07: Transitional Justice: case studies from the Balkans and South Africa
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Hauptschule
Seminar
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in englischer SpracheThis seminar examines how societies respond to violent pasts. What happens after conflicts end (and indeed, are they ever truly ‘finished’)? How do communities and states deal with perpetrators of violence, some of whom may still be in power, and how do they care for victims of human rights abuses? How can social and political conflicts be addressed, and how does our collective memory define our political consciousness – even years later? Can societies shaped by traumatic conflicts transform themselves and turn into cooperative communities? Using case studies from South Africa and the Western Balkans, we examine the processes, practices, and organisational forms of transitional justice.
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Dr. Sheila MEINTJES
Honorary Associate Professor, Political Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
| 1998-2005 | Senior Lecturer in Political Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg |
| 2001-2004 | Full-time Commissioner, Commission for Gender Equality, South Africa |
| 2005 | Associate Professor in Political Studies, University of the Witwatersrand |
| 2006-2010 | Head, Department of Political Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg |
| since 2015 | Honorary Research Associate Professor, Department of Political Studies and History Workshop, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg |
Dr. Jelena OBRADOVIC-WOCHNIK
Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations; Deputy Director, Aston Centre for Europe, Aston University, Birmingham
| 2007 | Ph.D., Russian and East European Studies, University of Birmingham |
| 2008 | Visiting Research Fellow, European Union Institute for Security Studies, Paris |
| Research Fellow, University of Helsinki | |
| Since 2009 Senior Lecturer in Politics, Aston University | |
| 2012 | Visiting Research Fellow, The Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA |
| 2014 | Harry and Helen Gray Reconciliation Fellow, AICGS - American Institute for Contemporary German Studies, John Hopkins University, Washington, D.C. |
