Spring 2007 Symposium:
“The Evolution of Colonialism in a Global Economy”
March 2, 2007
The Journal of International Law and Policy (“JILP”) at the University of California, Davis, Law School hosts an annual symposium. The 2007 symposium will mark the sixtieth anniversary of Indian and Pakistani independence, the start of the process of decolonization that transformed world politics in the mid-twentieth century. Symposium participants will examine the residual effects of old-style colonialism, including but not limited to the current occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan, with analysis of the political situations that led to those occupations and the repercussions of foreign involvement; so-called economic colonialism, including a look into purported American hegemony in the world economy, the rise of other powerhouse economies and the influence of multi-national organizations on poor countries; and cultural colonialism, with attention both to the legacies of the colonial period and the influence of “globalization” on individual cultures.
Schedule
09:15 Welcome – Dean Rex Perschbacher
09:30 Introductory Remarks – Professor Diane Marie Amann
09:45 – 11:45 Neocolonialism (Moderator, Professor Andrea K. Bjorklund)
Professor Ibrahim Gassama, University of Oregon
Professor Fernando Lopez-Alves, University of California, Santa Barbara
Professor Jed Purdy, Duke University
Professor Hari M. Osofsky, University of Oregon School of Law
1:00 – 3:00 Economic colonialism (Moderator, Professor Anupam Chander)
Professor Joel Ngugi, University of Washington
Professor Tayyab Mahmud, Seattle University; John Marshall
Ms. Catherine Duggan, Stanford University
03:15 – 05:15 Cultural colonialism (Moderator, Professor Keith Aoki)
Professor Madhavi Sunder, University of California, Davis
Mr. John Hannaford, Government of Canada, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
Professor Rohit Chopra, Emory University
Professor Sudipta Sen, University of California, Davis
05:15 Closing Remarks – Professor Andrea K. Bjorklund
Reception to Follow
Attendance is free to the public.