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Thursday, November 1, 2018

8:00a.m. – 3:00p.m. Conference Registration, Lobby Suite, University Union 9:30a.m. – 12 -noon Official Opening Ceremony, University Ballroom, University Union

Directors of Ceremony: Dr. Rita Cameron Wedding, Women’s Studies and Dr. David Covin, Professor Emeritus Welcome Remarks:

Welcome and Blessing: Mary Tarango, Sacramento Native American Health Center, Inc. (SNAHC). Dr. Robert Nelsen, President, Sacramento State

Dr. Boatamo Mosupyoe: Ethnic Studies and Pan African Studies Professor, Director, Cooper-Woodson College Enhancement Program

Dr. Edward L. Lascher, Jr., Interim Dean, College of Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies

Dr. Margee Ensign, President, Dickinson College

Dr. Jean Damascène Bizimana; National Commission for the Fight against Genocide, Rwanda

Introduction of Keynote Speaker: Dr. Bernice Bass de Martinez, College of Education Keynote Address: From the Office of His Excellency Paul Kagame; President Republic of Rwanda:

Honorable Johnston Busingye, Attorney General and Minister of Justice Republic of Rwanda 12:00 noon – 1:15pm Lunch/Video- 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi-University Ballroom

SESSION 1

Thursday, November 1 – Six Concurrent Sessions – 1:30 to 2:45 PM

Genocide Denial Ideology, Impunity, and Accountability: Africa and Armenia – Hinde Auditorium

Chair: Dr. Marlyn Jones, Criminal Justice, Sacramento State

Dr. Masahiro Minami, Simon Fraser University, and Mr. Felix Bigabo, Prison Fellowship Rwanda, “Giving Voices to the Prisoners of Genocide Crimes: Restorative Justice Approaches to Breaking the Cycle of Denial in the Post-Gacaca Rwanda”

2 Dr. Jean-Damascène Gasanabo, Director-General, Research and Documentation Center on Genocide, National Commission for the Fight against Genocide (CNLG), Kigali-Rwanda, “Genocide Ideology and Denial in Rwanda: A continuous Fight” Mr. Athanase Karayenga, Consultant Media & Communication (France), “The Genocides in the African Great Lakes Region International” Dr. Gatsinzi Basaninyenzi, English and Foreign Languages, Alabama A&M University, “John Philpot and the Campaign to

Deny the Genocide against the Tutsi”

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Healing Through Art, Organized Community and Club Dialogues – Capital Room Chair: Dr. Timothy Fong, Ethnic Studies, Sacramento State Dr. Osman Ahmed, “Artistic Representations of Genocide: Memories of Kurdish Genocide” Dr. Michaela Grobbel, “Art Against Forgetting: The Memory Project of Romani Painter Ceija Stojika” Dr. Eric Ndushabandi, “Community Healing and Social Cohesion: Understanding Transgenerational Transmission of Trauma and Memories in Post Genocide Rwanda”

Power Structure, Complacency, and Moral Responsibility – Forest Suite

Chair: Dr. Bao Lo, Ethnic Studies, Sacramento State Dr. Philibert Gakwenzire, “The Leadership and Ethnicity of Rwandan Society from 1960 to 1994” Dr. Mary Langan and Dr. Anne Langan, “South Sudan: A Case of Ethnic Violence” Dr. Marie-France Lebouc, “Some Management Techniques Deflect Moral Responsibility”

Transition Through Trauma and Psychological Distress – Foothill Suite

Chair: Dr. Raghuraman Trichur, Anthropology, Sacramento State Dr. William Froming and Dr. Karen Froming, “Reducing Psychological Distress in a Post-Conflict Country” Dr. Eugene N. Anderson, “Becoming Genocidaires, Becoming Survivors” Ms. Elizabeth Rosner, “Understanding and Transforming the legacy of Intergenerational Trauma”

Indonesia, Japan, and Nazi Death Camps – Redwood Room

Chair: Mr. Booker Cook, Ethnic Studies, Sacramento State

3 Ms. Hannah Wilson, “The Materialisation of Sobibor Death Camp: Artefacts, Narratives and Representation” Dr. Frank Jacob, “We Were Soldiers, Not Criminals: Japanese Perpetrators and Their Narratives of Denial” Mr. Kelana Wisnu Sapta Nugraha, “Silence Speaks When Words Can’t: The 1965-1966 Mass Killings in Banyuwangi, Indonesia and Its Aftermath”

