The Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College hosted a two-day conference marking the 20th anniversary of the end of Apartheid and the establishment of South Africa’s constitutional democracy. The conference considered the last 20 years and issues facing South Africa today including…
Roosevelt House - Public Policy Institute at Hunter College
Moderator: Sean Jacobs, Assistant Professor of International Affairs, The New School Panelists: Hlonipha Mokoena, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Columbia University Ronaldah Lerato Karabo Ngidi, Attorney at the Centre for Child Law, University of Pretoria Mandisa Shandu, Human Rights Attorney, Ndifuna Ukwazi (NU) Antina von Schnitzler, Assistant Professor in the Graduate Program of International Affairs, The New School; Visiting Fellow at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, University of Notre Dame
Moderator: Carolyn Somerville, Professor of Political Science, Hunter College Panelists: Lisa Draga, Attorney, Equal Education Law Centre (EELC) Sayi Nindi, Attorney, Legal Resources Centre (LRC) Ted Powers, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Iowa Larry Shore, Professor of Film & Media Studies, Hunter College
Moderator: Lawrence Moss, Director of the Human Rights Program, Hunter College Panelists: Peggy Hicks, Global Advocacy Director, Human Rights Watch Fiyola Hoosen-Steele, Adjunct Associate Professor, Human Rights Program, Hunter College Wayne Ncube, Candidate Attorney, Johannesburg Office & Law Clinic, Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) Graeme Reid, Director of the LGBT Rights Program, Human Rights Watch
Moderator: Donna Katzin, Executive Director, Shared Interest Panelists: Ahmed Bawa, Vice-Chancellor & Principal, Durban University of Technology Bill Freund, Professor of Economic History (Emeritus), University of KwaZulu Natal; Editorial Board, Transformation Janet Love, National Director, Legal Resources Centre; Commissioner, South African Human Rights Commission Lungisile Ntsebeza, Professor of Sociology, University of Cape Town
Welcoming Remarks: Jennifer J. Raab, President of Hunter College Introductory Remarks David Dinkins, Former Mayor of New York City (1990-1993) Conference Introduction Larry Shore, Professor of Film & Media Studies, Hunter College Moderator: Ida Susser, Professor of Anthropology, Hunter College Panelists: Patrick Bond, Director of the Centre for Civil Society, University of KwaZulu Natal Kate Doyle Griffiths-Dingani, PhD Candidate in Anthropology, CUNY Graduate Center Suren Pillay, Associate Professor and Senior Researcher at the Centre for Humanities Research, University of the Western Cape Nomazamo Zondo, Attorney, Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa (SERI)