The WATJCentre Lecture Series was initiated as a means of bridging the gap between scholars and practitioners in the field of transitional justice and creates a platform for renowned experts to share their wealth of experience on transitional justice initiatives across different parts of the globe
Dr Nisha Poyyaprath Rayaroth is a historian and the author of Jumbos and Jumping Devils: A Social History of Indian Circus (Oxford University Press, 2020). She has been a Fulbright fellow at Yale University, Mellon-SSRC fellow at the University of the Witwatersrand, research fellow at the Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study, and most recently at […]
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WATJCentre Distinguished Personality Lecture Series Speaker: Dr Nisha Poyyaprath Rayaroth, Independent Historian Moderator: Prof. Senayon Olaoluwa, Director, TETFund Centre of Excellence for Diaspora Studies, University of Ibadan, Nigeria Date: April 10, 2025 Time: 3pm (GMT+1 ) Platform: Zoom Registration Link: https://binghamton.zoom.us/meeting/register/_m7Kd3aVQPerMS-C089Frw Video Link:
Circus Animals from the Global South: Ethics and Politics Read More »
WATJCentre Distinguished Personality Lecture Series Speaker: Prof. Cheryl Hendricks, Executive Director, Institute for Justice and Reconciliation in South Africa Moderator: Ebenezer Adeyemi, Research Lead, WATJCentre; Doctoral Candidate, Department of Anthropology, University of Iowa, USA Date: January 16, 2025 Time: 3pm (GMT+1 ) Platform: Zoom Registration Link: https://binghamton.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUvcuqgrTwqGdUYzBXOxdruHVKAtbiFqp_U#/registration Video Link: https://youtu.be/KEPXa53JX-A?feature=shared
Reimagining the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in Africa Read More »
Professor Cheryl Hendricks is the Executive Director of the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR). Prior to this she was Executive Head of the Africa Institute of South Africa in the Human Sciences Research Council (July 2018 – September 2021). She was appointed as a Professor in the Department of Politics and International Studies at
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WATJCentre Distinguished Personality Lecture Series Speaker: Dr Wale Owoseni, Department of Philosophy, University of Ibadan, Nigeria and Mahindra Humanities Centre, Havard University, USA Moderator: Leye Komolafe, Doctoral Student, Department of Philosophy, University of South Carolina, USA Date: October 24, 2024 Time: 3pm (GMT+1 ) Platform: Zoom Registration Link: https://binghamton.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAodu6rqj4qG9coq1zaEmnHRhH7IMPQY7a6 Video Link: https://youtu.be/u17ZMoB4mPQ?feature=shared
ÌRỌ̀RÙN IGI NI ÌRỌ̀RÙN ẸYẸ: Engaging A Yoruba Understanding of Ecojustice Read More »
Adewale O. Owoseni (Ph.D.) is a Faculty member of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria where he teaches Philosophy. His research interests include African Philosophy, Environmental Ethics, and Human and Animal Studies. Previously, he was a Research Associate and Postdoctoral fellow (2021 – 2023) at the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship (CAS), University of Pretoria
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WATJCentre Distinguished Personality Lecture Series Speaker: Kelly Adams, Legal Advisor, Global Justice Centre, USA Moderator: Iwalewa Olorunyomi, Research Officer, The West African Transitional Justice Centre, Nigeria Date: July 11, 2024 Time: 3pm (GMT+1 ) Platform: Zoom Registration Link: https://binghamton.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAlcuCsrjsqH9N7KEBUFwDPIJnhF7eza-M5 Video Link: https://youtu.be/sWUZJMk4HsE?feature=shared
Crimes Against Humanity Treaty Efforts at the United Nations: The Journey So Far Read More »
Kelly Adams is a Legal Advisor at the Global Justice Center, where she focuses on sexual and gender-based violence in crimes against humanity. She holds a J.D. from the Washington University School of Law, with certificates in International and Comparative Law and Public Interest Law, and a M.P.S. in Intelligence from Georgetown University. Her writing
WATJCentre Distinguished Personality Lecture Series Speaker: Prof Tim Murithi, Peacebuilding Interventions, Institute for Justice and Reconciliation, South Africa Moderator: Madhuvanti Gia Mukherjee, Research Officer, The West African Transitional Justice Centre, Nigeria Date: April 4, 2024 Time: 3pm (GMT+1 ) Platform: Zoom Registration Link: https://binghamton.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcufu-pqzstHdax9KvP6JJYHWF_YrO12FNg Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLCO1vbgh-U
Transitional Justice and the Transformation of the Multilateral System Read More »
Professor Tim Murithi is Head of the Peacebuilding Interventions Programme at the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation in Cape Town, and Extraordinary Professor of African Studies, at the Centre for African and Gender Studies, University of the Free State, in South Africa. He is an Honorary Research Associate, Institute for Democracy, Citizenship and Public Policy
WATJCentre is focused on creating a foundational drive for the study of transitional justice in Africa by creating and updating a teaching curriculum for relevant institutions of learning…read more…
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