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 Lauren Johnston is a Consultant Senior Researcher in the Foreign Policy Programme of The South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA. She holds a PhD in Economics from Peking University and has expertise in and is widely published on the economics and political economy of China-Africa relations, the Belt and Road Initiative and how […]
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WATJCentre Distinguished Personality Lecture Series Speaker: Prof Don John Omale, Professor of Criminology, Department of Sociology, Federal University Wukari, Nigeria Moderator: Ehinon Perez E. Arikhan, Member, WATJCentre’s Africanist Scholars’ Forum Date: July 7, 2022 Time: 3pm (GMT+1 ) Platform: Zoom Registration Link: https://binghamton.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJctcuqsqTIoEtQgBsRMV-hMKXtfrKyuFGyY?fbclid=IwAR3R_n_89aG16xnhikSyNvi_b8cT5EuBemRShHi6JEXSL3uXSGxU5NWH7hQ Video Link: https://binghamton.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJctcuqsqTIoEtQgBsRMV-hMKXtfrKyuFGyY
Restorative Justice: An Afrocentric Perspective Read More »
Don John O. Omale PhD is a UNODC Expert on Restorative Justice; a British Chevening Scholar of Criminology; and Professor of Criminology & Security Studies at the Federal University Wukari Taraba State, Nigeria. He holds BSc Psychology (University of Nigeria, Nsukka), MSc Criminology (University of Leicester, UK) and PhD Criminology with specialism in Restorative Justice
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WATJCentre Distinguished Personality Lecture Series Speaker: Dr Rebecca Golden-Timsar, Learning and Development Coordinator, Speaking Out Case Studies, Medecins Sans Frontieres Moderator: Simone Rocha, Founder, Medecins Sans Frontieres Brazil Date: April 13, 2022 Time: 3pm (GMT+1 ) Platform: Zoom Registration Link: https://binghamton.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIvdeGgrTkpHdRdiNWn5jDGe2bvoezHKMYX Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EaDcuxtDYI
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Dr. Rebecca Golden Timsar is an advisory board member of the West African Transitional Justice Centre and the Learning and Development Coordinator of the Speaking Out Case Studies Project at Médecins sans Frontières (MSF). She obtained her PhD in anthropology from Tulane University. She was an Associate Director at the Global Energy, Development, and Sustainability
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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
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
Ubuntu, Buen Vivir & Gross National Happiness: Their relevance for the SDGs Read More »
WATJCentre Distinguished Personality Lecture Series Speaker: Dr Jill Kelly, Associate Professor, Clements Department of History, Southern Methodist University, USA Moderator: Dr Mxolisi R. Mchunu, Senior Researcher, KwaZulu-Natal Legislature Date: July 15, 2021 Time: 3pm (GMT+1 ) Platform: Zoom Registration Link: https://binghamton.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAkdOGgrDkjG9XY1Tu46IzbQatf2f-j3quk Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU-jsuoImEA
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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