Conference Details
Keynote speaker: Dr. Lisa Hajjar
UC Santa Barbara, Dept. of Sociology
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY
Lisa Hajjar has an international reputation for her work on sociology of law and conflict, human rights, political violence, and contemporary international affairs. She is an interdisciplinary scholar who contributes to multiple fields in the social sciences and humanities, including Middle East Studies, American Studies, and Law and Society. Her current research focuses primarily on the US “war on terror,” particularly around the issues of torture, targeted killing, and Guantanamo. She is the only social scientist who has traveled to Guantanamo (14 times to date), where she conducts research and writes about the military commissions. Another area of current research focuses on human rights in the Arab world. Her journalistic writings have been published by The Nation, Al Jazeera English, Middle East Report, and Jadaliyya.
Conference Schedule
Day Sessions: Rutgers Academic Building West Wing, 15 Seminary Place, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Keynote and Reception: Zimmerli Art Museum, 71 Hamilton St, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
10:30 - 11:00:
Coffee and Welcome
Room: AB 4052
11:00 - 12:15:
“Scale and Comparative Colonialism”
Participants: Dr. Lou Cornum (NYU, Dep. of Social and Cultural Analysis), Dr. Maysam Taher (NYU, Dep. of Social and Cultural Analysis), & Dr. Asli Igsiz (NYU, Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies)
Room: AB 4052
12:15 - 1:00: Lunch
Boxed lunch on 6th floor of Rutgers Academic Building
1:00 - 2:15:
“Translating Scale”
Participants: Lina Mounzer (Writer and Translator), Dr. Samah Salim (AMESALL, Rutgers U.), & Dr. Nader Uthman (Harvard, Arabic)
Room: AB 4052
2:15 - 2:30:
Coffee Break
AB 4th floor
2:30 - 4:00:
“Ecological Scales”
Participants: Dr. Julie Livingston (NYU Dep. Social and Cultural Analysis) , Dr. Jerry Zee (Princeton University, Dep. of Anthropology), Dr. Teona Williams (Rutgers University Presidential Post Doctoral Fellow), and Dr. D. Asher Ghertner (Rutgers Geography department).
Room: AB 4052
4:30 - 6:00:
Keynote Address by Lisa Hajjar (UC Santa Barbara, Dep. of Sociology), “Legislative Scales”
Zimmerli Art Museum, Lower Dodge Wing
6:00 - 7:00: Reception (Food & Drink)
Zimmerli Art Museum, Lower Dodge Wing