Third World Approaches to International Law
On Praxis and the Intellectual
The American University in Cairo, Egypt, 21 - 24 February 2015
DRAFT CONFERENCE PROGRAM
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THIRD WORLD APPROACHES TO INTERNATIONAL LAW
ON PRAXIS AND THE INTELLECTUAL
The American University in Cairo, Tahrir Campus, Egypt, 21-24 February 2015
DRAFT CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
DAY ONE: SATURDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2015
1630-1730:
1730-1800:
1800-2000:
2000-2100:
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
OPENING PLENARY: ENGAGING INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS FOR CHANGE
WELCOME RECEPTION
DAY TWO: SUNDAY 22 FEBRUARY
0900-1030:
1030-1100:
1100 -1230:
1230-1400:
1400-1530:
1530-1600:
1600-1800:
1900-2100:
OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY PROFESSOR OBIORA CHINEDU OKAFOR
MORNING TEA BREAK
THREE PARALLEL SESSIONS
LUNCH
THREE PARALLEL SESSIONS
AFTERNOON TEA BREAK
PLENARY: BANDUNG +60: CRITICAL PASTS, PENDING FUTURES
CONFERENCE DINNER
DAY THREE: MONDAY 23 FEBRUARY
0900-1030:
1030-1100:
1100-1300:
1300-1430:
1430-1600:
1600-1630:
1630-1800:
THREE PARALLEL SESSIONS
MORNING TEA BREAK
PLENARY SESSION: NEW INTERDISCIPLINARY FRONTIERS
LUNCH
THREE PARALLEL SESSIONS
AFTERNOON TEA BREAK
THREE PARALLEL SESSIONS
DAY FOUR: TUESDAY 24 FEBRUARY
0900-1030:
1030-1100:
1100-1230:
1230-1400:
1400-1530:
1530-1600:
1600-1730:
1730-1800:
THREE PARALLEL SESSIONS
MORNING TEA BREAK
CLOSING KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY PROFESSOR GEORGES ABI-SAAB
LUNCH
THREE PARALLEL SESSIONS
AFTERNOON TEA BREAK
CLOSING PLENARY SESSION: PEDAGOGY AS PRAXIS
CONCLUSION AND FOLLOW-UP
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Draft Program
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Draft Program
THIRD WORLD APPROACHES TO INTERNATIONAL LAW
ON PRAXIS AND THE INTELLECTUAL
The American University in Cairo, Tahrir Campus, Egypt, 21-24 February 2015
DRAFT PROGRAM
DAY ONE: SATURDAY 21 FEBRUARY
1630-1730
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
1730-1800
WELCOME & INTRODUCTION BY CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS
1800-2000
OPENING PLENARY: ‘Engaging International Institutions and Structures for Change’
Chair: Usha NATARAJAN, Assistant Professor, The American University in Cairo, Egypt.
James Thuo GATHII
Priya GUPTA
Balakrishnan RAJAGOPAL
Hani SAYED
Muthucumaraswamy SORNARAJAH
Ramaswamy SUDARSHAN
2000-2100
Professor, Loyola University, USA.
Associate Professor, Southwestern Law School, USA.
Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA.
Associate Professor, The American University in Cairo, Egypt.
Professor, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Professor & Dean, Jindal Global University, India.
WELCOME RECEPTION
DAY TWO: SUNDAY 22 FEBRUARY
0900-1030
OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
Obiora Chinedu OKAFOR
Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto, Canada.
Vice-Chair & Rapporteur, UN Human Rights Council Advisory Committee.
Moderator: Amar BHATIA, Assistant Professor, York University, Canada.
1030-1100:
MORNING TEA BREAK
1100 -1230:
THREE PARALLEL SESSIONS:
Session 1:
‘Can the Subaltern Speak at TWAIL?’
Chair: Amar BHATIA, Assistant Professor, York University, Canada.
Remi BACHAND
Srinivas BURRA
Nasser REGO
Rukmini SEN
Professor, University of Quebec, Canada.
Assistant Professor, South Asian University, India.
Doctoral Candidate, York University, Canada.
Assistant Professor, Ambedkar University, India.
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Session 2:
Draft Program
‘Roundtable Discussion: Praxis in International Criminal Law’
Chair: Sujith XAVIER, Assistant Professor, Windsor University, Canada.
