CONTENTS
1. Introduction
2. Upcoming Events
3. Recent Publications
4. Call for Papers
5. Academic Programs
6. Internet Resources
1.
INTRODUCTION
The Just War Newsletter is an electronic newsletter
published three times annually to announce new developments in the study of the
ethics of war. Written and published by Michael Kocsis, it is designed for
anyone working in academia, public service, or non-governmental organizations
whose research touches on the just war tradition and its related topics and
disciplines.
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2. UPCOMING EVENTS
The Centre for Applied Philosophy, Politics, and Ethics at the University of Brighton was held on the theme of “Conflict, Revolt and Democracy in the Neoliberal World” from November 7-8, 2013 at the Grand Parade, University of Brighton. The keynote speaker was Wendy Brown. The conference website: http://arts.brighton.ac.uk/research/cappe/conferences,-seminars,-events/calendar/conflict,-revolt-and-democracy-in-the-neoliberal-world2
An international conference called “Why War? Peace Studies in the 21st Century” is being held as part of the 40th Anniversary Celebrations of the Division of Peace Studies & Humanities at the University of Bradford. The conference will be held from May 1-3, 2014 at the Campus of the University of Bradford (UK). The keynote speaker will be Helen Frowe, Director of the Stockholm Centre for Ethics of War and Peace at the University of Stockholm. Essay abstracts under 250W should be submitted to the organizing committee prior to February 14, including the essay title, author’s name and affiliation, and the relevant thematic stream. Accepted applicants will be notified before Feb. 28th. For all inquiries and for abstract submission, contact the conference organizers at the following email address: peacestudies40@bradford.ac.uk For details visit the conference website: http://www.bradford.ac.uk/ssis/events-and-podcasts/events/peace-events/peace-studies-international-conference-may-2014.php
A conference on “The Grounding of Human Rights” will be held on April 18-19, 2014 at Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne Campus in Fort Wayne Indiana. The event will be organized by Clark Butler, Director of the Human Rights Institute, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne. It will seek to determine if a reasonable and universally acceptable general consensus may be possible behind international human rights law. Invited speakers will include James Sterba, Mark Gibney and David Marshall, Chief of the Global Issues Section at the New York Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. The deadline for submissions was February 15. Questions received by email or voice mail at 1 260 481 6364 will receive a reply if a telephone number and time frame is left.
The Inaugural Conference of the Stockholm Centre for the Ethics of War and Peace
will take place May 24-25, 2014 on the theme “The Ethics of War in the 21st Century”. The event will be preceded by a special public lecture on The Ethics of War and Peace by Jeff McMahan (Rutgers University) on May 23rd. Invited speakers will include Frances Kamm, Seth Lazar, Gustaf Arrhenius, Cheyney Ryan and Christopher Heath Wellman. Additionally, a special panel on War and International Law will include presentations by Adil Ahmad Haque, François Tenguay-Renaud, and Massimo Renzo. Inquiries should be sent to Dr. Helen Frowe at: helen.frowe@philosophy.su.se
The Human Rights sections of the American Political Science Association (APSA), the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), the International Political Science Association (IPSA), and the International Studies Association (ISA), are coordinating the 3rd Joint International Conference on Human Rights on the theme “Human Rights and Change”. The conference will take place from June 16-18, 2014 at Kadir Has Üniversitesi in Istanbul (Turkey). To access the conference program and to find information about how to register, visit the following website: http://www.isanet.org/Conferences/HRIstanbul2014/Program.aspx .
An event entitled “Emergencies and Affected Peoples: Philosophy, Policy and Practice” will be held in July 2014 at the University of Birmingham. The conference is meant for theorists and practitioners working on improving the lives of those people affected by an emergency (conflicts, wars, humanitarian natural disasters. Questions such as the following will be addressed: what is an emergency? Who are the affected people? What problem do emergencies create for and how do they manifest themselves? Questions about the conference and abstracts less than 500W should be sent by February 15 to Lauren Traczykowski at the following email address: lxt837@bham.ac.uk
The Peace Theories Commission of the International Peace Research Association (IPRA) will host an event entitled “Peace Theories beyond the State of Nature: Philosophical and Global Perspectives” in Istanbul, Turkey from August 10-14, 2014. The event is being organized as the 25thIPRA General Conference to mark the occasion of the 50thAnniversary of the IPRA. Paper and panel proposals from researchers and practitioners related to the conference theme should be submitted along with the application found at the following website: http://ipra2014.org/ prior to February 15. For further details, contact Michael Deckard (michael.deckard@lr.edu) or Neven Bondokji (nevenbond@yahoo.com).