Comparison of Approaches to Healing after Genocide/Mass Killings: Africa and Asia – Orchard Suite

Chair: Mr. Rashad Abdul Alim Baadqir, Ethnic Studies, Sacramento State Ms. Amy Rothschild, “Genocide or Heroic Struggle? The Politics of Memory in Post-Genocide Timor-Leste” Ms. Bhim Nie, “Dega Mass Killings” Dr. Aimé Karimunda, “Gacaca and the Abunizi Courts: The Journey to Justice and Peace Consolidation in the Post Genocide Rwanda” ******************************************************************************************

3:00p.m. – 4:15p.m. Director of Ceremony: Dr. Boatamo Mosupyoe, Ethnic Studies, Sacramento State

Introduction of Keynote Speaker- Dr. Melissa McTernan, Assistant Professor,

Psychology, Sacramento State

Keynote Address: Dr. Christine Finley “"Survival Is No Longer Enough for 2SQs: Stories and Dreams of

'Decolonial Love' from the Future." Hinde Auditorium

SESSION 2

Thursday, November 1, Five Concurrent Sessions – 4:30 to 5:45 PM

International and Judiciary Responses to Extradition and Protection of Genocidaires Fugitives – Capitol Room

Chair: Dr. Rachel Flamenbaum, Anthropology, Sacramento State Mr. Jean Bosco Mutangana, “Direct and Public Incitement to Commit Genocide: Contested Definitions, Legal Debates and Prosecution” Mr. Emmanuel Nkurunziza, “A Regional Approach to Stop the Trans-border Cooperation Between Genocide Fugitives in the Great Lakes Region” Ms. Florida Kabasinga, “Aut dedere aut judicare: The Rwandan Experience” **************************************************************************************************

Rohingya Crisis: Genocide As We Speak – Foothill Suite Chair: Dr. James Sobredo, Ethnic Studies, Sacramento State

4 Dr. Anup Datta, “Ethno-National Conflicts or Genocide: The Rohingya Community in Myanmar” Djaouida Siaci L.L.M, “Rohingya a Charge Genocide Against Burma’s Military” Dr. Muhammad Ala Uddin, “The Rohingya Genocide: A Textbook Example of Ethnic Cleansing”

Legacy of Gender Violence During and In the Aftermath of Genocide – Forest Suite

Chair: Mr. Booker Cook, Ethnic Studies, Sacramento State Dr. Bideri Diogène, “Sexual Crimes as an Instrument of Genocide” Mrs. Alice Karekezi, “Rwanda’s Women Struggle for Gender Justice in the Aftermath of the Genocide Against the Tutsi” Ms. Lori Pirinjian, “The Armenian Genocide: Treatment of Women and Modern Implications”

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Colonial Disciplines and Post -Colonial Theologies: Misinformation and the Church Complicity in Genocide Orchard Suite Chair: Dr. Ricky Green, Ethnic Studies, Sacramento State Dr. Jean-Pierre Karegeye, ”Genocide and Postcolonial African Theolog(ies)” Mr. Marcus Timothy Haworth, “Complicity and Pre-Genocidal Identity Narrative in the Church” Ms. Lejla Mavris- Bratovic, “Bosnia and Herzegovina: 1992-1995 and Today “ **************************************************************************************************

California Natives: Interpretations of Genocide- Hinde Auditorium Chair: Dr. Annette Reed, Ethnic Studies, Sacramento State Dr. Khal Schneider, Sacramento State, “William Benson and the Native History of Genocide” Dr. Joseph Giovannetti, Humboldt State, “The Introduction and Application of “Eugenics” in the Tolowa Genocide” Dr. Steven Crum, Professor Emeritus, U. C. Davis, “Interpretations of Genocide and Native Americans”

6:00p.m. – 8:00p.m. Reception- Invitation Only Presentation: Statement of the Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.

