Philip Janzen is an assistant professor in the Department of History at the University of Florida, where he has taught since 2019. He is currently writing a book about people from the Caribbean who worked for the British and French colonial governments in West Africa in the early twentieth-century. He is also the co-editor of […]
WATJCentre Distinguished Personality Lecture Series Speaker: Dr Philip Janzen, Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of Florida, USA Moderator: Professor Judith Byfield, Professor, Department of History, Cornell University, USA Date: January 12, 2022 Time: 3pm (GMT+1 ) Platform: Zoom Registration Link: https://binghamton.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcqce-vrDIiGdz3qftaT7m433jzX0uRf25S Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blYc_rV1Y1s
The West African Transitional Justice Centre (WATJCentre), on behalf of Médecins Sans Frontières’s (MSF) Speaking Out Case Study Program (SOCS), is calling for applications from faculty and graduate students interested in the field of humanitarian studies, international relations, peace and conflict studies, sociology, public health, strategic studies, disaster management and related disciplines to take part
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Preamble The shift in the operational dynamics of economic sectors globally, since the beginning of the pandemic, has contributed to the popularization of the phrase ‘new normal’ specifically used to depict new guidelines for minimizing physical contacts through physical distancing, crowd control and sanitary habits that, in some cases, resulted in the outright closure of
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Book: The Joshua Generation: Israeli Occupation and the Bible Author: Prof Rachel Havrelock, Founder/Director – The Fresh Water Lab; Professor, English Department, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA Discussants: Rabbi Dr Frank Dabba Smith, Lecturer, Leo Baeck College, London, UK Dr Emily Filler, Assistant Professor, Religion Department, Washington and Lee University, USA Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V-hDkEAkbw
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by Zoe Nneka Ejiofor On September 5, Guinea underwent a military coup, led by the head of the country’s military special forces, Colonel Mamady Doumbouya. This resulted in the capture of the country’s president, Mr Alpha Condé, and the dissolution of the Guinean government and constitution. The military are now ruling the country. This is
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Dr Dorine van Norren has a PhD in Law and Development Studies from Tilburg University and is currently the Strategic Advisor, North and South America and the Carribbean at the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. As a Diplomat, she had served as the Coordinator for UNESCO and SDGs and human rights under the ministry of
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WATJCentre Distinguished Personality Lecture Series Speaker: Dr Dorine van Norren, Strategic Advisor, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Associate Researcher, Van Vollenhoven Institute Faculty of Law, Leiden University, The Netherlands Moderator: Anthony Fashedemi, Research Coordinator, The West African Transitional Justice Centre (WATJCentre); Lecturer, Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, Nigeria Date: October 7, 2021 Time: 3pm (GMT+1 ) Platform: Zoom Registration Link: https://binghamton.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUpdeusqDIoHtTFnOS8uRHFNalifZ5oWcXs?fbclid=IwAR1XL9XEFy8Pe29ZhnlwXsQoJg8htNF3zXtuiqJVLup0EE_LD3qhQjcYUJQ Video Link: https://youtu.be/ddaSHoQc77g
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by Zoe Nneka Ejiofor Afghanistan. Simply stating the name of this country conveys so many emotions, from sadness to anger, and downright despair. Many share in these emotions, with a particular feeling of desolation; especially when one thinks about those vulnerable under the Taliban- such as women and girls. The response by President Biden to
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Book: Pursuing Justice for Mass Atrocities: A Handbook for Victim Groups Author: Sarah McIntosh, Associate – Ferencz International Justice Initiative, Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide, US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington DC, USA Discussant: Fr Arsene Brice Bado, S.J (PhD), Vice President for Academic Affairs, Centre de Recherche et d’Action pour la Paix (CERAP),
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