A conference on “The Ethics of War and Peace”, organized by the Societas Ethica, will take place in Maribor, Slovenia from August 21-24, 2014. Parallel sessions will address major moral questions related to war and peace, including the following: the roots of war in human aggression or social life; theories of just war; questions about humanitarian intervention; rules of war; new forms of warfare; war for profit; and pacifism. Essay proposals of less than 800W (excluding bibliographies) in English, German, or French should be sent by March 31 as Word attachments to
johanna.romare@liu.se For full details, visit the following website: http://www.societasethica.info
The 4th Global Conference on Genocide will be held from December 4-7, 2014 at the University of Cape Town (South Africa). Organized by the International Network of Genocide Scholars (INoGS), the theme of this year’s event will be ‘Genocide and Mass Trauma: Rising to the Challenges of Comprehension, Intervention, Prevention and Restitution’. The organizers invite proposals for papers, panels and roundtables on any aspect of genocide and mass trauma, and participation is not restricted to INoGS members. Interdisciplinary and theoretical approaches, and submissions from postgraduate students, practitioners and researchers in government, are welcome. Prospective presenters should submit abstracts of under 250W prior to August 31st through the conference website at http://inogsconference2014.org/ with a short biographical sketch. Questions should be sent to admin@inogsconference2014.org or to conference organizers: Mohamed Adhikari (mohamed.adhikari@uct.ac.za) or Volker Langbehn (langbehn@sfsu.edu).
3. RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Books (CDN$)
Allhoff, Fritz, Nicholas G. Evans and Adam Henschke (eds) (2013) Routledge Handbook of Ethics and War: Just War Theory in the 21st Century (Routledge) $118.53
Beneyto, José María (2013) New Approaches to International Law: The European and the American Experiences (T. M. C. Asser Press). $114.24
Behrens, Paul and Ralph Henham (eds) (2012) The Elements of Genocide (Routledge). $44.58
Breen-Smyth, Marie (ed) (2013) The Ashgate Research Companion to Political Violence (Ashgate). $162.98
Contreras, Francisco José (2012) The Threads of Natural Law: Unravelling a Philosophical Tradition (Springer). $105.88
Dallmayr, Fred. (2013) Being in the World: Dialogue and Cosmopolis (University Press of Kentucky Press). $54.84
Detter, Ingrid (2013) The Law of War (Stanford Law Books). $82.57
Everill, Bronwen (ed) (2013) The History and Practice of Humanitarian Intervention and Aid in Africa (Palgrave Macmillan). $83.20
Fiala, Andrew. (2013) Against Religion, Wars, and States: The Case for Enlightenment Atheism, Just War Pacifism, and Liberal-Democratic Anarchism (Rowman & Littlefield). $59.54
Forge, John (2013) Designed to Kill: The Case Against Weapons Research (Springer). $114.84
Gillespie, Alexander (2013) The Causes Of War, Volume 1: 3000 BCE to 1000 CE (Hart). $68.00
Gow, James, Rachel Kerr and Zorna Pajic (eds) (2013) Prosecuting War Crimes: Lessons and legacies of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (Routledge). $109.39
Hill, Christopher (2013) The National Interest in Question: Foreign Policy in Multicultural Societies (Oxford University Press). $90.51
Hoffmann, Julia and André Nollkaemper (eds) (2012) Responsibility to Protect: From Principle to Practice (Amsterdam University Press). $65.47
Holmes, Robert L. (2013) The Ethics of Nonviolence: Essays Predrag Cicovacki (ed) (Bloomsbury Academic). $32.37
Huppes-Cluysenaer, Liesbeth (eds) (2013) Aristotle and the Philosophy of Law: Theory, Practice and Justice (Springer). $113.85
Ish-Shalom, Piki (2013) Democratic Peace: A Political Biography (University of Michigan Press). $67.98
