GLS Events
Spring 2007
- January 25, 2007: “The Soviets at Nuremberg: International Law.
Propaganda, and the Making of the Postwar Order,” Francine Hirsch,
Associate Professor, UW Department of History, sponsored by GLSI and co-sponsored
by Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA). 1/25/07, 4.00-5.00
pm in Lubar Commons (7200 Law). Open to all, no registration required.
- February 5, 2007: Study Abroad follow-up session
– Professors Heinz Klug, Steve Barkan and Nina Camic will explain the application
and selection process. 12-1.00 in Lubar Commons (7200 Law). Contact Sumudu
Atapattu for further information.
- February 6, 2007: “Between Protocol and Ethics:
State Funerals for Past Dictators,” Professor Javier Couso, Professor
of Law and Politics, Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago, Chile and 2006
Tinker Visiting Professor at UW, 2/15/06, Noon – 1.00 in Lubar Commons (7200
Law). Open to all, no registration required.
- February 8, 2007: "The Changing Horizon of Human
Rights in Sri Lanka: The Ethnic Conflict, the Role of the Supreme Court and
the influence of International Law" Sumudu Atapattu, Associate Director,
Global Legal Studies Center, Center for South Asia Spring Lecture Series,
sponsored by the Center for South Asia and co-sponsored by the GLSC, 2/8/07,
noon – 1.00, 206 Ingram Hall. For details contact Rachael
Weiss.
- February 15, 2007: Coffee and Donuts with Faculty – Panel
discussion on Careers in International Law with Professor
Heinz Klug, Professor Richard Bilder and Assistant Dean Kevin Kelly. 9-10
AM, Lubar Commons. All interested law students are welcome. Co-sponsored by
WILJ and WILS.
- February 15, 2007: “German and
American Models for Gender Equality in Law and Policy,” by Professor
Myra Marx Ferree, Professor of Sociology and Director, Center for German and
European Studies, UW-Madison. Sponsored by GLSI and hosted by Professor Heinz
Klug, 2/15/07 – 12.00-1.00. Lubar Commons (7200 Law). Open to all – no registration
required.
- March 2, 2007: Symposium on "Regulation
and Governance of Health Care; Alternative Practices, Theoreis and Visions,"
Hosted by Louise Trubek, Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Health
Law Project. Sponsors: Health Law Project, Global Legal Studies Initiative,
European Union Center of Excellence, WISGAR, and WAGE Governance Circle. Approved
for 8.0 hours of general Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credit for Wisconsin
attorneys. Registration is free, but space is limited.
Please note that there is no more space left to participate
in the symposium and registration is now closed. Contact
Sumudu Atapattu for details.
See speaker
profile and Program.
- March 2, 2007: Wisconsin International Law Journal
Symposium "Islamic Law in a Globalized World: Implications for Contemporary
Finance Law" Open to UW students and faculty and the legal community.
Approved for 5.5 general CLE credits for Wisconsin attorneys. Multiple cosponsors.
Registration
and Program Details
- March 6, 2007: “International Human Rights Law
and Public Interest Litigation,” Paul Hoffman, partner, Schonbrun,
De Simone, Seplow, Harris & Hoffman LLP, Los Angeles, California, sponsored
by the Public Interest Law Group and co-sponsored by Global Legal Studies,
Tuesday, 3/6/07, Room 2260 Law at 5.00 pm (details pending) with support from
the Lectures Committee.
- March 16, 2007: US Colonial Rule & Constitutional Change: Case Studies
from the Philippines and Puerto Rico, --Dr. Vicente Rafael (University
of Washington), "The Afterlife of Empire: Sovereignty and Revolution in the
Philippines" and --Dr. Christina Duffy Burnett (Princeton), "The Constitutionalization
of the Subject: Citizens, Nationals, and American Empire." Introduction by
Professor Heinz Klug, UW Law School and Director, Global Legal Studies Center
and Professor John Ohnesorge, UW Law School and Assistant Director, East Asian
Legal Studies Center, will participate as a discussant. Sponsored by Center
for Southeast Asian Studies, Latin American, Caribbean & Iberian Studies Program
(LACIS) and Global Legal Studies Center, 3/16/07, Noon - 2.00 pm, Room 2260
Law, Open to all, no registration required. Contact Peggy
Choy for details.
- March 29, 2007: Workshop on Nationalism featuring presentations
on “Nationalism, Fascism and the Family: Remembering the Past in Japanese
Comix,” by Professor Mary Layoun and “Early Modern Nationalism and Patriotism:
John Milton to Thomas Paine,” by Professor David Loewenstein, Thursday, 3/29/07,
3:30-5:00pm, Lubar Commons (7200 Law), hosted by Professor Len Kaplan, Director
of the Project for Law and the Humanities, sponsored by the Institute for
Legal Studies and co-sponsored by the Center for the Humanities and the Global
Legal Studies Center. Contact Pam Hollenhorst at pshollen@wisc.edu
- April 10, 2007: “Iraq: A Constitutional Perspective,”
by Brady Williamson, Attorney, Godfrey & Kahn, S.A., and adjunct faculty,
UW Law School, sponsored by the Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy
(WAGE), Wisconsin Veterans Museum and Department of History, UW-Madison, and
co-sponsored by Global Legal Studies Center, Global Security Program and the
Division of International Studies, Tuesday, 4/10/07, 7:00-8:30 pm, Wisconsin
Veterans Museum (30 W. Mifflin Street). For details email: wage@intl-institute.wisc.edu.
- April 11, 2007: “A European Constitutional Patriotism?
The Case Restated,” by Professor Jan-Werner Mueller, Assistant Professor,
Department of Politics at Princeton University. Professor Mueller’s areas
of specialization are: political theory; history of modern political thought;
and European politics and society. 4/11/07, Noon – 1.30 pm, Lubar Commons
(7200 Law), Sponsored by Global Legal Studies and the European Union Center
of Excellence.
- April 16, 2007: Workshop on
“War on Cancer and Accountability for Outcomes: A Transatlantic Dialogue on
How and Why of Success,” Monday, 4/16/07, 2.00-6.00, Health Sciences
Learning Center Auditorium (Room 1325), sponsored by UW European Union Center
of Excellence, Center for Global Health and co-sponsored by Global Legal Studies.
For details contact Sebnem Ozkan at eucenter@intl-institute.wisc.edu
- April 17, 2007: "Indivisibility of Rights," Roundtable
on Human Rights with Larry Cox, Executive Director, Amnesty International
USA, Noon - 1.30 pm, Lubar Commons (7200 Law), details pending. By
invitation only
- April 17, 2007: "War on Human Rights",
Mildred Fish-Harnack Human Rights Lecture delivered by Larry Cox, Executive
Director, Amnesty International USA, 4-5 pm at Alumni Lounge, Pyle Center,
sponsored by the Division of International Studies and Global Legal Studies
Center. Open to the public. See details.
- April 20 and 21, 2007: "Responses to Atrocity:
International and Domestic Judicial Mechanisms", Conference sponsored
by the Global Legal Studies Center & Humanitarianism and World Order. Friday,
April 20 - 9:00 am - Noon - 3250 Law, 1:00-6:00 pm - Lubar Commons (7200 Law).
See Conference
agenda and biographies
and abstracts. Saturday, April 21 - 9:00-5:00 - Lubar Commons (7200 Law).
- April 24, 2007: Outreach workshop on “International
Environmental Law: Global Climate Change” - speakers: Professor Jonathan
Foley, Professor of Environmental Studies & Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
& Director, SAGE, UW-Madison; Professor Stephanie Tai, UW
Law School, Professor Doug Macdonald, Centre for Environment, University of
Toronto, Canada, and Sumudu Atapattu, Associate Director, Global Legal Studies
Center. Approved for 3.0 hours of CLE credit for Wisconsin attorneys.
See workshop
agenda and biography of speakers Sponsored by Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE) and Global
Legal Studies Centre and co-sponsored by the International Practice Section,
State Bar of Wisconsin, Environment Section, Wisconsin Bar (to be confirmed),
Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, UW-Madison, Center for
Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE), UW-Madison, 2.45-6 pm, Lubar
Commons (7200 Law). To register, contact Sumudu
Atapattu before 4/16/07. This is part of a series of workshops on Global
Legal Issues on the theme: “When Global Society Meets Local Society:
The Impact of Globalization on National Law."
- April 25, 2007: “A North American Perspective
on Global and Domestic Climate Change Politics,” Professor Doug Macdonald,
Centre for Environment, University of Toronto, Canada, April 25, Noon-1.00
in Lubar Commons (7200 Law). Sponsored by the Global Legal Studies Center
and hosted by Professor Heinz Klug. Open to all, no registration required.
- April 26, 2007: "Law in Denial or Law in Control?: Reflections
on War in the Twilight of an Era,” Professor Nathaniel Berman, Professor of
Law, Brooklyn Law School, Lecture Series on Law, War and Human
Security hosted by Professors Heinz Klug and Helen Kinsella,
Sponsored by the Lectures Committee, Thursday, 4/26/07, 3.30-4.30 pm in Lubar
Commons (7200 Law). Open to all, no registration required.
- April 27, 2007: Phil Anisman lecture, hosted by Professor
Len Kaplan, Friday, 4/27/07, Lubar Commons, Noon-1.00 pm, part of the Canadian
Studies Lecture Series, sponsored by the Institute for Legal Studies and Global
Legal Studies. Details pending, contact Pam
Hollenhorst at pshollen@wisc.edu.
- May 1, 2007: Outreach workshop on “International Human
Rights Law” – speakers: Professor Angel Oquendo, Professor of Law, University
of Connecticut School of Law; Professor Francine Hirsch, Associate Professor
of History, UW-Madison; Professor Heinz Klug, Professor of Law, UW Law School
& Director, Global Legal Studies Center; Kevin Kelly, Assistant Dean, Curricular
Affairs, UW Law School. Approved for 3.0 hours of CLE credit for Wisconsin
attorneys. See workshop
agenda and biography of speakers.
Sponsored by Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE) and Global
Legal Studies Center and co-sponsored by the International Practice Section,
State Bar of Wisconsin and Humanitarianism and World Order Research Circle,
UW-Madison, 2.45 -6 pm, Lubar Commons (7200 Law). To register, contact Sumudu
Atapattu before 4/23/07. This is part of a series of workshops on Global
Legal Issues on the theme: “When Global Society Meets Local Society:
The Impact of Globalization on National Law.”
- May 2, 2007: “Struggle for Rights in Latin America,”
Professor Angel Oquendo, Professor of Law, University of Connecticut
School of Law, Noon – 1.00 pm, Wednesday, 5/2/07, Lubar Commons (7200 Law),
hosted by Professor Joe Thome, sponsored by the Global Legal Studies Center
and co-sponsored by the Latin American, Carribbean & Iberian Studies Program
(LACIS), open to all, no registration required.
- May 3, 2007: “Empirically Evaluating Claims About
Investment Treaty Arbitration,” Professor Susan Franck, Assistant
Professor, University of Nebraska College of Law, Lincoln, Noon – 1.00 pm,
Wednesday, 5/2/07, Lubar Commons (7200 Law), hosted by Professor Allison Christian
and sponsored by the Institute for Legal Studies and Global Legal Studies
Center, open to all, no registration required (pizza will be served).
- May 16, 2007: Outreach workshop on “International
Trade Law and Intellectual Property Law” – speakers: Professor
Colin Picker, Associate Professor of Law, University of Missouri-Kansas
City School of Law; Professor David Trubek, Voss-Bascom Professor of Law,
UW Law School & Senior Fellow, Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy
(WAGE), UW-Madison, Attorney Erik Ibele, Neider & Boucher, S.C., Attorneys
& Counselors, Madison & Lecturer, Adjunct Faculty, UW Law School; Attorney
Elisabeth Townsend Bridge Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C., Milwaukee. Approved
for 3.0 hours of CLE credit for Wisconsin attorneys. See workshop
agenda and biography of speakers. Sponsored by Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE) and Global
Legal Studies Center and co-sponsored by the International Practice Section,
State Bar of Wisconsin, 2.45 -6 pm, Lubar Commons (7200 Law). To register,
contact Sumudu Atapattu before 5/7/07.
This is part of a series of workshops on Global Legal Issues on the theme:
“When Global Society Meets Local Society: The Impact of Globalization on National
Law.” Please note that the deadline
for registration has been extended to Monday, May 14th, 2007.
- June 17-20, 2007 "An International Dialogue on Ecological Policy"
Annual workshop of the Multi-State Working Group on Environmental Performance.
At Monona Terrace. Registration information and program details can be found
at the MSWG website: http://www.mswg.org/
Approved for 21 hours of CLE credit for Wisconsin
Attorneys.
