Meeting of CGS branch(PSAJ), Spring 2007
CGS will hold the 2nd research meeting of "Genocide research" in the PSAJ (June 9, 2007).
A branch of PSAJ, "Genocide research"
CGS started up a branch in the Peace Studies Association of Japan (PSAJ), "Genocide research" (representative: Yuji Ishida), in autumn of 2006 and at the same time we held the 1st research meeting by the following program.
Theme “Genocide and international criminal justice”
Date November 11, 2006
Place University of Yamaguchi, Yoshida campus
Chair Yasunobu Sato (Univ. Tokyo)
Report Yuji Ishida (Univ. Tokyo)
Yukie Osa (Doctral Course Student of Univ. Tokyo)
Miwako Fukunaga (Univ. Tokyo)
Discussion:
Chair Hideaki Shinoda (Univ. Hiroshima)
Project "Comparative Genocide Studies"
Comparative Genocide Studies( CGS ) - “The Development of Genocide Research” is one of the core research projects in the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science's “ New Research Initiatives in Humanities and Social Sciences : Area Ⅱ , Advanced Study for Building Peace”.
The aim of this research is to establish and reposition “genocide research”, currently grouped in an unexplored area of the humanities and social sciences in Japan , and to make even a slight contribution to “the construction of peace”. Genocide is still now taking place in various regions all over the world. This research project represents an attempt to establish a theoretical framework for comparative genocide research, based on concrete empirical evidence, and to work towards theories of prevention.
News/Topics
【The Peace Studies Association of Japan】
■"The 2nd research meeting of "Genocide research" in the PSAJ"(June 9, 2007)
【International Symposia】
■"Ethnic Division of Polity and Society in Post-Civil War and Under-Conflict Nations: Cyprus, Lebanon, Former Yugoslavia, Iraq and Israel/Palestine"（January 28, 2007）
【Workshop】
■”Rightsizing the Law； From Chambres Specialise to Juridictions Gacaca in Rwanda”（January 9, 2007）
【Symposia co-hosted by CGS】
■14th Symposium by the Department of Area Studies, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo(November 25, 2006)