Janzekovic, John and Daniel Silander (2013) Responsibility to Protect and Prevent: Principles, Promises and Practicalities (Anthem Press) $109.59
Klabbers, Jan and Touko Piiparinen (eds) (2013) Normative Pluralism and International Law: Exploring Global Governance (Cambridge University Press) $85.91
Krieg, Andreas (2013) Motivations for Humanitarian Intervention: Theoretical and Empirical Considerations (Springer Press). $44.23
Lamb, Antony (2013) Ethics and the Laws of War: The Moral Justification of Legal Norms (Routledge) $119.14
MacLachlan, Alice and Allen Speight (eds) (2012) Justice, Responsibility and Reconciliation in the Wake of Conflict (Springer). $28.09
Malley-Morrison, Kathleen, Sherri McCarthy and Denise Hines (eds) (2012) International Handbook of War, Torture, and Terrorism (Springer). $246.23
Malley-Morrison, Kathleen, Andrea Mercurio and Gabriel Twose (eds) (2013) International Handbook of Peace and Reconciliation (Springer). $201.12
Marsden, Lee (ed) (2012) The Ashgate Research Companion to Religion and Conflict Resolution (Ashgate). $157.15
May, Larry and Elizabeth Edenberg (eds) (2013) Jus post bellum and Transitional Justice (Cambridge University Press). $85.91
May, Larry and Andrew Forcehimes (eds) (2012) Morality, Jus Post Bellum, and International Law (Cambridge University Press) $83.51
May, Larry (2012) After War Ends: A Philosophical Perspective (Cambridge University Press) $27.15
McBride, Julie. (2013) The War Crime of Child Soldier Recruitment (T.M.C. Asser). $94.44
Messitte, Zach P and Suzette Grillot (eds) (2013) Understanding the Global Community (University of Oklahoma Press). $29.29
Nettlefield, Lara J. and Sarah Wagner (2013) Srebrenica in the Aftermath of Genocide (Cambridge University Press) $95.53
Porpora, Douglas V., Julia Hagemann et.al. (2013) Post-Ethical Society : The Iraq War, Abu Ghraib, and the Moral Failure of the Secular ( University of Chicago Press). $47.90
Posner, Eric A. and Alan O. Sykes (2013) Economic Foundations of International Law (Belknap Press of Harvard University Press). $61.88
Stahn, Carsten, Jennifer Easterday and Jens Iverson (eds) (2014) Jus Post Bellum (Oxford University Press) $159.60
Swistek, Goran (2013) The Responsibility to Protect and the Obligations for a Jus Post Bellum (Grin Verlag) $13.52
Ţuţuianu, Simona (2012) Towards Global Justice: Sovereignty in an Interdependent World: Sovereignty in an Interdependent World (T. M. C. Asser Press). $113.98
White, Nigel and Christian Henderson (eds) (2013) Research Handbook on International Conflict and Security Law: Jus Ad Bellum, Jus in Bello, and Jus Post Bellum (Edward Elgar Publishing) $255.56
Zeisberg, Mariah (2013) War Powers: The Politics of Constitutional Authority (Princeton University Press). $21.00
Zyberi, Gentian (ed) (2013) An Institutional Approach to the Responsibility to Protect (Cambridge University Press) $128.40
Journal Special Issues
A recent issue of the Journal of Military Ethics is dedicated to the theme ‘Cyberwar and Ethics’ (Vol. 12, Issue 1, 2013). An introductory article by the Guest Editor Bradley Strawser precedes essays by Edward Barrett, David Danks & Joseph Danks, Randall Dipert, Christoper Eberle, Ryan Jenkins and John Arquilla.
The latest issue of Ethics and International Affairs contains a roundtable discussion of ‘The Ethics of Rebellion” with articles by James Turner Johnson, John Kelsay, Nigel Biggar and Valerie Morkevicius, plus a feature article by Margaret Moore; ‘On Rights to Land, Expulsions and Corrective Justice’ (Winter 2013, Volume 27, Issue 4).
The Spring 2013 issue of Ethics and International Affairs contains a special section on the theme ‘Just War and its Critics’ (Spring 2013, Vol. 27, Issue 1). Articles by Cian O’Driscoll, John Kelsay, James Turner Johnson and Daniel Brunstetter & Megan Braun are included.
