SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
EXHIBITS AND POSTER SESSIONS
CONVENTION INFORMATION
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Transcending Our Differences, Transforming the World:
Exploration and Activism
APRIL 6-9, 2009
Schedule of Events
Monday, April 6, 2009
Panel Discussion
How Does Ethnicity, Language, and Religion Impact Genocide: Two Panel Discussions
Samuel P. Huntington, in his best-selling book The Clash of Civilization and the Remaking of World Order, notes that to a very large degree the major civilizations in human history have been closely identified with the world’s great religions, and people who share ethnicity and language but differ from each other in religion may slaughter each other, as what happened in Lebanon, in the former Yugoslavia, and in the Indian Subcontinent (p.42). Two consecutive panels will critically examine the degree to which ethnicity, language, and religion have mattered in contemporary genocides.
The first panel will set the tone for the second panel, highlighting international laws, both conventional and customary, currently in force. The second panel will document and examine contemporary examples of gross violations of human rights and social justice issues during the Bangladesh genocide of 1971, ethnic cleansing and genocide in former Yugoslavia during the 1990s, the genocide in Rwanda in 1994, and the ongoing genocide in Darfur.
Panel 1:
10 - 11:15 a.m.
- Dr. Golam Mathbor, Associate Dean, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
- Dr. Kevin Dooley, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
- Jane Denny, Director, Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights Education, Brookdale Community College
Panel 2:
11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
- Dr. Nuran Nabi, Councilman, Plainsboro Township, NJ
- Dr. Nagip Skenderi, Professor, University of Prsihtina, Kosovo
- Dr. Julius Adekunle, Associate Professor, Department of History and Anthropology
Lecture and Workshop
Revolutionary Road? Global Culture, Global Activism, and the 9th World Social Forum in Belem, Brazil
In a cooperative lecture, Dr. Vincenzo Mele and Dr. Gabriele De Angelis will analyze the concept of global culture and global activism. Dr. Mele will explore the meaning of global culture, with special attention to consumer and sport culture. Dr. De Angelis will focus on the new global social movements, with a special report from his recent participation at the World Social Forum in Belém do Parà (2009 January 27-February 1, Brazil).
- Dr. Gabriele De Angelis, New University of Lisbon, Portugal
- Dr. Vincenzo Mele, Monmouth University
Panel Discussion
South Asia at the Crossroads
This panel will examine the role of Pakistan in current and previous South Asian events.
- Dr. John Echeverr-Gent, University of Virginia
- Dr. Walter Andersen, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University
- Dr. Rekha Datta, Monmouth University
Lecture and Workshop
Homosexual Culture and the Impact of HIV/AIDS
Research has been collaborated and reviewed in regards to the development of homosexual culture and the impact of HIV/AIDS development in Western cultures. The research is designed to give counselors an idea of how to work with individuals with multi-dimensional compounding minorities (ethnicity, sexual orientation, health, socio-economic status, and religion).
Panel Discussion
From the Same Tribe: Israeli/Palestinian Conflict, Pragmatic Solution (Perspectives)
- Mohammed S. Sheikh, President, Muslim Student Association and South Asian Student Association
- Joy Elizabeth Marcus
- Ashley Hoppe
Presented by - Children of Abraham: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Lecture and Workshop
Brazil's Transforming Art: Afro Brazilian Capoeira
Our lecture will describe the transformation of African slaves in Brazil from subservience to perseverance. We will demonstrate,through visual presentation, folkloric tales of a boy's fight against a tribe to protect his family, also a fisherman's life struggle to feed his family, as well as the martial art that was used by escaped slaves in the colonial era in Brazil and its modern transformation into a living social work for all to learn from. We will also give a training lesson to all that participate.
Special Event
Passover Seder: Celebrating the Meaning of Pesach
