Saskatoon: Transitional Justice: Boundaries, Innovations, and Refractions – two-day international conference

Oct 24 & 25: AMAZING international conference, in Saskatoon, open to the public – thanks to the generous support of our partners.

Hosted by the University of Saskatchewan (Kirsten Fisher) and Washington and Lee University (Mark Drumbl), features international experts – including Kirsten Fisher, Mark Drumbl, Juan Espíndola Mata, Tiffany Atkins and many others – who seek to provide answers to the question “how should the ways societies respond to the legacies of massive and serious human rights violations evolve to address new challenges and advances in thinking and technology?” CIC-Saskatoon is proud to be a partner.

Check the website (incredible speakers), and come to the sessions – the sessions are free and open to the public.

Prairie Room, Diefenbaker Canada Centre, 101 Diefenbaker Place, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon.

BONUS – many of the sessions will also be available virtually:

https://usask-ca.zoom.us/j/91356843195?pwd=zzCSFsbwZcMc1gAtyHbvkJ2aHqwbNn.1

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AGENDA

Thursday October 24

9:30 am  Doors Open

10:00 Introduction: Kirsten Fisher and Mark Drumbl

10:15 PANEL I

Artificial Intelligence, Metaverse, and Technology: Sites of Violence and Lieux of Reconciliation

Chair: Kirsten Fisher

Juan Espíndola Mata, National Autonomous University of Mexico, ‘Algorithms, Reparations, Repetitions: How Digital Platforms Erode the Aims of Transitional Justice’

Chris Lamont, Tokyo International University, ‘Algorithmic Justice? Digital Investigations and Transitional Justice’

Jasmin Haunschild and Laura Gianna Guntrum, Science and Technology for Peace and Security (PEASEC) in the Department of Computer Science at the Technical University of Darmstadt, ‘Towards a Digitally Mediated Transitional Justice Process? An Analysis of Colombian Transitional Justice Organisations’ Posting Behaviour on Facebook’

12:00 Lunch break 

1:00pm PANEL II

Rethinking Philosophical and Memorial Approaches to Transitional Justice

Chair: Mark Drumbl

Daniel Gómez, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU), ‘Creative Research Methods and Civilian Agency in Civil Wars: Crafting the past through Memory Workshops in Colombia’

Julia Emtseva, European University Institute, ‘Can Anarchism Save Transitional Justice? Reimagining the Field for a Less Violent, More Inclusive World’

Will Vardy, Washington and Lee University, ‘Beyond Democracy: An Exploration of Transitional Justice Trends in Democratic Backsliders’

2:45pm Break

3:15 PANEL III

The Natural and Human Environment: Climate Change, Greening, Cultural Property, and Architecture

Chair: Peter Szigeti, Facutly of Law, University of Albert (currenty at Turku Institute for Advanced Studies, Finland)

Rachel Killean, University of Sydney, ‘The Prospects and Progress of “Green” Transitional Justice’

Jasmina Brankovic, Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, South Africa, ‘Transitional Justice for Climate Justice: New Avenues to Social Transformation’

Loyce Mrewa, Western University, Canada, ‘Liberian Peace Huts as Archetypes of Neotraditional Practices Advancing Gender Justice in Transitional Societies’

Lucas Lixinski, Faculty of Law & Justice, UNSW Sydney, ‘Transitional Justice, Temporalities, and the Restitution of Cultural Objects’

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Friday October 25

9:30 Coffee

9:45 PANEL IV

Structural Harms of Supremacy, Racism, and Misogyny

Chair: Jo-Anne Wemmers, École de criminologie, l’Université de Montréal

Tim Waters, Indiana University, ‘Escaping Genocide’s Gravity’

Tiffany Atkins, University of Kentucky, ‘Abolishing the Family Policing System as Transitional Justice’

Kirsten Campbell, Department of Sociology, Goldsmiths College, University of London, ‘The Challenge of Feminist Justice for Transitional Justice’

12:00 Lunch break

1:00 Closing Plenary: Mark Drumbl and Kirsten Fisher

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Many thanks for the generous support from the following entities, who have made public assess possible:

Canadian International Council, Saskatoon Branch

Pemberton Fund, Washington and Lee University

SSHRC (Social Science and Humanities Research Council), Government of Canada, Connection Grant

SSHRC (Social Science and Humanities Research Council), Government of Canada, Exchange Grant

University of Saskatchewan, Department of Political Studies

Washington and Lee University, Center for International Education