Symposium 2016 / Symposio 2016


Rethinking Violence in Area Studies in the Twenty-First Century Classroom

At the end of the twentieth century, the topic of violence had become central to academic discussions. During the first half of that century, major political, social, and cultural processes drastically altered the conceptualization of violence and its connection to the nation state. During the Cold War, the concept and language of violence were rearticulated. Words such as “genocide,” “human rights,” and “never again” entered both academic and everyday discourse. 

This symposium brought together graduate students from across the disciplines, working on any methodology or perspective concerning the topic of violence, in any historical or geographical context. University of Michigan graduate students and their peers from the University of Puerto Rico shared their work, discussing the ways in which we can rethink the concept of violence, and find intersections with other categories, topics, and approaches.

Of special interest was discussing how, through innovative ways, we could integrate these discussions and current methodological approaches about violence into teaching modules. An important part of this project is to carefully think about how different perspectives, theories, and methodologies about violence can be incorporated into the classroom for both university professors and school levels.

The 2016 conference was sponsored by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies, the Nam Center for Korean Studies, the Center for Japanese Studies, the Center for South Asian Studies, the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, and the International Institute at the University of Michigan in collaboration with the Facultad de Humanidades, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Facultad de Educación, and the Decanato de Estudios Graduados e Investigación at the University of Puerto Rico.


The participants’ biographies, the abstracts for the papers they presented, and a related resource for educators are available to the public here


Keynote Speakers

 

JUAN COLE, U-M Department of History and Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

Cosmic War and Muslim Terrorism: The Case of ISIL

CARLOS PABÓN ORTEGA, UPR Departamento de Historia

“Can the Story Be Told?” History, Memory, and Fiction in the Representation of Extreme Violence

 


Discussants

 

JUAN CARABALLO RESTO, UPR Cayey

LENNY A. UREÑA VALERIO, U-M Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

 


Participants

 

RAFAEL ACEVEDO CRUZ, UPR Departamento de Historia

Detrás de “11 de Septiembre”: Violence, History, and Memory

LUIS JAVIER CINTURÓN GUTIÉRREZ, UPR Departamento de Sociología y Antropología

Que me Velen Para’o: Ritos Funerarios y Marginalidad en el Puerto Rico del Siglo XXI

MICHELLE CRUZ RIVERA, MARINETTE BELTRÁN PALLÍ, MARIELA FERNÁNDEZ NIEVES; UPR Escuela Graduada de Trabajo Social Beatriz Lassalle

Agresión Sexual Grupal en Puerto Rico: Una Mirada a la Modalidad Invisibilizada del Abuso Sexual

SALLY J. DELGADO, UPR Departamento de Inglés

Power Plays Hit Hard: Economic Imbalances Caused the Violence in our History and in our Headlines

AMELIA FRANK-VITALE, U-M Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

La(s) Violencia(s) de la Ruta Migratoria

CHELLE JONES, U-M Nam Center for Korean Studies

South Korean Sex Trade Law: Conflicting Movements and Contested Interpretation

MATAN KAMINER, U-M Center for Southeast Asian Studies

Race as Embodied Sign Migrant Workers in Israel and the Inadequacy of the “Social Construction” Frame

RODNEY LEBRÓN RIVERA, UPR Departamento de Historia

La Ética Epistémica de la Memoria en los Textos el Largo Viaje y La escritura y la vida de Jorge Semprún

TAPSI MATHUR, U-M Center for Southeast Asian Studies

Understanding Colonialism through Violence: A Native’s Opinion on the British Rule of India

ZOË MCLAUGHLIN, U-M Center for Southeast Asian Studies

Language and the Witnessing of Trauma in Breaking the Tongue by Vyvyane Loh

GUILLERMO MOREJÓN FLORES, UPR Departamento de Historia

Evolución de la nueva lucha armada por la Independencia Puertorriqueña: La Década de 1970

AMÍLCAR V. ORRUSTI RAMOS, UPR Departamento de Historia

Lo de todos los días: la violencia cotidiana en la década del 30

MARILYN ORTIZ LAUREANO, UPR Escuela Graduada de Trabajo Social Beatriz Lassalle

Violencia Por Razón de Género: Más Allá de la Investigación

MELISSA REYES SEGARRA, UPR Departamento de Historia

Esclavitud y resistencia: cimarronaje y violencia en el Puerto Rico del siglo XIX

MIKAEL E. ROSA ROSA, UPR Escuela Graduada de Trabajo Social Beatriz Lassalle

Trabajo Social y Violencia del Estado: Posicionamiento Ético Político de la Profesión Ante la Desobediencia Civil Como Forma de Resistencia

ALEJANDRO TOLEDO, UPR Departamento de Filosofía

La Felicidad como Teleología de la Violencia

 

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