Jerusa ALI
Kamari CLARKE
Charles JALLOH
Makau MUTUA
Matiangai SIRLEAF
Session 3:
Doctoral Candidate, Carleton University, Canada.
Professor, Yale University, USA.
Associate Professor, Florida International University, USA.
Professor, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA.
Assistant Professor, University of Baltimore, USA.
‘Challenges in Legal Scholarship and Education’
Chair: Hani SAYED, Associate Professor, The American University in Cairo, Egypt.
Lama ABU ODEH
Mohamed HAMDY
Olanike ODEWALE
Professor, Georgetown University, USA.
Doctoral Candidate, Harvard University, USA.
Lecturer, Lead City University, Nigeria.
1230-1400:
LUNCH
1400-1530:
THREE PARALLEL SESSIONS
Session 1:
‘International Law, Empire and the Politics of History Writing’
Chair: Rose Sydney PARFITT, Post Doctoral Fellow, University of Melbourne, Australia.
Paolo AMOROSA
Janis GRZYBOWSKI
Walter RECH
Ralph WILDE
Session 2:
Doctoral Candidate, University of Helsinki, Finland.
Doctoral Candidate, Graduate Institute of International and Development
Studies, Switzerland.
Post Doctoral Researcher, University of Helsinki, Finland.
Reader, University College, London, UK.
‘Negotiating Law and Religion during a “Global War on Terror”’
Chair: Nesrine BADAWI, Assistant Professor, The American University in Cairo, Egypt.
Michelle BURGIS-KASTHALA
Cyra Akila CHOUDHURY
Gustavo GOZZI
Anna SU
Lecturer, University of Edinburgh, UK.
Associate Professor, Florida International University, USA.
Professor, University of Bologna, Italy.
Assistant Professor, University of Toronto, Canada.
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Session 3:
Draft Program
‘Third World Approaches to Constitutional Law? Lessons from TWAIL’
Chair: Peer ZUMBANSEN, Professor, Kings College, UK.
Amaya ALVEZ
Vidya KUMAR
Mazen MASRI
Zoran OKLOPCIC
Associate Professor, University of Concepcion, Chile.
Lecturer, University of Birmingham, UK.
Lecturer, City University London, UK.
Assistant Professor, Carleton University, Canada.
1530-1600:
AFTERNOON TEA BREAK
1600-1800:
PLENARY: ‘Bandung +60: Critical Pasts and Pending Futures’
Conveners:
Luis ESLAVA, Lecturer, University of Kent, UK.
Michael FAKHRI, Assistant Professor, University of Oregon, USA.
Vasuki NESIAH, Associate Professor of Practice, New York University, USA.
BS CHIMNI
Luis ESLAVA
Michael FAKHRI
Sylvia KANGARA
Vasuki NESIAH
Liliana OBREGON
1900-2100:
Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India.
Lecturer, University of Kent, UK.
Assistant Professor, University of Oregon, USA.
Professor & Dean, Riara University, Kenya.
Associate Professor of Practice, New York University, USA.
Associate Professor, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia.
CONFERENCE DINNER
DAY THREE: MONDAY 23 FEBRUARY
0900-1030:
THREE PARALLEL SESSIONS
Session 1:
‘Narrating the Postcolonial Journey: Interrogating Bandung Histories’
Chair: Michael FAKHRI, Assistant Professor, University of Oregon, USA.
Matthew CRAVEN
Rob KNOX
Rose Sydney PARFITT
Fabia VECOSO
Professor & Dean, School of Oriental and African Studies, UK.
Lecturer, University of Liverpool, UK.
Post Doctoral Fellow, University of Melbourne, Australia.
Assistant Professor, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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Session 2:
Draft Program
‘TWAILing our Engagements with Law and Religion’
Chair: Amr SHALAKANY, Associate Professor, The American University in Cairo, Egypt.
Nesrine BADAWI
Vanja HAMZIC
Nizamuddin Ahmed SIDDIQUI
Faisal KUTTY
Session 3:
Assistant Professor, The American University in Cairo, Egypt.
Lecturer, School of Oriental and African Studies, UK.
Assistant Professor, WB National University of Juridical Sciences, India.
Assistant Professor, Valparaiso University, USA.
