Ohio University - Contemporary History Institute

The Contemporary History Institute sponsors an active program of conferences and invited speakers, providing opportunities for students to interact with prominent specialists from a wide variety of fields.

Speakers and Seminar Visitors

The Institute regularly brings distinguished speakers to Athens to conduct seminars and deliver public lectures.

Fall Quarter 2008

Thursday, September 11
Dr. James Onley
“topic to be announced”
4:10 p.m., Baker Theatre

Thursday, October 2
Dr. Oyeronke Oyewumi
“topic to be announced”
4:10 p.m., Baker Theatre

Thursday, October 30
Dr. Taylor Fain
“topic to be announced”
4:10 p.m., Baker Theatre

Thursday, November 20
Dr. Yvonne McEwen
“topic to be announced”
4:10 p.m., Baker Theatre

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“Making Peace, Ensuring Justice: Truth and Reconciliation Commissions in Comparative Perspectives”

2008 BAKER PEACE CONFERENCE
Ohio University
April 3-4, 2008

Sponsored by the Baker Peace Studies Program and Contemporary History Institute

April 3
Baker Theatre - second floor, Baker Center
7:30 PM

Keynote Address by Steven Stoltenberg, the State Department's foreign affairs analyst for Poland and the Baltic States

Steven Stoltenberg received his doctoral degree in sociology from the University of California at Berkeley in 1992. His most recent publication was the chapter “Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania: Determined Euroatlanticists” in The European Union and the Member States, edited by Eleanor Zeff and Ellen Pirro, 2006.

April 4
Baker Center Ballroom

PANEL 1 – 9:30 a.m. to Noon
Barriers to Reconciliation
Dr. James Mosher

Dr. Alison Des Forges, Human Rights Watch, New York
Dr. Greg Grandin, King Juan Carlos I Center, New York University
Dr. Richard Pipes, Professor Emeritus, Harvard University

PANEL 2 – 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Successes of Reconciliation
Moderator, Dr. T. David Curp

Dr. Lyn Graybill, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Tech University, Atlanta
Dr. Joanna Poznanska, Seattle Pacific University
Dr. Steve J. Stern, University of Wisconsin, Madison

PANEL 3 – 3:15 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.
Overview/Drawing conclusions
Moderator, Dr. David S. Black

Dr. Patrick Barr-Melej, Ohio University
Dr. Nicholas M. Creary, Ohio University
Dr. T. David Curp, Ohio University

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