled “Reparations and Peacebuilding,”
Pamina Firchow and Roger Mac Ginty, eds. Human Rights Review, Vol. 14, Issue 3: 231-289.
“Ukraine’s Transitional Challenges: The Traps and Pitfalls in the Wake of the Maidan Protests”
Klaus Bachmann, Centre for International Relations, Comments and Opinions, 1/2014
January 2014
The Last Man: A British Genocide in Tasmania
Tom Lawson, I.B. Tauris
December 2013
“Truth Commission Impact: An Assessment of How Commissions Influence Politics and Society,”
Onur Bakiner, International Journal of Transitional Justice (2014) 8(1): 6-30
November 2013
The Holocaust as Colonial Genocide: Hitler’s ‘Indian Wars’ in the ‘Wild East’
Carroll P. Kakel III., Palgrave Pivot
September 2013
Il genocidio nel diritto penale internazionale. Dagli scritti di Raphael Lemkin allo Statuto di Roma
Carmelo Leotta, Giappichelli, Torino, Italia
Announcements and Opportunities
Calls for Papers: Conferences and Workshops
Corpses in Society: Human Remains in post-Genocide and Mass Violence Contexts
3nd Annual & International Conference of the Research Programme Corpses of Mass Violence and Genocide
Deadline: March 28, 2014
Dates: September 8 – 10, 2014
Location: University of Manchester, UK
Contact: l.radford@
Deadline: April 1, 2014 for submission of paper or panel proposals
Dates: December 4-6, 2014
Location: Lund University, Sweden
Contact: hrmc2014@ht.lu.se
Collective vs Collected Memories. 1989-1991 from an Oral History Perspective
Deadline: May 15, 2014
Location: Warsaw, Poland
Date: November 2014
The conference is the fourth event in the project “Genealogies of Memory” initiated in 2011 by European Network Remembrance and Solidarity.
Contact: Any questions can be addressed to: genealogies@enrs.eu.
Digital Memories, Digital Methods: Transcultural Memory in Europe Beyond Web 2.0
Deadline: June 1, 2014
Dates: September 29-30, 2014
Location: Budapest
Contact: Paul Bijl P.A.L.Bijl@uva.nl, Stijn Vervaet Stijn.Vervaet@ugent.be
Call for Papers: Journals and Book Chapters
International Journal of Conflict Engagement and Resolution
Special issue on “Bridging Theory and Practice of Creative Conflict Engagement”
Deadline for abstracts: March 1, 2014
Call for Papers: ACPR Special Issue on the Arts and Peacebuilding in Africa
Abstract Submission Deadline: March 15, 2014
African Conflict and Peacebuilding Review (ACPR) is seeking contributions for a special issue on “The Arts and Peacebuilding in Africa: Creative Approaches to Transforming Conflict,” to be guest edited by Dr. Olivier Urbain and Lindsay McClain Opiyo.
Irish Community Development Law Journal
The theme for this issue is Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in practice.
Deadline: March 28, 2014
This edition seeks to examine the practical application of economic, social and cultural rights, stimulate debate, encourage reflective practice, highlight casework and evidence, and engage a global audience. Submissions are welcome from practitioners and academics working across a broad spectrum of professions and academic disciplines.
Contact: If you are interested in writing an article, a book review or a case‐study, please email editor@nclc.ie.
Special Issue, Zeitschrift für Genozidforschung
Topic: Darfur
Deadline: March 31, 2014
Contact: idg@rub.de
Call for Submissions: The Poetry of Genocide
Deadline: May 1, 2014
The Combat Genocide Association is pleased to introduce the first anthology of poetry about genocide. The anthology will include poetry written by survivors, witnesses, and relatives of genocide victims.
Contact: Maya Valentine, Combat Genocide Association info@combatgenocide.org
Call for Book Proposals
Where Peace and Conflict Take Place. Analysing Peace and Conflict from a Spatial Perspective
Edited by Annika Björkdahl, University of Lund and Susanne Buckley-Zistel, Philipps University Marburg
Deadline: March 31, 2014
Contact: We invite contributions which address the topic from a purely theoretical as well as from an empirically sustained perspective. Please send your abstract (500 words) and a biographic note (100 words) to space@staff.uni-marburg.de
Call for Proposals: Ashgate’s Memory Studies-Global Constellations Series
Edited by Henri Lustiger-Thaler, Ramapo College of New Jersey, USA and Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, France
Contact: Claire Jarvis, Senior Commissioning Editor cjarvis@ashgatepublishing.com. See also http://www.ashgate.com/
Upcoming Events, Conferences and Study Programs
How to deal with stereotypes when teaching about sensitive issues in history
Date: February 28 & March 1, 2014
Location: Association for Historical Dialogue & Research (AHDR), Cyprus
Date: March 8, 2014 9:00AM – 5:00PM
Location: TS Eliot Theatre, Merton College, Oxford
The Act of Killing: Joshua Oppenheimer
Date: March 8, 2014, 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Location: Dodge Hall 511, Columbia University
Memory for the Future: Collaborative Witnessing in Post-Dictatorship Chile
With Henry Castillo (NYU), Andrea Crow (Columbia), Nicole Gervasio (Columbia), and Leticia Robles (NYC)
Date: March 10, 2014, 7-9 PM
Location: Faculty House, Columbia University
RSVP to Kate Trebuss at cumemory@gmail.com
African Women’s Rights & Resilience
Date: March 12, 2014, 10 AM – 5 PM
Location: Barnard College, Event Oval, The Diana Center
In honor of International Women’s Day, join Nobel Peace Laureate and Barnard Distinguished Fellow in Social Justice Leymah Gbowee, and other distinguished scholars and activists, for a daylong symposium on women’s rights movements in Africa.