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Friday, November 2, 2018 8:00a.m. – 3:00p.m. Conference Registration, Lobby Suite, University Union

SESSION 3

Friday, November 2, Five Concurrent Sessions – 9:00AM to 10:15AM

Genocide Denial and Its Consequences: Armenia, the Holocaust and Rwanda: – Foothill Suite

Chair: Dr. Barbara Leah McCaffry, Emerita Professor, Sonoma State University

Ms. Maral N. Attallah, “Genocide Denial and Its Consequences: Armenia”

Mr. Kenneth Stern, JD, “Genocide Denial and Its Consequences: the Holocaust “

Dr. Gatsinzi Basaninyenzi, “Genocide Denial and Its Consequences: Rwanda”

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Genocide in California: Denial and Responses – Orchard Suite Chair: Dr. Brian Baker, Ethnic Studies, Sacramento State Dr. Clifford Trafzer, “The Photographic Lens of Cultural Genocide at Sherman Institute” Dr. Brendan Lindsay, “Serranus Hastings and Democratically-Driven Genocide in in Eden and Round Valley” Mr. Andrew Shaler, “The Mariposa War and the Invasion Ahwahnee: Indigenous Resistance and Resilience” Ms. Amanda Wickson, Punishment and Penitence: Sherman Institute as a Carceral Space” ******************************************************************************************

Soviet Genocide Against its Ethnic German Population: Forms, Consequences and Responses – Capital Room Chair: Dr. Elizabeth Mukiibi, Women’s Studies, Sacramento State Dr. Otto Pohl, “Internal deportation and Forced Labor as Instruments of Genocide: The Case of Ethnic Germans in the USSR, 1941-1948” Dr. Eric Schmaltz, “Soviet Germans after Stalin: Reform, Rebirth, and Regret” Dr. Brent Mai, “One Day at a Time: Living as the Survivor of the Attempted Genocide against the Volga Germans, 1941-2017” ******************************************************************************************

International Response to Genocide: Anarchy, Tribunals and the Press – Redwood Room

Chair: Dr. Lionel Rawlins, Assistant Vice President of Safety and Security, American University of Nigeria

6 Dr. Charity Wibabara, “Contribution of Gacaca Courts vis-a-vis the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and National Courts in promoting the Narrative of Genocide against Tutsi” Mr. Justin Habineza, “Call for Harmonization of Reparations Under International Criminal Tribunals” Ms. Freda Kabatsi, “International Press in Post Genocide Rwanda: Genocide Denial, Press Freedom, and State Sovereignty” ******************************************************************************************

Gacaca: Restorative Justice, Reconciliation, and Hope – Hinde Auditorium

Chair: Dr. Tristan Josephson, Women’s Studies, Sacramento State Dr. Masahiro Minami and Mr. Felix Bigabo, “Ubwiyunge mu gikorwa” (Reconciliation in Action) Supporting Transitional Justice through Action-Based Psychosocial Reconciliation Approach in Post-Gacaca Rwanda” Dr. Edward Ballen, “Restoring Hope One Child at a Time: Rural Community Development in Post Genocide Rwanda” ****************************************************************************************** 10:30a.m. – 11:45a.m. Director of Ceremony: Dr. Robin Carter, Associate Dean, College of Health & Human

Services Welcome Remarks:

Blessing and Welcome: Dr. Crystal Martinez-Alire, Ione Band of Miwok Indians

Dr. Ching-Hua Wang, Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs

Dr. Boatamo Mosupyoe, Professor Ethnic Studies, Pan African Studies, Director Cooper-Woodson College Enhancement Program Dr. James Sobredo, Chair Ethnic Studies Dr. Ernest Uwazie, Chair Department of Criminal Justice and Director of the Center for African Peace and Conflict Resolution Introduction of Keynote Speaker: Dr. Edward L. Lascher, Jr., Interim Dean, Social Sciences & Interdisciplinary Studies

Keynote Address: Mr. Adama Dieng, JD, Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary General on the Prevention of Genocide, Ballroom, University Union

12:00 noon – 1:15p.m. Box Lunches for Presenters (Lobby Suite)

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SESSION 4

Friday, November 2, Six Concurrent Sessions – 12:00PM to 1:15PM

Understanding Genocide Through Photography, Music and Dance- Redwood Room

Chair: Dr. James Sobredo, Ethnic Studies, Sacramento State Mr. Andrew Stanbridge, “Photography” Mr. Jean-Paul Samputu, “Music” Chair, Dr. Michael Vann, History, Ballroom 3 Dr. Rachmi Diyah Larasati, “Dance and Historical Reflections on The Indonesian Genocide” **************************************************************************************************

Personifying the Ideology of Never Again: Cultural Connectivity and Genocide Through Literature – Capital Room

