Human Traffic: Past and Present Thursday October 13, 2011 - Saturday October 15, 2011 Hosted by the Center for African and African American Research (CAAAR) at Duke University Thursday night, October 13 Richard White Lecture Hall (East Campus) 7:00-7:15 Opening remarks, J. Lorand Matory, Center for African and African American Research, Duke University 7:15-8:45 Keynote address, Siddharth Kara, Harvard University, "An Overview of Human Trafficking and Contemporary Slavery" Introduction by Suzanne Shanahan, Kenan Institute for Ethics, Duke University Jameson Gallery, Friedl Building (East Campus) 8:45-10:00 Conference Reception Art Exhibition opening, */Transporter /*by Charles Campbell Introduction by Michaeline A. Crichlow, Department of African and African American Studies, Duke University Friday, October 14 Smith Warehouse, Bay 4, FHI Garage (corner of Buchanan & Main Streets) 9:00-9:30 Breakfast & Registration 9:30-9:50 Opening remarks, Michaeline A. Crichlow, Department of African and African American Studies, Duke University 9:50-11:25 Panel I: Mapping Chair: Vincent Brown, Department of History, Duke University Panelists: Robert Bach, Center for Homeland Defense and Security, "Human Trafficking: Powerlessness, Resistance, and the Limits of Protection" Gunther Peck, Duke University, "The Shadow of White Slavery: Race and Empire in Contemporary Human Trafficking Campaigns" Cindy Hahamovitch, College of William and Mary, "Guestworkers or Victims of Human Trafficking?: The Global History of Importable and Deportable Labor" Discussion 11:30-1:30 Lunch & Film screening (Trading Women, directed by David Feingold) 1:30-3:05 Panel II: Markets, Labor, Brokers Chair: Suzanne Shanahan, Kenan Institute for Ethics, Duke University Panelists: Allison Petrozziello, OBMICA, CIES-UNIBE, Santo Domingo, "Borders, Buscones, Brothels and Bi-National Markets: Haitian Women Negotiate How To Get through" Brad Myles, Polaris Project, "Combating Human Trafficking in North Carolina and Nationwide" Jayne O. Ifekwunigwe, Duke University, "Out of Africa ('By Any Means Necessary'): Clandestine West African Migrations and the Gendered Politics of Survival" Discussion 3:05-3:25 Break 3:25-5:00 Panel III: Citizenship and the Law Chair: Ian Baucom, Franklin Humanities Institute, Duke University Panelists: Jacqueline Bhabha, Harvard University, "Targeting the Right Issue: Creating Alternatives to Trafficking from the Grass Roots Up" Liza Buchbinder, University of California at San Francisco, "Of Cosmopolitanism and Localism: The Cultural Style of Trafficked Domestic Servants in West Africa" Michelle Gueraldi, Centro Universitário da Cidade, Rio de Janeiro, "International Trafficking of Brazilian Workers and the State's Response" Discussion Saturday, October 15 Smith Warehouse, Bay 4, FHI Garage (corner of Buchanan & Main Streets) 9:00-9:30 Breakfast 9:30-9:40 Opening remarks, Robin Kirk, Duke Human Rights Center 9:40-10:55 Film Screening (Tales of the Night Fairies, directed by Shohini Ghosh) 10:55-11:05 Break 11:05-12:40 Panel IV: Media and Representation Chair: Charles Piot, Department of Cultural Anthropology, Duke University Panelists: David Feingold, UNESCO, Bangkok, "Feeling Good about Feeling Bad: Trafficking Myths and Mekong Realities" Barbara Limanowska, European Institute for Gender Equality, "Who Is Selling What? How To Use Media To Get Funding for Anti-Trafficking Work" Shohini Ghosh, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, "Trafficking Myths & Sex Work: Narratives in Contemporary Films" Discussion 12:40-1:00 Closing Remarks, J. Lorand Matory, Center for African and African American Research, Duke University Co-sponsors: Franklin Humanities Institute, Kenan Institute for Ethics, Department of African and African American Studies, Duke Human Rights Center, and Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Free parking for Thursday events will be available on Duke's East Campus quad beginning at 6:30pm. Free parking for Friday and Saturday events will be available beginning at 8:30am in the Maxwell St. parking lot next to the Smith Warehouse. For more information, see http://www.fhi.duke.edu/create-content/event/human-traffic-day-1 or e-mail [log in to unmask]