Grinnell Peace Studies Student Conference 2012

 Friday, March 2

2:30pm JRC101

Inside/Outside the Law and Conflict (Gemma Sala, moderator)
  • Swayam Bagaria: The Metonymies of the State: Satipuja and the Paradox of ‘Illegibility’ of the Indian State 
  • Olivia Lee: Wollstonecraft, Kant, and China's One-Child Policy: The Right to Education vs. The Right to Life 
  • Brittany Landorf: The Recognition of Shari'a: An In-depth Analysis of Islamic Custody Cases

 2:30pm, JRC225

Genocides and Their Aftermaths (Todd Armstrong, moderator)
  • Caitlin Beling:  The Mass Rape of Bosniak Women: A Case of Genocide and Feminicide
  • Rebecca Kulik: The Progress Towards Turkish Recognitioni of the Armenian Genocide
  • Isabella Leo: Denazification and Discourse in Post-War Germany

 2:30pm, JRC226

Structural Violence and Human Rights: Hunger, Illness, and Disease(Liz Queathem, moderator)
  • Megan Januska: Obstetric and Traumatic Gynecological Fistula in Sierra Leone: A Call for Empowerment
  • Jake Lindstrom: Neglected Tropical Diseases:; The Curable Pandemic
  • Leah Lucas: Violence Causes Hunger in Guatemala: From Coups to CAFTA

4:15pm, JRC101

Gender, Rights, and Subjectivity (Sara Sanders, moderator)
  • Amanda Peterson: Critical Mass and Women's Political Representation in Rwanda
  • Aurora Quinn-Elmore: Cumulative Effects of Systematic Discrimination Against Transgender Americans
  • Hal Bunton: The Whore, the Innocent, and Their World: A Comprehensive Approach to Sex Trafficking in the 21st Century

4:15pm, JRC225

Speaking For, Speaking With: Survivor-Centered Approaches to Human Rights (Brigittine French, moderator)
  • Cesar Cabezas: The Peruvian Truth Commission and its Impact on the Strengthening of Democratic Institutions
  • Claire Griffith: Returning Home? Return and Its Implications for Peacebuilding in Bosnia
  • Kathryn Fenster: Victim's Rights in 9/11/01 Violence

 

7:30pm, JRC101

DILEMMAS OVER DAMS

Peace Studies Conference Keynote Panel

David Campbell, Biology/Environmental Studies, Grinnell College:

Three Dams on Three Rivers: the Xingu, the Narmada, and the Yangtze

Barbara Rose Johnston, Environmental Anthropology, UC Santa Cruz:

Water and Human Rights: Emerging Trends, Sustainable Futures?

 

Saturday, March 3

9:30am, JRC 225

International Policies, Conflicts, and Environments (Barbara Rose Johnston, moderator)
  • Sam Mulopulos: Avoiding the New Cold War: Environmental Conflict Resolution and the Need for an International Legal Regime in the High Arctic
  • Anthony Wenndt: The Conflicts Behind Premature Industrialization: Agriculture Meets Government
  • Saphir Blau: Modern War: The Impracticality of International War Laws and the Need for Change

9:30am, JRC 226

Racialization, Inequality, and Violence (David Cook-Martin, moderator)
  • Hannah Sagin: "They Gotta Deal With It": Individual Rights, Public Welfare, and the Regulation of Deviance in Public Spaces
  • Ethan Kenvarg: "Thisniggaugly": Understanding Violent Hate Speech in Rap Music
  • Erin Whalen: Perpetuated Borders: Boundaries and Mistrust in Post-Apartheid South Africa

 

11:00am, JRC225

The Power of Discourse: Social Circulation, Control and Change (Matthew Johnson, moderator)
  • Ellen Noble: The Effect of New Technology on Humanitarian Narratives: Citizen Journalism in Libya and Northern Uganda
  • Liyan Chen: China's Internet Governance: Between Development and Censorship

 

11:00am, JRC226

Embodied Performance, Conflict, and Violence (Celeste Miller, moderator)
  • Ashley Campbell: "Poro business is eating business": The Use of Ritual in the Liberian Civil War
  • Stefanie Kundakjian: La Resolucion Pacifica de Conflictors: Conflict Resolution and Theater in Colombia
  • Joe Hiller: Bodily Witness: Choreography of the Political

 

 

8:00pm, JRC101

Stand Up For Peace Comedy Duo

The Two Comedian Solution to Middle East Peace

Scott Blakeman and Dean Obeidalla