ODDITIES OF VIOLENCE
Workshop Schedule
The Oddities of Violence Workshop will take place at the Haskayne School of Business, Mathison Hall, in Room MTH 305 (Viewpoint Circle for Dialogue) on June 8th and June 9th, 2023.
Day 1: Thursday, June 8, 2023
Panel 1: Genesis
9 AM – 12 PM, Mathison Hall, Room MTH 305
Opening Remarks: Gavin Cameron, Joshua Goldstein, Maureen Hiebert
Chair: Joshua Goldstein (Dept. of Political Science, UCalgary)
Presenters:
Tristan Taylor (University of New England, Australia): "City Destruction and Religious Persecution in Ancient Rome: Existential Anxieties and the Genesis of Genocide"
Johannes Dillinger (Brookes University, UK): "The Fear of Organized Arson: The London Fire of 1666 in Context"
Rachel Bruzzone (Bilkent University, Turkey): "Crimes against Memory: The Erasure of History and Culture in Thucydides"
UCalgary Discussants:
Lisa Hughes (Classics and Religion) for Tristan Taylor
Mark Konnert (History) for Johannes Dillinger
Mark Migotti (Philosophy) for Rachel Bruzzone
Panel 2: Archetype
2 – 5 PM, Mathison Hall, Room MTH 305
Chair: Maureen Hiebert (Dept. of Political Science, UCalgary)
Presenters:
James Tyner (Kent State University, USA): "Letting Die in Democratic Kampuchea: Cambodia as a Genocide of Omission"
Or Honig (Tokyo International University, Japan) (Zoom): "The Odd Case of Jewish Terrorism against Nazism in pre-Second World War Europe"
Barry Cooper (University of Calgary, Canada): "Violence in the Political Science of Eric Voegelin"
UCalgary Discussants:
William Holden (Geography) for James Tyner
Alexander Hill (History) for Or Honig
Kyle Derkson (Postdoctoral Fellow, History) for Barry Cooper
Day 2: Friday, June 9, 2023
Panel 3: Novelty
9 AM – 12 PM, Mathison Hall, Room MTH 305
Chair: Gavin Cameron (Dept. of Political Science, UCalgary)
Presenters:
Fannie LaFontaine (Unversité de Laval, Canada): "Continuities and Ruptures in Indigenous Genocide in Canada"
Jacob Ware (Council on Foreign Relations, USA) "The Incel Terrorism Threat: Old Ideas, New Expressions"
Marta Bashovski (University of Regina, Canada): "Everything New is Old Again: Understanding Claims to Novel Forms of Violence"
UCalgary Discussants:
Daniel Voth (Political Science) for Fannie LaFontaine
Michael Adorjan (Sociology) for Jacob Ware
Agnes Tam (Philosophy) for Marta Bashovski