Panel 4 (1:30pm-3:10 pm)
Theoretical Perspectives on Global Responsibility
Chair: Ninon Grangé (Philosophy, University of Paris 8)/ Lyn Boyd Judson (Levan
Institute USC)
* John Dreher, Philosophy, USC Dornsife, ‘Implementing Global Standards of
Justice and the Common Good (A Theoretical Perspective on Global
Responsibility)’
International Conference
Ethics and Practices of Responsibility
November 19-20, 2012
Location: MSH-Paris Nord
* Phillip A. Lobo, Comparative Literature, USC Dornsife, ‘Modeling Modernity:
World-building Practices in Nostromo and Tropico’
* Frederique Leichter-Flack, Literature, University of Paris Ouest, ‘From
disaster emergency to extensive and implicit uses of ‘triage’: ethical issues,
responsibilities and perceptions’
* Jean-Louis Fournel, Italian Studies, University of Paris 8, and Isabelle
Delpla, University of Montpellier III, Philosophy), ‘Criminal Responsibility,
Political Responsibility and Moral Responsibility: Cross-Analysis of the
Investigations and Reports on the Srebrenica Massacre (July 11, 1995)’
Panel 5 (3:30-4:45pm)
Location, Appropriation and Struggles for Justice
Chair/Discussion : Laure Blévis (Sociology, Paris Ouest) / Marie-Claire Lavabre
(Political Science, Paris Ouest-CNRS)
* Edwin Hill, USC Departments of French and Italian, Comparative Literature,
‘La Rage: Losing It in the French Peripheries’
* Clemens Zobel, Political Science, University Paris 8, ‘Local conventions and
the downscaling or responsibility through decentralization: considering the
moral economy of gold mining in Southern Mali’
* Thomas Brisson, Political Science/Labtop, ‘Global Human Rights?
Authoritarian rulers, Confucian intellectuals and the question of the cultural
boundaries of justice in Asia in the 1990-2000s’
5pm: Conclusion
Directions to the MSH Paris Nord
MSH Paris Nord
4 rue de la croix Faron
93210 St-Denis la Plaine
RER B La plaine/Stade de France
http://www.mshparisnord.fr/fr/la-msh-paris-nord/contacts/acceder-ala-msh-pn.html
Event sponsors:
Université Paris 8 (BQR), CERPHI CNRS, Labtop-Paris 8, Institut Universitaire
de France, ISP-Paris Ouest/CNRS, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and
Sciences (USC Center for International Studies, USC Levan Institute for
Humanities and Ethics), USC Shoah Foundation.
We thank the MSH Paris-Nord for hosting the event.
Day 1: Monday, November 19
Panel 3 (3pm-4:15pm)
Power and Responsibility: Media, Celebrities and Politics
Opening 10am
Panel 1 (10:30am-11:45)
Institutional and Legal Mechanisms of Responsibility
Chair/discussion: Laurence Dubin and Pierre Bodeau-Livinec (Legal Studies, Paris
8)
*Alison Dundes Renteln, Political Science, USC Dornsife, ‘A Comparative
Analysis of Good Samaritan Laws: Toward a Global Duty to Rescue’
*Guillame Mouralis, History, University of Paris 8, ‘The Nuremberg Trial:
Connecting the Careers and Paths of American Lawyers and the Prevailing
Conceptions of Justice and Human Rights’
*Zsuzsa Londe, USC American Language Institute, ‘Assessing Norms (in UN
HR Language)’
Chair: Ann Crigler (Political Science, USC Dornsife) / Discussant: Dan Leshem (USC,
Shoah Foundation Institute)
* Steven J. Ross, History, USC Dornsife & Co-Director, Los Angeles Institute
for the Humanities, ‘Movement Leader, Grassroots Builder: Jane Fonda and
Dual Strategy for Politicizing the Public’
* Violaine Roussel, Sociology/Labtop, University of Paris 8, ‘Celebrities in
Arenas of Public Intervention: Responsibility and Representation Struggles’
* Georges Meyer, Political Science/Labtop, University of Paris 8, ‘The
responsibility of movie makers. Censorship and scandal movies in France at
the turn of the seventies’
5:30-7:30pm: Reception at The University of Paris 8 (La Coupole)
Lunch & Coffee
Panel 2 (1:30-2:45pm)
Claims for Justice, Accountability and Responsibility Assignment
Chair: Patricia Paperman (Political Science, Paris 8)/ Discussant: Alison Renteln
(Political Science, USC)
* Damien de Blic, Political Science/Labtop, University of Paris 8 and Judith
Assouly, CERSES-University of Paris 5, ‘Who Does What in Financial Scandals?
Moral and Political Sociology of the Kerviel Case’
* Sandrine Lefranc, Political Science, University of Paris Ouest, ‘For a
Different Justice: The Convergence of Transnational Trends for Restorative
Justice’
* Dan Leshem, USC Shoah Foundation Institute, ‘Establishing a Global
Archive: The Politics and Ethics of Worldwide Testimony Collection Practices’
Day 2: Tuesday, November 20
Student Roundtable (10:00 am-12pm)
Chairs: Violaine Roussel (Sociology, Paris 8) and Ann Crigler (Political Science, USC
Dornsife). Discussants from Paris 8 and Paris Ouest
* James Michael Alberto Bell, Spanish and Biological Sciences, USC
Undergraduate, ‘A World in Need: Evaluating Spanish and British Healthcare’
Orli Chava Robin, Creative Writing & Judaic Studies, USC
Undergraduate,‘Global Polyphony in Fiction: A Quest for Restorative
Tolerance’
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* Marissa A. Roy, Philosophy, Politics and Law, USC Undergraduate, ‘The UN’s
Eight Millennial Goals and the Unpopularity of Global Distributive Justice’
Lunch & Coffee