2nd Annual New Scholarship in Citizenship Studies Conference: Citizenship in Times of Crisis
Date and time
February 25, 2005
About the conference
Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence, Peter Irons, Peter Irons, a leading authority on the Supreme Court and constitutional litigation, keynotes this year's conference.
Location
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI 48202
Speaker(s)
Keynote: Peter Irons
Irons, a leading authority on the Supreme Court and constitutional litigation and has written six books on the subject. He is also the author of the forthcoming book, War Powers: How the Imperial Presidency Hijacked the Constitution. In addition, Irons has contributed to numerous law reviews and other journals. He was chosen in 1988 as the first Raoul Wallenberg Distinguished Visiting Professor of Human Rights at Rutgers University.
He has been invited to lecture on constitutional law and civil liberties at the law schools of Harvard, Yale, Berkeley, Stanford, and more than twenty other schools. In addition to his academic work, Professor Irons has been active in public affairs. He is a practicing civil rights and liberties attorney and was lead council in the 1980s in the successful effort to reverse the World War II criminal convictions of Japanese-Americans who challenged the curfew and relocation orders. He was also elected to two terms on the national board of the American Civil Liberties Union.
Agenda
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 8:30 a.m. | Coffee |
| 9:00 a.m. | Marc W. Kruman, Director, Center for the Study of Citizenship Welcome and Introductions |
| 9 - 10 a.m. | World War I and CitizenshipGreat Test, Great War: The University of Wisconsin During World War I Citizenship in War and Peace: The American Legion and Americanism in the Aftermath of World War I |
| 10 - 10:30 a.m. | Comments and Discussion: Sandra VanBurkleo, History and Law, Wayne State University |
| 10:45 - 11:45 a.m. | Peter Irons, 2005 distinguished scholar-in-residence, professor emeritus of political science at the University of California, San Diego Keynote address: Citizenship in Wartime |
| 12 noon - 1 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1 - 2 p.m. | Colonialism and CitizenshipCitizen Sailors: The Role of British Naval Impressment in Defining Early American Citizenship “Is This the Duty of a French Man?” Questioning Colonial Citizenship and Civic Duty in French West Africa, 1926-1950 Citizenship in Times of Crisis: The Taiwanese Transition from Japanese Subjects to Chinese |
| 2 - 2:30 p.m. | Comments and Discussion: Jerry Herron, Honors Program, Wayne State University |
| 2:45 - 3:45 p.m. | Citizenship in Today’s WorldImmigrants and Welfare Reform Social Rights and Citizenship in Kyrgyzstan: A Communitarian Perspective ¿Nuestro País/Our Country?: Latinos, Citizenship and the Rhetoric of Political Engagement |
| 3:45 to 4:15 p.m. | Comments and Discussion: Kevin Deegan-Krause, Political Science, Wayne State University |
| 4:15 p.m. | Peter IronsResponse |