4. CALL FOR PAPERS
Contributions are invited for a dedicated issue of Theoria, A Journal of Social and Political Theory will focus on the theme “Is the Idea of Peace Relevant for the Age of Asymmetrical Warfare?” The special issue will be Guest-Edited by Nir Eisikovits of Suffolk University, and will ask questions such as the following; Is the idea of peace in its classic cosmopolitan formulation still relevant? Does it make sense to talk about a conflict with the Taliban or Al Qaeda terminating in a state of peace? If our idea of peace needs to be revised, how should we revise it? Does it need to be supplemented by other ideas? Which ideas? Can the concept of peace still serve as a useful regulative ideal even when it becomes further and further removed from how wars actually wind down? Papers less than 9000W should be submitted to theoriasa@gmail.com prior to July 1, 2014. Papers should be formatted for blind review and should follow Theoria's formatting rules, which are available at the following website: http://journals.berghahnbooks.com/_uploads/th/th_style_guide.pdf
The deadline for apply for a Workshop for Advanced PhD Candidates from Universities in the United States, Canada and Israel researching the Holocaust has been extended to March 10th, 2014. This is the Second USC/Yad Vashem workshop, and full information about it can be obtained by visiting the website below. Applicants must be registered PhD students in the United States, Canada or Israel and should be past course work and in an advanced stage of research. For further information or for questions, please contact Eliot Nidam Orvieto (eliot.nidam@yadvashem.org.il) or Wolf Gruner (gruner@usc.edu). Website: http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/about/institute/index.asp
The editors of Genocide Studies International welcome submissions for their third issue, which is a special issue on the Ottoman Genocide of Armenians, Assyrians, and Greeks. The deadline for submissions is September 1, 2014. All submissions and editorial inquiries should be addressed to genstudintl@outlook.com. For information on Genocide Studies International, visit the following website: http://www.utpjournals.com/Genocide-Studies-International.html
5. ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
A new seminar in Philosophy at Rutgers University entitled “Normative Dimensions of War” was designed to give future civilian leaders and officers in the US military a new understanding of war’s moral complexities. Cadets from West Point Academy and Rutgers University undergraduate and graduate students in philosophy gathered May 28-June 12 to discuss the ethics, law and effectiveness of organized political violence. Major Ian Fishback of West Point developed the three-week pilot program in conjunction with Rutgers philosophy professor Jeff McMahan.
A Graduate Reading Retreat is being organized by the Stockholm Centre for the Ethics of War and Peace from September 19-20, 2014 in Menorca. The Retreat is designed for graduate students and those who have recently obtained PhDs in the field of the ethics of war and peace. Students will enjoy a two-hour session (with a 30 minute presentation) on submitted papers, which will be pre-circulated. Students will also be assigned a respondent from among invited faculty to provide written comments and a response. Participants will receive generous contributions towards travel, meals and accommodation. The event will take place at the Sol Gavilanes hotel in Cala Galdana, Menorca. Invited faculty include David Rodin, David Mapel, Laura Valentini, Helen Frowe , Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen, and Massimo Renzo. Students wishing to submit should email papers to Helen Frowe (helen.frowe@philosophy.su.se) prior to March 1st. Papers should be under 10000W excluding references and should be suitable for blind review, with the author’s name, email address, affiliation and a one-page CV included in the email. A note from the author’s supervisor or department head confirming registration as a graduate student and/or the author’s viva in the last six months, should also be included.
The Balkans Peace Program (BPP) will host its Summer School for 2014 on “International Development, Politics, and Post-Conflict Societies: Kosovo and the Balkans”. The program will provide students with the opportunity to spend three weeks in Kosovo studying development in practice in a post-conflict zone in middle-Europe. Participants will visit three Balkans countries; Albania, Macedonia and Montenegro. The curriculum will consist of three key components: an academic course, a tour of historic and tourist sites, and activities of cultural immersion, whereby students live with host families in Gjilan, Kosovo’s fourth largest city, located 5km southeast of Prishtina. The course runs from August 2-23. Partial scholarships are available. For more information, visit the following website: http://www.bislimi.org/balkansprogram.htm or direct questions to: bpp@bislimi.org
6. INTERNET RESOURCES
http://www.forces.gc.ca/en/training-ethics/index.page
This set of Ethics and Training Tools is made available by the Canadian Armed Forces for purposes of ethical training in the CAF. Short on-line courses, case studies and learning scenarios, and other useful tools and background readings are included.
http://www.warmuseum.ca/education/teacher-resources/
The “Teacher Resources” section of the website of the Canadian War Museum contains an astounding selection of teaching materials on military conflict in Canadian history, including curricula, games and activities, and on-line resources such as digitized newspaper clippings and official announcements out of Canadian and allied publications.
http://www.justwartheory.com/
JustWarTheory.com is an extensive resource for the philosophical study of warfare. It gathers together a large and varied selection of internet resources related to the just war tradition, including links to topical articles, academic publications, book reviews, and a range of other links divided into the major just war categories. It is maintained by Mark Rigstad of Oakland University.
http://www.ethicsonline.net/pages/war_peace.html
The link above connects to Ethics Online, a website offering insightful films and documentaries (for purchase) to assist teachers of philosophy and ethics. Their section on “War and Peace” contains sample clips on just war theory, holy war, and conscientious objection, as well as teaching notes, scripts and classroom exercises.
http://www-tc.pbs.org/thewar/downloads/just_war.pdf
The link above connects you to a short lesson plan for teaching just war theory at a very introductory level, in conjunction with the PBS documentary “The WAR” by Ken Burns. The lesson plan analyzes the US Declaration of war against Japan in 1941 with the traditional just war constraints using clips from the documentary.
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