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New Summer Externships on Post-Genocide Justice in Cambodia

New Summer Externships on Post-Genocide Justice in Cambodia

Nearly four decades after the Khmer Rouge genocide, two Ohio University faculty and six undergraduate students are headed to Cambodia this summer to study how the society remembers and reconciles its history with its present. “In the late 1970s, Cambodian society was wracked by the rule of the Khmer Rouge […]

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March 10, 2014 at 6:04 pmNews

Khmer Studies Forum: Cambodia at Crossroads, March 14-16

Khmer Studies Forum: Cambodia at Crossroads, March 14-16

The sixth annual Khmer Studies Forum will be held at Ohio University March 14-16 with the theme, “Cambodia at a Crossroads.” “Cambodia has been changing at a rapid pace: urban development is astonishing, foreign investment extensive, environmental destruction staggering. Protests by dissatisfied factory workers and victims of land-grabbing show Cambodians’ […]

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February 27, 2014 at 4:31 pmEvents

Anthropology of International Justice: ‘Human Rights in East Timor,’ April 15

Anthropology of International Justice: ‘Human Rights in East Timor,’ April 15

The Anthropology of International Justice spring series features Dr. Elizabeth Drexler on “Human Rights in East Timor and Indonesia” on Tuesday, April 15, at 5 p.m. in the Multicultural Center on the second floor of the Baker Center. Drexler is Associate Professor of Anthropology and the Director of the Peace […]

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February 27, 2014 at 4:20 amEvents