Subject: SPOON-ANN: Conference Announcement: Apologies/Reconciliation/Restitution, Feb. 7-10
Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 16:01:46 -0800


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Conference Announcement

 

"Apologies: Mourning the Past and Ameliorating the Present

 

Claremont Graduate University 

Thornton F. Bradshaw Seminar 


February 7-10, 2002


This conference examines the increasingly potent role of apology as a
social force.  We will explore in a comparative and interdisciplinary
framework the role and function--as well as the limitations--that
apology has in promoting dialogue, tolerance, and cooperation between
groups confronting one another over past injustices.  Our aim is to
facilitate an exchange among scholars and students in a variety of
disciplines--including history, international relations, sociology,
legal studies, psychology, and religion--so that we can better
understand the real and symbolic transactions that lie at the core of
apology. 

Featured speakers include:

 

*	Scott Appleby, Director, Kroc Institute for Peace Studies, Notre
Dame University
*	J.D. Bindenagel, U.S. Ambassador, Special Envoy for Holocaust
Issues
*	Roy Brooks, Professor of Law, University of San Diego
*	David Crocker, Senior Researcher, Institute for Philosophy and
Public Policy, School of Public Affairs, University of Maryland
*	 Ada Deer, Director, American-Indian Studies Program, U. of
Wisconsin-Madison and Former Assistant Secretary, Bureau of American
Indian Affairs
*	Neil Kritz, Director, Rule of Law Program, United States
Institute of Peace 
*	Melissa Nobles, Professor of Political Science, MIT.  
*	Don Ross, Okalahoma State Representative, 73rd District
*	Robert Rotberg, Dir.of the World Peace Foundation Program on
Intrastate Conflict, Conflict Prevention, and Conflict Resolution,
Harvard University.  
*	Ervin Staub, Professor of Psychology, University of
Massachusetts
*	Ruti Teitel, Professor of Comparative Law, New York Law School.

*	Vamik Volkan, Director, Institute for the Study of the Mind and
Human Interaction, University of Virginia. 

"Apologies: Mourning the Past and Ameliorating the Present" will take
place on the campus of the Claremont Colleges, a short (25 mile) drive
from downtown Los Angeles. Registration for this event is free and open
to all.  For more information, please consult our web page (
<http://www.cgu.edu/hum/apologies> http://www.cgu.edu/hum/apologies) or
contact the Conference Coordinator ( <mailto:Alexander.Karn-AT-cgu.edu>
Alexander.Karn-AT-cgu.edu). 

 

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