Mapping Ararat: Remembering an Imaginary Jewish Homeland
Louis Kaplan and Melissa Schiff, University of Toronto
Date: March 25, 2014 6-8 PM
Location: Faculty House, Columbia University
RSVP to Kate Trebuss at cumemory@gmail.com. For more information on the project, please visit http://www.mappingararat.com.
Dates: April 6-13, 2014
Location: Amman, Jordan
Marcelo Torelly, Latin American Centre and Faculty of Law, University of Oxford
Date: April 15, 2014, 12.30 – 2.00pm
Location: Dalriada House, Jordanstown campus, University of Ulster
RSVP: e.mccoubrey@ulster.ac.uk
Dates: June 16-18, 2014
Location: Kadir Has Üniversitesi, Istanbul Turkey
Summer School on Transitional Justice
Addressing Sexual Violence and Gendered Harm in Conflict and Post-Conflict Settings: Addressing Enforcement, Essentialism, and Masculinities
Dates: June 23-27, 2014
Location: University of Ulster, Jordanstown Campus, Northern Ireland
Applicants should complete the forms and return them to e.mccoubrey@ulster.ac.uk by March 14, 2014.
2nd Summer Seminar on Nationalism, Religion and Violence(NRVSS 2014)
Dates: June 27 – July 3, 2014
Location: Charles University in Prague
Contact: nrvsschool@fsv.cuni.cz
Summer School on Transitional Justice and the Politics of Memory
Deadline: March 14, 2014
Location: Cres, Croatia
Dates: June 23 – July 3, 2014
Venice Academy of Human Rights 2014: “Judicial Legitimacy and the Rule of Law”
Dates: July 7-16, 2014
Location: Venice Academy of Human Rights
Fellowships, Grants and Job Opportunities
Hafiza Merkezi (The Center for Truth, Justice and Memory) Summer Intern
Deadline: March 3, 2014
Location: Istanbul, Turkey
Contact: info@hafiza-merkezi.org
Project Researchers, Kenya and Cambodia at Impunity Watch
Deadline: March 4, 2014
For a new comparative research project, IW is looking for a Project Researcher in Kenya and a Project Researcher in Cambodia to conduct field research examining local perceptions of victim participation at the ICC and the ECCC respectively. The positions are 9-month consultancies, suitable for experienced researchers.
Call for Applications- Alliance for Historical Dialogue Fellowship Program
Deadline: March 7, 2014
Dates: Fall 2014 (August 26, 2014 –December 15, 2014)
Job Opportunity: Lecturer in Peace Studies and International Relations
Deadline: March 7, 2014
The Hekima Institute of Peace Studies and International Relations (HIPSIR) in Nairobi is currently recruiting for the position of lecturer in peace studies and international relations on a full time basis. This position is open to the diverse areas of interdisciplinary expertise in social sciences.
Kenya Human Rights Commission consultancies
Comparative Study on Jurisprudence within the African Human Rights System
Comparative Study on Post Conflict Mechanisms
Deadline: March 14, 2014
Job opening (PhD candidate), University of Zurich Competence Centre for Human Rights (UZHR)
Deadline: March 15, 2014
The position is part of the interdisciplinary research project “Human Rights, Entrepreneurial Rights, and Legal Empowerment of the Poor”, which is carried out jointly by the University of Zurich’s Competence Centre for Human Rights (UZHR), the University of Zurich’s Research Priority Programme in Ethics, and the University of Zurich’s Center for Microfinance at the Department for Banking and Finance (CMF). The project is supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF).
Internship, Conflict Resolution
Location: Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding, New York, NY
Contact: Please send a cover letter, résumé, and two brief writing samples (less than five pages) to hr@tanenbaum.org. Be sure to include the name of the position in the subject line of your email and how you learned of the position.
Human Rights Advocates Program (HRAP) 2014 applications now open
The application for the 2014 session of the annual Human Rights Advocates Program (HRAP) at Columbia University is now available. The application is available online at http://hrcolumbia.org/hrap/
The Swinburne Institute at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia is looking for a couple capable students to do a PhD on issues of historical justice under the supervision of Professor Klaus Neumann. Three-year scholarships (A$25,392 p/a) are available. Applicants ought to have an MA or equivalent qualification with first-class results (at least 85/100) and be fluent in at least one language other than English. Students in anthropology and history are particularly encouraged apply. Interested students are requested to send an expression of interest, including a CV, academic transcripts, a research proposal and two writing samples, to kneumann@swin.edu.au.
Call for Applicants: New Research on Roma and the Holocaust
Deadline: April 25, 2014
Dates: September 15-18, 2014
Location: Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies invites applications for a workshop, New Research on Roma and the Holocaust, scheduled for September 15-18, 2014. The program will consist of three days of consultation and discussion of participants’ research, followed by a day-long public symposium.
Contact: Krista Hegburg, khegburg@ushmm.org
Call for Applications for academic year 2014-15
LLM Human Rights Law and Transitional Justice
LLM Gender, Conflict and Human Rights
Deadline: June 30, 2014
Location: Transitional Justice Institute, University of Ulster
Contact: transitionaljustice@ulster.ac.
Call for Applications to M.A. in Peace Studies and International Relations
Deadline: July 10, 2014
The Hekima Institute of Peace Studies and International Relations (HIPSIR) is now accepting applications for an M.A. degree in Peace Studies and International Relations. HIPSIR is part of Hekima College, which is a constituent college of the Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA) and is run by the Jesuit order.
New blog by the Initiative in Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies, University of Illinois
CHRGJ Launches “Job Board” for Human Rights Opportunities
The Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at New York University has just launched a new “Job Board” on its website, a page for job postings and similar opportunities in the human rights field that may be of interest To have your posting appear on the page, please email: Audrey Watne at watnea@exchange.law.nyu.edu.
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