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1 ISSUE 8: 7 May 2012 Please send any calls for papers, new publications, forthcoming conferences or announcements that you would like to have included in the Network Newsletter to academicnetwork@unaa.org.au OPPORTUNITIES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Australia shouldn t give up on a UN security council seat This article by Prof. John Langmore, recently published in The Conversation, may be of interest to the Academic Network: Future Justice Prize 2012 Deadline: 1 July 2012 The Prize is awarded to Australian individuals or organizations for leadership and initiative in the advancement of future justice. The Future Justice Prize is awarded for research, publications, projects or programs in various categories. These include: Human Rights, Indigenous, Health, Environment, Climate Change, Population & Intergenerational Debt. More information: CALLS FOR PAPERS Conferences and Workshops Ninth Biennial International Conference Criminal Justice and Security in Central and Eastern Europe: Contemporary Criminal Justice Practice and Research September 2012: Ljubljana, Slovenia CfP deadline: 15 May 2012 More info:

2 Second International Conference on Human Rights and Peace and Conflict in Southeast Asia October 2012: Jakarta CfP deadline: 25 May 2012 More info: International Conference on Sustainable Development August 2012: Montclair, New Jersey, United States CfP deadline: 30 June 2012 More info: Rethinking International Law and Justice September 2012: Istanbul, Turkey CfP deadline: 10 June 2012 More info: Victims of Terrorism: Multidisciplinary Approaches 16 November 2012: St Andrews, Scotland CfP deadline: 1 July 2012 More info: 35th African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific Conference "Africa: People, Places and Spaces" November 2012: Burgmann College, Canberra CfP deadline: A CfP will be issued shortly More info: FORTHCOMING CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS & LECTURES A Seat at the Table? Australia s Bid for the UN Security Council Public lecture with Professors Hugh White and Ramesh Thakur 7 May 2012, 6pm: National Library Conference Room, Canberra More info: or unaaact@cyberone.com.au Rio +20 Briefing (Australia-wide) The United Nations Association of Australia 9 May 2012: (6.30pm): Parliament House Annex, Alice Street, Brisbane (QLD) RSVP: unaaqld@optusnet.com.au 14 May 2012 (5.30pm): 7th Floor Ingkarni Wardli Conference Room, University of Adelaide (SA) RSVP: johncraw@internode.on.net 16 May 2012 (6.00pm): Exhibition Room, first floor, ACT Legislative Assembly, London Circuit, Civic (ACT) RSVP: unaaact@cyberone.com.au 17 May 2012 (1.30pm): Function Room Darwin City Council, Harry Chan Avenue (NT)

3 RSVP: 21 May 2012 (5.30pm): Mitchell Theatre, Sydney Mechanics School of Art, 280 Pitt St, Sydney (NSW) RSVP: The Privatisation of War: How can private military and security companies be regulated? 10 May 2012 (1-2pm): Room 920 (Level 9, Melbourne Law School,185 Pelham St, Carlton) RSVP: Women in War and at War May 2012: Aberystwyth, United Kingdom More info: World Congress on Water, Climate & Energy May 2012: Dublin, Ireland More info: Collective Action for Sustainable Development: Rio+20 and the transition to a green economy Seminar 17 May 2012, 2.30pm: Monash University Law, 555 Lonsdale St, Melbourne More info: catherine@unaavictoria.org.au Assessing Obama s First Term A talk by Prof. Ken Mayer 17 May 2012 (5-7pm): Charles Darwin University (Orange 3 University Theatre) International Young Researchers Conference on Law May 2012: Tirana, Albania More info: Workshop on Media Empowerment on Human Rights 21 May 2012: Geneva More info: UNAA (ACT) Annual General Meeting: Speakers Event Two speakers share their experience of working for the UN Speakers: Melissa Parke MP and Elizabeth Shaw 27 May 2012, 4pm: ACT Legislative Assembly Reception Room, Canberra More info: or unaaact@cyberone.com.au What is Remembered: Life Story Approaches in Human Rights Contexts 2012 Columbia University Center for Oral History Summer Institute 4-15 June 2012: Columbia University, New York More info:

4 Hitting the Target? How New Capabilities Are Shaping Contemporary International Intervention Multidisciplinary Workshop July 2012: Guildford, United Kingdom More info: The Annual Castan Centre for Human Rights Law Conference 20 July 2012: Melbourne, Victoria More info: The Northern Ireland Troubles in Britain: Impacts, Engagements, Legacies and Memories July 2012: University of Brighton, England More info: Children and War: Past and Present Organised by the University of Salzburg and the University of Wolverhampton 30 September-2 October 2012: University of Salzburg, Austria More info: Memory, Peace and Security 9-10 November 2012: the University of Indianapolis- Athens, Greece More info: Representing the Irrepresentable: Narratives and Visual Images of Slavery, Forced Labor, and Genocide 127th American Historical Association Meeting 3-6 January 2013: New Orleans (USA) More info: RECENT AND FORTHCOMING PUBLICATIONS Walls, Borders, Boundaries. Spatial and Cultural Practices in Europe Marc Silberman, Karen E. Till, and Janet Ward (eds.). Berghahn Books. Published: May 2012 Investigating Srebrenica. Institutions, Facts, Responsibilities Isabelle Delpla, Xavier Bougarel, and Jean-Louis Fournel (eds.). Berghahn Books. Published: April 2012

5 Democracy's Blameless Leaders: From Dresden to Abu Ghraib, How Leaders Evade Accountability for Abuse, Atrocity, and Killing Neil J. Mitchell. New York University Press Extreme Collecting. Challenging Practices for 21st Century Museums Graeme Were and J. C. H. King (eds.). Berghahn Books. Nepal in Transition: From People's War to Fragile Peace Sebastian Von Einsiedel. Cambridge University Press Divided Nations and Transitional Justice: What Germany, Japan, and South Korea Can Teach The World Han Sang-Jin. Paradigm Publishers Rwanda's Gacaca Courts: Between Retribution and Reparation Paul Christoph Bornkamm. Oxford University Press Published: January 2012 Memory and Representation in Contemporary Europe: The Persistence of the Past Siobhan Kattago. Ashgate Published: January 2012 Theatres of Violence. Massacre, Mass Killing and Atrocity throughout History Philip G. Dwyer and Lyndall Ryan (eds.). Berghahn Books. Published: January 2012 Judgment at Istanbul. The Armenian Genocide Trials Vahakn N. Dadrian and Taner Akçam. Berghahn Books. Published: December 2011

6 Reconciliation after Terrorism: Strategy, Possibility or Absurdity? Judith Renner. Routledge Published: November 2011 Role of Courts in Transitional Justice: Voices from Latin America and Spain Jessica Almqvist. Routledge Published: November 2011 Restorative Justice: Ideas, Values, Debates Gerry Johnstone. Routledge Published: September 2011