Chair: Dr. Jean-Damascène Gasanabo, National Commission for the Fight against Genocide (CNLG) Mr. Phillibert Muzima, “Imbibé de leur sand, gravé de leurs noms” Dr. Lamont Slater, “The Namibian Genocide: Reframing the Conflict to Explore Intercultural Connectivity, Inclusiveness, and Accurate Memorialization” Mr. Maxime Muhire, “Young Generation of Genocide Survivors to Build The Bright Future: Hope and Determination To Unite Voices To Say Loudly “Never Again” ******************************************************************************************

The Myth of Tolerance: Accomplices and Civilian Roles in Mass Killings – Orchard Suite Chair: Dr. Michelle Stevens, Environmental Studies, Sacramento State Mr. Piotr Malochwieg, “The Response of Gorzow Jewish Communities to the Holocaust and its Aftermath” ******************************************************************************************

Eradicating Culture of Impunity Through Home Grown Community Conflict Resolution Processes – Forest Suite Chair: Raquel E. Aldana, UC Davis

Dr. Charles Kabwete, “The Multiple Benefits of Testimony for Reconciliation in Rwanda” Dr. Dennis Bikesha, “Beyond Gacaca Courts: The Status Quo of Reconciliation in Rwanda” ******************************************************************************************

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Genocide Prevention and Overcoming Silence in Mass Killings – Hinde Auditorium Chair: Mrs. Patricia Holmes, Community Member, Sacramento, CA Dr. Hollie Brehm Nyseth and Dr. Nicole Fox, “Acts of Rescue During Genocide in Rwanda” Ms. Kerry J. Malloy, “From Intangible to Tangible: Touching the Legacy of Genocide Prevention” Ms. Emma Avagyan, “Convention of the Crime of Genocide Educational Programmes to overcome Silence” ******************************************************************************************

Responses and Articulations Before, During and After Genocide –Foothill Suite Chair: Dr. Ricky Green, Ethnic Studies, Sacramento State Dr. Gregory Gordon, “Atrocity Speech Law: Foundation, Fragmentation, Fruition” Ms. Emma Walsh, “The Armenian Genocide: Responses of World Players” Dr. Agee Mugabe, “From Stories of Suffering to Success Stories During the Commemoration of the Genocide in Rwanda: Exploring Views and Implications” ******************************************************************************************

SESSION 5

Friday, November 2, Five Concurrent Sessions – 1:30PM to 2:45PM

General Analysis of Pathways to Genocide and Mass Killings – Forest Suite Chair: Dr. Michael Walker, Anthropology, Sacramento State Dr. Hollie Nyseth Brehm, “A Quantitative Comparative Analysis to Paths to Genocide” Dr. Volker Langbehn, “Precursors to the Nazi Holocaust – Eugenics and German Colonialism” ******************************************************************************************

Intergenerational Approaches to Conflict Management and Transformation – Orchard Suite Chair: Dr. Data Barata, Anthropology, Sacramento State Ms. Radegonde Ndejuru “A Second Chance at Home, the Retirement Model of Genocide Survivors” Mrs. Geraldine Umutesi and Ms. Ingrid Karangwayire, “A New Dawn Model: A Youth Friendly Approach for Resilience and Conflict Transformation in Rwanda” **************************************************************************************************

History, Memory and the Quest for Justice: Rwanda, Cambodia, East Timor, Germany and Yugoslavia Capital Room

Chair: Dr. Sylvester Bowie, Social Work, Sacramento State

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Losing our Future Generations: Genocide and Native American Women – Foothill Suite

Chair: Dr. Anne Luna-Gordinier, Sociology, Sacramento State Dr. Annette Reed, “Wars of Extermination: California Native Women and Children” Dr. Myla Vicenti Carpio, “Lost Generation: Sterilization of American Indian Women” Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie, “In the Eyes of the Beholder” **************************************************************************************************

Gendering Narratives in Genocide: Sexual Violence Erasure and Impunity – Hinde Auditorium Chair: Dr. Michael Vann, History, Sacramento State Dr. Michael G. Vann, ““And not Just the men but the women and children too": Gendering Narratives of Cold War Violence in Indonesian, Vietnamese and Cambodian Museums.” Dr. Maria Vargas, “The Historical Repetition and Systematic Erasure of Genocide and Sexual Violence against Indigenous Women” Dr. Umme Wara, ““Genocidal rape” against Rohingya Women” ******************************************************************************************

