Conference will explore issues of genocide.Byline: Greg Bolt The Register-Guard Two Pulitzer Prize-winning authors are among the speakers who will take part in a three-day conference on genocide at the University of Oregon The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. The university was founded in 1876, graduating its first class two years later. The University of Oregon is one of 60 members of the Association of American Universities. that begins Saturday. New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, a two-time Pulitzer winner, will speak Monday evening. Samantha Power This article is about the foreign policy specialist. For the British actress, see Samantha Power (actress). Samantha Power (born 1970) is a journalist, writer, and professor. , a professor of global leadership and public policy at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government The John F. Kennedy School of Government, colloquially known as the Kennedy School of Government (KSG) or simply the Kennedy School, is a public policy school and one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. and 2003 Pulitzer winner, will kick off the conference with a keynote address keynote address n. An opening address, as at a political convention, that outlines the issues to be considered. Also called keynote speech. Noun 1. Saturday evening. Also speaking will be Jerry Fowler Jerry Marston Fowler (born April 26, 1940) is a Baton Rouge businessman who, as part of a family political dynasty, was Louisiana's state elections commissioner from 1980 until his defeat in the 1999 jungle primary. , staff director of the Committee on Conscience for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is a national institution situated in a prominent location adjacent to The National Mall in Washington, D.C. (in between 14th and 15th streets SW); however, it is not a constituent institution of the Smithsonian Institution. . The symposium begins with Powers' talk, "Can Genocide Be Stopped in an Age of Terror?" at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in Room 182, Lillis Hall. Panel discussions and speakers continue Sunday and Monday. All events are free and open to the public. The symposium is titled "Witnessing Genocide: Representation and Responsibility" and builds on a similar event 11 years ago at the UO that addressed the Holocaust. This weekend's event will explore ethical questions about the responsibility of those who witness and report on genocide as well as the dilemma faced by artists who try to depict genocide in their work. "Those who witness genocide have an obligation to remember and to bear witness, for the benefit of humankind, to what they have seen and experienced," said Steven Shankman, director of the Oregon Humanities Center and a UO distinguished professor of English and classics. "Representations of catastrophic events, however, often trivialize the magnitude and unspeakable horror of the events they attempt to portray," he said. "On the other hand, if we don't recall and represent acts of genocide, the events will recede re·cede 1 intr.v. re·ced·ed, re·ced·ing, re·cedes 1. To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark: waited for the floodwaters to recede. 2. from memory and may well be repeated." Panel discussions will address such topics as visual representations of genocide, genocide in the Americas, and the ethics of witnessing in the public domain. Genocide in art, music and literature also will be discussed. A native of Yamhill, Kristof will discuss "Covering the First Genocide of the 21st Century: Reporting From Darfur." His talk will begin at 7:30 p.m. Monday in Room 150, Columbia Hall. Kristof and his wife, Sheryl WuDunn Sheryl WuDunn (Traditional Chinese: 伍潔芳; Simplified Chinese: 伍洁芳; Pinyin: Wǔ Jiéfāng , won a Pulitzer in 1990 for their coverage of China's Tiananmen Square democracy movement. He won again for commentary in 2006. Fowler will deliver Sunday's keynote address, discussing "Today's Witness to Genocide: Moses or Sisyphus?" It begins at 7:30 p.m. in Room 182, Lillis Hall. WITNESSING GENOCIDE A three-day conference will explore issues surrounding genocide. Where: Various locations, UO campus Speakers: New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, Harvard professor Samantha Power and U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum official Jerry Fowler Cost: Free Information: www.uoregon.edu/ ~humanctr/witnessingGenocide/index.htm |
|
||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion