The Seventeenth Annual CAAPS Student
Conference on Peacemaking, Diversity and Social Change

Conference Program

     About the conference       Registration Form       Call for Papers

Saturday, 17 April 2004       9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.       Registration begins at 8:30 a.m.
The George Washington University
Elliott School of International Affairs Building, 6th and 7th floors
1957 E St., NW
Washington, DC

Participating universities and colleges :
American University (AU); The Catholic University of America (CUA); Georgetown University (GU);
The George Washington University (GW); Marymount University (MU); Trinity College (TC)

8:30-9:00     a.m. --  6th floor alcove
                    -- Registration Sign-In
                    -- Light Breakfast (available to registered student attendees)

9:00-9:50     a.m. --  Rm. 708 -- Plenary Session
                     -- Introductions and Welcome: Paulina Abaunza and Marc Adler (GW)
                     -- Panel on Entrepreneurial Peacemaking
                                Paul Shapiro, "Compassion Over Killing" and Sean Tuohey, "Playing for Peace"

10:00-10:50 a.m. --  6th floor conference rooms -- Papers I
                     -- Rm. 601K -- Weapons and Peace:
                               John Grossi (GW), The arms race and peace
                               Michelle Mitchell (TC), Weapons, peace and government response to terrorist attacks
                               *Moderator/discussant, Jessup Davis (GW)

                     -- Rm. 601 L -- Peace among Israelis and Palestinians:
                               Alex Cohen (GW) - Jews against the occupation: policies, actions, criticisms
                               Jennifer Herman (AU) - Peacebuilding through multicultural education:
                                                                    Israel's Oasis of Peace
                               *Moderator/discussant, Juhi Dubey (GW)

                     -- Rm. 601M -- Media, Language, Violence and Peace:
                                Kate MacDonald (GU), How the televised news media shape our view of the world
                                Sorell Richard (GU), Post 9/11 Islamophobia in the US
                                Nicole Smirl (GU), Plan Columbia: how its language promotes violence rather
                                                              than peace
                                *Moderator/discussant, Piper Treece (GW)

                    -- Rm. 708 -- Roundtable
                               Melissa Arnett, Mahtaub Lelavar, and Ilana Stark (MU)
                               The doctrine of strict liability and individual autonomy

11:00-11:50 a.m. --  6th floor conference rooms -- Papers II
                    -- Rm. 601K -- Love and Unity At Odds With Peace:
                               Marc Adler (GW), How cultural unity interferes with peace
                               Jason Moussourakis (GW), Romantic love and its involvement with conflict
                               *Moderator/discussant, Kate MacDonald (GU)

                    -- Rm. 601 L -- International Problems and Responses:
                               Yousaf Ameem (GW), Amnesty International: establishment and history
                               Mariel Arose (TC), The Basques in Spain: world response to the terrorist attack
                                                               on Madrid
                               Kathleen McInerney (AU), The progress of universal jurisdiction:
                                                                         The Pinochet Precedent and the globalization of justice
                               *Moderator/discussant, Mairead Widby (GU)

                    -- Rm. 601M -- Murder, Illness, Civil War:
                               Paulina Abaunza (GW), The murdered women of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
                               Katie Capano (GU), HIV disproportionately affects young African-American women
                                                               in Washington, DC
                               Leah Seldin-Sommer (GW), Rwanda: The psychological need for enemies
                               *Moderator/discussant, Sue Song (GW)

                    -- Rm. 708 -- Roundtable
                               Emanuel Dash (GW), Robyn Sotolov (GW), Kim Votruba (GW)
                               Conflict resolution and the Arab-Israeli conflict
                               *Moderator/discussant, Izabella Shuvayev (GW)

12:00-12:45 p.m.  -- Rm. 708 -- Lunch (box lunch available to registered student attendees)

12:45-1:15  p.m.  --  6th floor alcove -- Organization Exhibitors
                                        -- American Civil Liberties Union
                                        -- The Center on Conscience and War
                                         -- "C.H.O.I.C.E.S"
                                         -- The Institute for International Mediation and Conflict Resolution (IIMCR)
                                         -- NETWORK
                                         -- Psychologists for Social Responsibility
                                         -- Tikkun
                                         -- The Washington Peace Center

1:15-1:50    p.m.  --  Rm. 708 -- Plenary Session -- Panel on Jobs in Peacemaking -- Matt Bowles (ACLU)

2:00-2:50    p.m.  --  6th floor conference rooms -- Papers III

                    -- Rm. 601K -- Quantitative Tools for Peace:
                               Emanuel Dash (GW), Polling as a tool for conflict resolution
                               Rebecca Rogers (AU), Environment and Conflict: A quantitative analysis of
                                                                   non-traditional threats to global security
                               *Moderator/discussant, Steven Ladek (AU)

                    -- Rm. 601 L -- Quakerism in Iraq, Islam in the Russian Federation:
                               Kim Mikos (GW), The peace activities of various quaker groups in Iraq today
                               Michael Schwirtz (GW), Muslim irredentism (advocacy of the recovery of territory) in
                                                                     the Russian Federation
                               *Moderator/discussant, Amy Aubin (GW)

                   --  Rm. 601M -- Anarchy, Economy, Philosophy:
                               Eli Jelly-Schapiro (GU), The convergence of western and eastern "anarchist" thought
                               Janet Lawson (GU), Promoting sustainable livelihoods through trade:
                                                               coffee production in Coto Brus, Costa Rica
                               Mairead Widby (GU), The writings of Walter Benjamin
                               *Moderator/discussant, Samantha Salkin (GW)

                    -- Rm. 708 -- Roundtable
                               Geoff Paquette (GU) and others
                               The Border Awareness Experience (GU) - Coloring outside the borders:
                                                                                                a journey to Ciudad Juarez, Mexico

2:55-3:00    p.m.  --  Rm. 708 -- Plenary Farewell

3:00-4:30    p.m.  --  6th floor conference rooms -- Discussions-As-You-Like

*The tasks of the moderator/discussant: (i) As moderator, please announce the title of the panel and then briefly introduce the speaker(s) to the audience. Ask the speaker(s) whether the panel will have Q&A after each paper or after all papers have been presented. Keep track of the time. For a panel of individual papers, each speaker may have only 10-15 minutes of time for the presentation. Q&A for one speaker must not cause the loss of time for another speaker. Politely tell each speaker (a) that their allotted time is nearing its end about two minutes before it does end, and (b) that their time is up when it is indeed up. For a roundtable, the allotted time is 30-35 minutes, leaving the rest for Q&A. Again, politely inform the panel when their time nears its end and when the end has arrrived. (ii) As the named discussant, please be willing and able to make the first comment or ask the first question when a speaker or roundtable has ended their presentation. Of course, if others in the audience or on the panel or roundtable wish to comment or ask a question, allow them to take precedence. (iii) At the end of the session, announce its end. Ask the audience to thank the participants with applause. Thank all for coming to that session.

The 17th Annual CAAPS Student Conference is sponsored by:

The George Washington University's Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution Program. See the website at [http://www.gwu.edu/~peace_st].
Funding has been provided by The 2003-2004 Undergraduate Teaching Initiatives Program of The George Washington University's Columbian College of Arts and Sciences.

Funding has also been generously provided by:

The George Washington University's Philosophy Department and Microbiology and Tropical Medicine Department. Our thanks to Prof. William Griffith, Chair, Philosophy, and to Maria Barrett, Manager of Departmental Fiscal Operations, Microbiology and Tropical Medicine.

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