SESSION 6

Friday, November 2 – Five Concurrent Sessions – 3:00PM to 4:15 PM

Sexual Violence and Objectification of Women Through Images – Orchard Suite Chair: Dr. Myrna Goodman, Emerita Professor, Sonoma State University Mrs. Liberata Gahongayire, “The Image of Tutsi Women in the Genocide Ideology Seen Through the Newspaper Kangura Published from 1990 to 1994 in Rwanda” Glorieuse Uwizeye RN, “Unfolding the Lived Experience of Young Adults Born of Genocidal Rape in Rwanda”

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Mass Killings in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka – Forest Suite

Chair: Dr. Cecil Canton, Criminal Justice, Sacramento State Dr. Pradip Kar, “Bangladesh Genocide in 1971” Dr. Abimaniya Vijayakumar, “Prolonged Ethnic Conflict and the War Crimes in the Sri Lankan Island” Dr. Umme Wara, “The 1971 Massacre of Intellectuals in Bangladesh: Genocide?” ******************************************************************************************

Ethno-Cultural Massacre in the United States of America and Liberia – Foothill Suite

Chair: Mr. Darryl Freeman, Ethnic Studies, Sacramento State Dr. Joshua Fernandez, “Anti-Fascist Organizing in the Face of New American Genocide” Dr. Joseph Tomoonh-Garlodeyh Gbaba, “Samuel Doe and the Krahn Ethnic Group” Mr. Darryl Freeman, “Still Killing us but Softly; Contemporary Attitudes, Behavior and Public Policy not so Subtly Working to Eliminate Ethnic Cultures in the United States”

Co-Existing with Genocidaires and the Struggle to Regain Humanity – Capital Room

Chair: Dr. Diogène Bideri, Rwanda Ms. Sarah Snyder, “The Impossible Return Home: Residing at Auschwitz-Birkenau” Dr. Charles Mukasi, “Genocide Au Burundi: Des Mensonges Qui Tuent/ Genocide in Burundi: Lies that Kills” Dr. Jeffrey Bachman, “Historical Revisionism to the Field of Genocide Studies”

Urban Genocide in the USA – Hinde Auditorium

Chair: Dr. Andrea Moore, Ethnic Studies, Sacramento State Ms. Tanya Faison, “When Black People Are Killed: Treating Black Families Like Criminals Instead of Victims” Ms. Sonia Lewis, “Police Genocide of Black People and the System’s Reaction to Black Death” Mr. Brrazey Liberty, “Addressing and Discussing Punishment: When Police and Whites Kill Black People” Ms. Lesa Johnson, “The Criminalization and Incarceration of Black People: How the Criminal System Enables and Enacts Black Genocide”

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Sacramento State

Introduction of Keynote Speaker - Dr. Marya Endriga, Associate Dean, College of Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies, Sacramento State

Keynote Address: Honorable, Jeannette Ndlovhu, Former South African Ambassador to Ghana/Permanent Ambassador to the United Nations for South Africa

6p.m. – 8:00p.m. Reception for Conference Participants- Redwood Room

Director of Ceremony: Dr. Dianne Hyson, Associate Dean, College of Social Science and Interdisciplinary Studies, Sacramento State

Guest Speaker: Dr. Jean -Damascène Bizimana; National Commission for the Fight against Genocide, Rwanda

Saturday, November 3, 2018

8:00a.m. – 11:30a.m. Conference Registration, Lobby Suite, University Union

Day 3 Saturday, November 3, 2018

Sessions 7

Saturday, November 3-Two Concurrent Sessions-8:30am-9:30am

Chair: Dr. Jessie Gaston, History, Sacramento State Tony J. Tanke, J.D. “Shoah and International Law” Hinde Auditorium

Chair: Dr. Michael Vann Dr. Geoffrey Robinson, “The Killing Season: A History of the Indonesian Massacres, 1965-1966” Redwood Room

10am-12:00pm Director of Ceremony: Dr. David Covin, Professor Emeritus and Dr. Rita Cameron-

Wedding, Women Studies Welcome and Blessing: Chairman Anthony Roberts, Tribal Chairman: Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation AND Chairperson, Sara Dutschke Setshwaelo: Ione Band of Miwok Indians Remarks: Dr. Robert Nelsen, President, Sacramento State Introduction of Dancers: Dr. Annette Reed, Ethnic Studies Tolowa Dancers – Ni Dox Xus Introduction of Keynote Speaker; Dr. David Covin, Professor Emeritus

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12:30 Closing

7:00pm-9:30pm FORA: Dinner and Dance University Ballroom-