J Bonner Ritchie Dialogue on Peace and Justice 2009

Tuesday, March 24:
8:30-9:45
Kenneth Campbell, Stopping Genocide:The Problem of Political Will
10:00-11:15
Helen Fein, The Past and Present of Genocide Prevention (with References to
Rwanda, Yugoslavia and Darfur)
1:00-2:15
Samuel Totten, Sudan: A Genocidal State
2:30-3:45
Ervin Staub, Overcoming Evil: Understanding, Preventing, and Reconciling
after Mass Killing and Genocide
7:00-8:30
J. Bonner Ritchie, Finding Hope in a “Hopeless” World
Wednesday, March 25:
9:00-9:50
Workshop on genocide research: What it is, Where to do it, Why it needs to be
done...
10:00-10:50
Panel discussion with Drs. Campbell, Fein, Totten, and Staub
11:00-11:50
Witness, dance performance in Ragan Theatre
Angela Banchero-Kelleher, choreographer
12:00-12:50
Student Presentation
An Overview of Genocide with Focus on Rwanda presented by: Emily
Gillespie, Ashley Thalman, Rachel Potter, Sarah Heywood, Annette Marvin
1:00-1:50
Rocky Anderson, High Road for Human Rights
2:00-2:50
Student papers
3:00-3:50
Student papers
The 2009 J. Bonner Ritchie Dialogue on Peace and Justice:
UVU Peace and Justice Studies Presents
Genocide: Histories, Evils, and Prevention
Featuring these Eminent Visiting Scholars:
Helen Fein is an Associate with the International Security Program at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. She is a
historical sociologist who is author and editor of 12 books and monographs on genocide, human rights, collective violence, and altruism
and many articles. She serves as Executive Director of the Institute for the Study of Genocide (New York) and was a founder and first
President of the International Association of Genocide Scholars. Her many books include, Human Rights and Wrongs: Slavery, Terror,
Genocide and Accounting for Genocide: National Responses and Jewish Victimization During the Holocaust.
Samuel Totten is a Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Arkansas. He is a member of the Council of the Institute
on the Holocaust and Genocide (Jerusalem), and the Centre for Genocide Studies (Sydney, New South Wales). He is the co-editor of
Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal. He served as one of the investigators with the U.S. State Department's
Atrocities Documentation Project, and has spent many months on the ground in Rwanda (on a Fulbright) and Darfur. His many books
include: Genocide in Darfur: Investigating the Atrocities in the Sudan; The Prevention of Genocide: An Annotated Bibliography;
Genocide at the Millennium; Century of Genocide: Critical Essays and Eyewitness Testimony; Teaching about Genocide; Teaching the
Holocaust at the University and College Levels; Genocide in the Twentieth Century: Critical Essays and Eyewitness Testimony; and
Genocide in the Twentieth Century.
Kenneth J. Campbell is Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of Delaware. He has contributed articles about
genocide to Genocide at the Millennium: A Critical Bibliographic Review; and The Encyclopedia of Government and Politics. He's written
Genocide and the Global Village, and A Tale of Two Quagmires: Iraq, Vietnam, and the Hard Lessons of War. He is currently at work on
books entitled, Power and Morality in the Study of International Relations; and Genocide Hawks: The Growing Demand for the Use of
International Military Force to Suppress Genocide.
Ervin Staub is Professor of Psychology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He has taught at Harvard, Stanford, and the
London School of Economic and Political Science. His books include, The Roots of Evil: The Origins of Genocide and Other Group
Violence and The Psychology of Good and Evil. He is writing a book entitled Prevention and Reconciliation: Genocide, Mass Killing, and
Terrorism. He is the past president of the Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict and Violence. He has served, or serves, on the editorial
boards of the Journal of Conflict Resolution, Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, and Genocide Studies: An International
Journal.
Tuesday March 24th and Wednesday March 25th
Utah Valley University
For More Information Please Contact
Dr. Michael Minch, 801.863.7482
[email protected]
uvu.edu/peaceandjustice
Photo of skull from Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Cambodia
UVU Peace and Justice
Studies thanks The Center for
Engaged Learning, The
International Center, and The
Utah Democracy Project for
their generous support of this
Dialogue
Unless Noted, all events held in
LI120, Library Lecture Hall
Utah Valley University
800 W. University Pkwy, Orem