Michelberger featured

Between Justice and Truth: The Legal Prosecution of Third Reich Crimes in Giulio Ricciarelli’s Labyrinth of Lies

What contributions can fictional narratives and their examination with the tools of literary scholarship make to transitional justice scholarship? This book chapter by Western Academy Postdoctoral Scholar Pascal Michelberger examines Giulio's Ricciarelli's 2014 film Labyrinth of Lies, a fictionalized re-telling of the investigations that led to the historic Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial in West Germany (1963–65).

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Research spotlight nov 25

Research Spotlight Series: Fernando Chacon & Cornelius K. A. Pienaah

How do unfulfilled claims for justice and national reconciliation in El Salvador affect the postmemory of the Civil War? And what are the global implications of the significant agricultural disruption caused by current large-scale armed conflicts? This session of the Possibilities for Peace Research Spotlight Series features talks by Fernando Chacon and Cornelius K. A. Pienaah.

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Research spotlight nov 20

Research Spotlight Series: Priscila Barros & Yijing Li

How does the struggle for power in the global arena hinge on encoding and decoding the principles of international law? And how can research-based art uncover the complexities of conflict and thus contribute to discourse on peace? This session of the Possibilities for Peace Research Spotlight Series features talks by Priscila Barros and Yijing Li.

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Nolke featured

The State of Rules-based Order: The Red Passport podcast episode with Sabine Nölke

How can the international community navigate the currently precarious state of the international legal order? In this interview for the Red Passport podcast, Western Academy Visiting Fellow Sabine Nölke discusses the lasting damage caused by the ongoing erosion of trust in international relations and why there are nonetheless good reasons to be optimistic about the future of international law.

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Research spotlight nov 18

Research Spotlight Series: Jeremias Campos & Sohini Chatterjee

How does a testimonio podcast in El Salvador challenge threats against journalists and help promote social reform? And how can the challenges and insecurities experienced by marginalized disabled trans and queer people in India inform research in International Relations? This session of the Possibilities for Peace Research Spotlight Series features talks by Jeremias Campos and Sohini Chatterjee.

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