‘Site and Space: The (Dis)Location of International Criminal Law’
Chair: Sujith XAVIER, Assistant Professor, Windsor University, Canada.
Ioannis KALPOUZOS
Itamar MANN
Asad KIYANI
Heidi MATTHEWS
Thomas SKOUTERIS
Lecturer, City University London, UK
Fellow, Georgetown University, USA.
Doctoral Candidate, University of British Colombia, Canada.
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Free University Berlin, Germany.
Associate Professor, Central European University, Hungary.
1030-1100:
MORNING TEA BREAK
1100-1300:
PLENARY SESSION: ‘New TWAIL Interdisciplinary Frontiers: Engaging with Population Movement’
Chair: Ibrahim AWAD, Director, Center for Migration & Refugee Studies, The American University in Cairo.
Bridget ANDERSON
Cecilia BAILLIET
Satvinder JUSS
Lisa KELLY
Adrian SMITH
Moises Moreira VIEIRA
Professor, Center on Migration Policy and Society, UK.
Professor, University of Oslo, Norway.
Professor, King’s College London, UK.
Doctoral Candidate, Harvard Law School, USA.
Assistant Professor, Carleton University, Canada.
Graduate Student, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil.
1300-1430:
LUNCH BREAK
1430-1600:
THREE PARALLEL SESSIONS
Session 1:
‘Human Rights and Global Justice: Engaging with Powerful and Proliferating Discourses’
Chair: Cyra Akila CHOUDHURY, Associate Professor, Florida International University, USA.
Bernadette ATUAHENE
Vijay NAGARAJ
Shermal WIJEWARDENE
Christine SCHOWBEL-PATEL
Joseph SLAUGHTER
Professor, Chicago-Kent College of Law, USA.
Centre for Poverty Analysis, Sri Lanka.
Senior Lecturer, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Lecturer, University of Liverpool, UK.
Associate Professor, Colombia University, USA.
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Session 2:
‘The Praxis of Environmental Justice’
Chair: Kishan KHODAY, Team Leader, Climate Change & Energy in the Arab States, UN Development Programme.
Nadia AHMED
Julia DEHM
Antonius HIPPOLYTE
Thays RICARTE
Session 3:
Visiting Assistant Professor, Pace Law School, USA.
Doctoral Candidate, University of Melbourne, Australia.
Doctoral Candidate, University of Hull, UK.
Doctoral Candidate, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain.
‘Economic Orders: Then and Now’
Chair: Jason BECKETT, Assistant Professor, The American University in Cairo, Egypt.
Muin BOASE
Yugank GOYAL
Y-Vonne HUTCHINSON
Tor KREVER
Shannu NARAYAN
Research Associate, School of Oriental and African Studies, UK.
Research Fellow, Jindal Global University &
Doctoral Candidate, University of Hamburg, Germany.
Senior Director of Law and Human Rights, La Isla Foundation, Nicaragua.
Doctoral Candidate, London School of Economics, UK.
Visiting Assistant Professor, National Law University of Assam, India.
1600-1630:
AFTERNOON TEA BREAK
1630-1800:
THREE PARALLEL SESSIONS
Session 1:
‘The Question of Palestine’
Chair: Faisal BHABHA, Assistant Professor, York University, Canada.
Reem BAHDI
Mudar KASSIS
John REYNOLDS
Rafeef ZIADAH
Session 2:
Professor & Dean, University of Windsor, Canada.
Professor, Birzeit University, Occupied Palestinian Territories.
Lecturer, National University of Ireland in Maynooth, Ireland.
Teaching Fellow, School of Oriental and African Studies, UK.
‘Productive Third World Engagements with International Law’
Chair: Jennifer TERRELL, Assistant Professor, The American University in Cairo, Egypt.
Marsha CADOGAN
Manimuthu GANDHI
Kristin WU
Saeid Mirzaei YENGEJEH
Doctoral Candidate, York University, Canada.
Professor, Jindal Global University, India.
Program Manager, Intellectual Property Office of Singapore, Singapore.
Adjunct Professor and Doctoral Candidate, University of Ottawa, Canada.
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Session 3:
Draft Program
‘Rethinking TWAIL History: Bandung, the Cold War & NIEO’
Chair: Luis ESLAVA, Lecturer, University of Kent, UK.
