The
Colloquium on War and Security in Law, Culture and Society at Emory University School of Law launches this coming Monday. It is one component of
Mary Dudziak's larger Project on War and Security in Law, Culture and Society. According to the new
website, "[t]he project aspires to unite scholars in law, political science, human
rights and history — as well as other academic disciplines at Emory —
to examine issues surrounding war from a larger perspective." Read on
here.
Here's the
line-up for the Colloquium:
Jan. 28, 2013 • Mark Drumbl, Washington and Lee Law School, Law, Reimagining Child Soliders in International Law and Policy
Feb. 18, 2013 • Mary Favret, Indiana University, English, TBA
Feb. 25, 2013 • Rande Kostal, Western Ontario, Legal History, The Destruction of Philosophies: Allied Planning for the Denazification of German Law, 1944-1945
Feb. 27, 2013 • Robert Chesney, University of Texas, Law, Beyond the Battlefield, Beyond Al-Qaeda (This will be presented during Emory Law School's Lunchtime Colloquium)
March 4, 2013 • Matthew Payne, Emory University, History, False Activists and True Misery: Local Resistance to the De-Socialization of Cattle in Kazakhstan, 1932-1934
March 18, 2013 • Pamela Scully, Emory University, Department of Women's and Gender Studies, History, Grassroots Peacemaking, and Resilience in Liberia
April 8, 2013 • Mary L. Dudziak, Emory University, Law, Drones and Democracy: How Robotic Warfare Undermines Political Checks on the War Power
April 15, 2013 • Judith Miller, Emory University, History, 'Cato's Death' in France, 1792: Painting, Violence and the French Republic after the Terror