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Nachrichten, Termine, Experten
In August of 2012, Dr. Sanford served as an invited expert witness on the Guatemalan genocide before Judge Santiago Pedraz in the Spanish National Court’s international genocide case against the Guatemalan generals. Her testimony centered on three main points: (1) There was a genocide; (2) the genocide was intentional; and, (3) the generals had command responsibility for the geno-cide – that is that they are the intellectual and material authors of the Guatemalan Genocide. In her presentation at GIGA, she will discuss the Guatemalan Genocide, the Spanish Tribunal and the current Genocide trial of ex-dictator Efrain Rios Montt in Guatemala.
Dr. Victoria Sanford is professor of Anthropology at Lehman College and a member of the Doctoral Faculty at City University of New York. She is the founding director of the Lehman Center for Human Rights and Peace Studies. She holds a doctorate in Anthropology from Stanford University where she also studied Hu-man Rights Law at the Stanford Law School. Her books include La Masacre de Panzós: Etnicidad, Tierra y Violencia en Guatemala (F&G Editores, 2009), Guatemala: Del Genocidio al Feminicidio (F&G Editores 2008), Violencia y Genocidio en Guatemala (F&G Editores 2003, 2004, 2012), Buried Secrets: Truth and Human Rights in Guatemala (Palgrave Macmillan 2003), and Engaged Observer: Anthropology Advocacy and Activism (Rutgers 2006). Her work has been supported by John Simon Guggenheim, United States Insti-tute for Peace, Fulbright, MacArthur Consortium, Inter-American Foundation, Mellon, and Rockefeller awards.
Information on participating / attending:
The Lecture will be held in English with a following discussion (English and German).
Date:
02/25/2013 17:30 - 02/25/2013 19:00
Event venue:
Monday, 25 February 2013, 5:30-7:00 p.m.
GIGA, Neuer Jungfernstieg 21,
20354 Hamburg,
room 519 (5th floor
20354 Hamburg
Hamburg
Germany
Target group:
Journalists
Relevance:
transregional, national
Subject areas:
Politics, Social studies
Types of events:
Presentation / colloquium / lecture
Entry:
02/13/2013
Sender/author:
Verena Schweiger
Department:
Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
Event is free:
yes
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event42538
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