Pace Law Review Symposium on “After Gender: Examining International Justice Enterprises”

Pace Law Review will hold a symposium on November 12, 2010 entitled “After Gender: Examining International Justice Enterprises.” The symposium will attempt to expand our understanding of the role of gender and sex in international law. International law’s gender analysis has focused on women to the exclusion of other sexes. More recent efforts, including those in international criminal law, the United Nations, and other international organizations, have attempted a broader understanding of gender. Do these efforts continue to rely on the exclusive centrality of “women” to understand “gender?” If so, what are the costs to gender-related projects, if any? These questions demand fuller analysis – an analysis we will attempt with a series of conversations instead of the customary “talking heads” format.

The event page is here.  Here’s the line-up:

Conversation 1: What Role for “Women,” “Men,” and Transpeople/Intersex people in Gender Equality?
9:30 – 10:45
Moderator: Noa Ben-Asher, Pace

Panelists: Daniel Bonilla, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
Mary Anne Case, Chicago
Bob Chang, Seattle
Adrienne Davis, Washington University

Commentator: Edward Stein, Cardozo

Conversation 2: Human Rights Beyond Sex and Gender
11:00-12:00
Moderator: Bridget J. Crawford, Pace

Panelists: Teemu Ruskola, Emory
Amr Shalakhany, American University of Cairo (AUC)
Lara Stemple, UCLA

Commentator: Suzanne Goldberg, Columbia

12:00-1:00 LUNCH

Conversation 3: Gender and the Establishment of Human Rights
1:00–2:15
Moderator: Katherine Franke, Columbia

Panelists: Karen Engle, Texas
Ratna Kapur, Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations (visiting Yale Law)
Helen Kinsella, Wisconsin
Sally Engle Merry, NYU

Commentator: Tracy Higgins, Fordham

Conversation 4: Prospects for International Gender Norms
2:30-3:45
Moderator: Elizabeth Emens, Columbia

Panelists: Paola Bergallo, University of San Andres, Argentina
Aminu Gamawa, Harvard SJD
Alice Miller, Berkeley (visiting Yale Law)
Dianne Otto, Melbourne

Commentator: Ralph Wilde, UCL

4:00-5:30 Keynote Address/ Annual Dyson Lecture: Janet Halley, Harvard
(Introduction: Darren Rosenblum)

5:30-6:00  Reception

-Bridget Crawford