Conference Schedule

Thursday, November 3, 2005 (Eidman Courtroom)

4:00–6:00 p.m. Welcome and introduction: Karen Engle
University of Texas School of Law

Opening Keynote Address: Philippe Sands
University College London Faculty of Law
"Lawless World? The Cultures of International Law"

Commentator: Ernest Young
University of Texas School of Law
6:00 pm

Reception (Jamail Pavilion)

Philippe Sands will sign copies of his book Lawless World: America and the Making and Breaking of Global Rules

Friday, November 4, 2005 (Eidman Courtroom)

8:30–9:00 a.m. Registration and continental breakfast (Jamail Pavilion)
9:00–10:30 a.m. Panel I: Translating Human Rights
  • Chair: Shannon Speed
    University of Texas Department of Anthropology
  • Florian Hoffmann
    Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro Faculty of Law
  • Derek Jinks (commentator)
    University of Texas School of Law
  • Balakrishnan Rajagopal (commentator)
    MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning
10:30–11:00 a.m. Coffee break
11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Panel II: Sovereignty
  • Chair: Gerald Torres
    University of Texas School of Law
  • Antony Anghie
    University of Utah College of Law
  • Srinivas Aravamudan
    Duke University Department of English
  • David Kennedy (commentator)
    Harvard Law School
12:30–2:00 p.m. Lunch (Jamail Pavilion)(registration now closed)
2:00–3:30 p.m. Panel III: Asylum
  • Chair: Karen Engle
    University of Texas School of Law
  • Ranjana Khanna
    Duke University Department of English
  • Gregor Noll
    University of Lund (Sweden) Faculty of Law
  • Charles Piot (commentator)
    Duke University Department of Anthropology
  • Gaurav Desai (commentator)
    Tulane University Department of English
3:30–4:00 p.m. Coffee break
4:00–5:30 p.m. Welcome: Provost Sheldon Ekland-Olson

Introduction of Dr. Surakiart: David Kennedy
Harvard Law School

Closing Keynote Address:
The Hon. Surakiart Sathirathai
Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand
"Peace and Security: The Challenge and the Promise"
5:30–6:30 p.m. Reception (Sheffield Room)

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