Dr. Rosemary Nagy, Visiting Professor from Nippissing University, is teaching POLS 4555: Transitional Justice in the upcoming Spring 2017 semester.
POLS 4555: Transitional Justice is open to all juniors and seniors who are interested in war and peace studies, international law, human rights, and post-conflict peacebuilding.
It is ideal for Political Science majors as well as students in the Law, Justice & Culture certificate program and the Making and Breaking the Law theme.
The course examines transitions from mass atrocities or war in conflict to peace and democracy and the measures that are need for this transition, including transitional justice, truth commissions, and reparations. The course is held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:30 until 11:50 a.m.
Nagy’s areas of interest include law, politics, transitional justice, and human rights, with her most recent work involving missing and murdered women in Canada and colonization. Her current research examines sex trafficking in North Eastern Ontario and aims at responses to victims of trafficking and making policy recommendations.
Nagy earned a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Toronto.
The course was previously taught by Dr. Andrew Ross of the Political Science Department; he conducts research on politics of humanitarianism and global politics.
The course contributes to the Making and Breaking the Law theme, sponsored by the Center for Law, Justice, and Culture.
Comments