Midwest Transitional Justice Network

01/25/2022

Happening tomorrow, Jan. 25th at 12pm CST!! Don't forget to register via Zoom ➡️➡️➡️ https://illinois.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_izEGbwk4Ry6aL36zeEgbCw

Please join us Tuesday, Jan 25th at 12pm CST for Hakim Williams' talk "Education for Revolutionary Non-Violence" as part of our Blueprint for Transitional Justice Speaker Series. Register via Zoom: https://illinois.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_izEGbwk4Ry6aL36zeEgbCw.

01/21/2022

Please join us Tuesday, Jan 25th at 12pm CST for Hakim Williams' talk "Education for Revolutionary Non-Violence" as part of our Blueprint for Transitional Justice Speaker Series. Register via Zoom: https://illinois.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_izEGbwk4Ry6aL36zeEgbCw.

12/01/2021

Join us for our next event on Dec. 3rd at 3pm with Chungmoo Choi, Professor of Korean Studies in the East Asian Studies Department at University of California, Irvine on "How Might Transitional Justice Lead to Community Restoration?"

Register here: https://calendars.illinois.edu/detail/904?eventId=33413704

This event is part of The 2021-2022 Blueprint for Transitional Justice in the US: Building on Lessons and Insights from Global Perspectives Series presented by the Illinois Global Institute in partnership with Center for African Studies, Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies, Center for Global Studies, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, European Union Center, Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies, and Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program. This series is made possible by the Chancellor’s 2021-2022 Call to Action to Address Racism & Social Injustice Research Program and co-sponsored by the Humanities Research Institute. Additional support is provided by the Department of Education Title VI Program.

09/17/2021

Introducing the first speaker in our Blueprint for Transitional Justice Speaker Series!

Dr. Fionnuala Ní Aoláïn (University of Minnesota Law School) will be presenting on "The Relevance of Transitional Justice Twenty Years After 9/11".

September 30th, 7pm -8:30pm, Virtual via Zoom, Register here: https://illinois.zoom.us/.../WN_ePKA-MheTsWH7c9yUGnMUA

This lecture will address the challenges and relevance of transitional justice twenty years after the events of 9/11 and in the context of the return of the Taliban to territorial control of Afghanistan. Lessons learnt over the past twenty years, and in particular the relevance of accountability, truth, justice, and reparations to the 'war on terror' will be examined.

Co-sponsored with WGGP (Women and Gender in Global Perspectives) and Illinois Global Institute.