George GALINDO
Prabhakar SINGH
Mai TAHA
Professor & Dean, University of Brasilia, Brazil.
Doctoral Candidate, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Post Doctoral Fellow, York University, Canada.
DAY FOUR: TUESDAY 24 FEBRUARY
0900-1030:
THREE PARALLEL SESSIONS
Session 1:
‘The Conduct of Critique: Jurisdictional Thoughts from the Postcolony’
Chair: Amar BHATIA, Assistant Professor, York University, Canada.
Rajshree CHANDRA
Debolina DUTTA
Oishik SIRCAR
Wilfred ZOUNGRANA
Session 2:
Post Doctoral Fellow, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, India.
Doctoral Candidate, University of Melbourne, Australia.
Doctoral Candidate, University of Melbourne, Australia.
Doctoral Candidate, Willy Brandt School of Public Policy, Germany.
‘New Approaches to the Islamic History of International Law’
Chair: Jean ALLAIN, Professor, Queens University, UK.
Eliana AUGUSTI
Ignacio Forcada BARONA
Nahed SAMOUR
Ayesha SHAHID
Amr SHALAKANY
Session 3:
Research Associate, University of Salento, Italy.
Professor, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.
Doctoral Candidate, Humboldt University, Germany.
Lecturer, Brunel University, UK.
Associate Professor, The American University in Cairo, Egypt.
‘Globalization and a New NIEO’
Chair: Jason BECKETT, Assistant Professor, The American University in Cairo, Egypt.
Saivash ESHGHI
Gashahun Lemesa FURA
Ali MALIK
Basil UGOCHUKWU
1030-1100:
Doctoral Candidate, School of Oriental and African Studies, UK.
Doctoral Candidate, University of Melbourne, Australia.
Doctoral Candidate, York University, Canada.
Research Associate, York University, Canada.
MORNING TEA BREAK
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1100-1230:
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CLOSING KEYNOTE:
Georges ABI-SAAB
Professor Emeritus, Cairo University, Egypt.
Professor Emeritus, Graduate Institute for International and Development
Studies, Switzerland.
Moderator: Usha NATARAJAN, Assistant Professor, The American University in Cairo, Egypt.
1230-1400:
LUNCH
1400-1530:
THREE PARALLEL SESSIONS
Session 1:
‘Dialogues between Fourth World and Third World Approaches’
Chair: Rajshree CHANDRA, Post Doctoral Fellow, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, India.
Tyler MCCREARY
Genevieve PAINTER
Ximena SIERRA
Matthew WILDCAT
Session 2:
Post Doctoral Fellow, University of British Colombia, Canada.
Doctoral Candidate, University of California at Berkeley, USA.
Doctoral Candidate, Universidad del Rosario, Colombia.
Doctoral Candidate, University of British Colombia, Canada.
‘Resistance through International Law: Challenges and Prospects’
Chair: John REYNOLDS, Lecturer, National University of Ireland at Maynooth, Ireland.
Ali HAMMOUDI
Zinaida MILLER
Cynthia FARID
Kalana SENARATNE
Session 3:
Doctoral Candidate, York University, Canada.
Doctoral Candidate,Tufts University, USA.
Doctoral Candidate, University of Wisconsin, USA.
Doctoral Candidate, University of Hongkong, PR China.
‘Bandung Futures’
Chair: Luis ESLAVA, Lecturer, University of Kent, UK.
Noha ABOUELDAHAB
CHEN Yifeng
Vik KANWAR
German SANDOVAL TRIGO
1530-1600:
Doctoral Candidate, Durham University, UK.
Assistant Professor, Beijing University, China.
Associate Professor, Jindal Global University, India.
Adjunct Professor & Doctoral Candidate, National University of Mexico,
Mexico.
AFTERNOON TEA BREAK
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CLOSING PLENARY SESSION: ‘Pedagogy as Praxis’
Convener & Chair: Sundhya PAHUJA, Professor, University of Melbourne, Australia.
Antony ANGHIE
Adil Hasan KHAN
Patricia TUITT
Francisco VALDES
1730-1800:
Professor, University of Utah, USA.
Doctoral Candidate, Graduate Institute of International and Development
Studies, Switzerland.
Professor & Dean, Birkbeck University, UK.
Professor, University of Miami, USA.
CONCLUDING REMARKS AND FOLLOW-UPS
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