2014 Conference: The Ethical Dimensions of Civil War
October 12-15, 2014
University of Notre Dame
Keynote Address: “A Moral Analysis of the US Civil War,” Kit Wellman, Washington University.
Download the call for papers:
University of Notre Dame
Keynote Address: “A Moral Analysis of the US Civil War,” Kit Wellman, Washington University.
Download the call for papers:
| isme14_cfp.pdf |
Download the final program:
| isme_program_2014.pdf |
Sun 12 October
19:00-21:00 Opening Reception– cash bar and registration packet pick-up
Mon 13 October
0800: ISME Registration
0845: Welcome and Overview of Program, Don Howard
0900: Keynote Address: Kit Wellman, “A Moral Analysis of the US Civil War”
1015: Break
1030-1700: Concurrent sessions
1030-1200
Session 1: Author Meets Critics
Session 2: Issues of Rebellion and Intervention
Session 3: From Cold War to Total War
1200: Lunch break (no host)
1330-1500
Session 4: Jus ad Bellum and State Legitimacy
Session 5: Theoretical Issues in JWT
Session 6: Issues of Jus ad Bellum for Civil Wars
1500: Break
1530-1700
Session 7: Contractors and Profiteers
Session 8: Secession and Justification
1700-1830: Break
1830-2030: Annual ISME Banquet (for registered guests)
Tues 14 October
1000: Refreshments in McKenna Hall Lobby
1030-1700: Concurrent Sessions
1030-1200
Session 9: Interventions
Session 10: Combat Trauma and Moral Injury
Session 11: Author Meets Critics
1200-1330: Lunch break (no host)
1330-1500
Session 12: The US Civil War in Just War Theory
Session 13: Cultural Considerations
1500-1530: Break
1530-1600: ISME Business Meeting (Don Howard)
Location: 106 McKenna Hall
1600-1730: Concluding ISME Sessions
Session 14: Senior Officer Ethics and PMEE
Session 17: Historical Figures
1800: No-Host Dinner
Wed 16 October
1230: George Lucas
General Information:
Parking:
Visitors can park in all designated visitors lots. The visitor lot closest to the McKenna Conference Center is on the south side of campus, across Eddy Street from the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center.
Social Media:
The Reilly Center will be tweeting parts of the conference from the handle @NDReillyCenter. The Twitter hashtag for the conference will be #isme14
19:00-21:00 Opening Reception– cash bar and registration packet pick-up
- Location: McKenna Hall Lobby
Mon 13 October
0800: ISME Registration
0845: Welcome and Overview of Program, Don Howard
- Location: McKenna Hall Auditorium
0900: Keynote Address: Kit Wellman, “A Moral Analysis of the US Civil War”
- Location: McKenna Hall Auditorium
1015: Break
1030-1700: Concurrent sessions
1030-1200
Session 1: Author Meets Critics
- Chair: Don Howard
- Michael Gross, "The Ethics of Insurgency" (See his latest book here.)
- Respondents: George Lucas,Valerie Morkevicius, David Whetham
- Location: McKenna Hall Auditorium
Session 2: Issues of Rebellion and Intervention
- Chair: Dave Barnes
- Jordy Rochelau on the Relative Justice of Internal Rebellion Over Foreign Intervention
- Michael Kocsis on Civil Wars and Cosmopolitanism
- Location: 112-114 McKenna Hall
Session 3: From Cold War to Total War
- Chair: Duncan Purves
- Magdalena Revue on the “Turnaround” of 1989-1990 Germany
- Douglas Jordan on Total War and Rebuilding
- Location: 106 McKenna Hall
1200: Lunch break (no host)
1330-1500
Session 4: Jus ad Bellum and State Legitimacy
- Chair: Pauline Kaurin
- Martin Cook on Why We Have a Moral Stake in (some) Sovereign States
- Kimberly Hudson on the Duty of Non-Intervention
- Location: 100-104 McKenna Hall
Session 5: Theoretical Issues in JWT
- Chair: Randy Dipert
- Stehen Kershnar on An Axiomatic Theory of Just Warfare
- Ryan Jenkins and Duncan Purves on The Criterion of Right Intention and the Ends of War
- Location: 112-114 McKenna Hall
Session 6: Issues of Jus ad Bellum for Civil Wars
- Valerie Morkevicius on A Theory of Just Rebellion
- James Pittman on Jus in Bello Reflections and the American Civil War
- Location: 106 McKenna Hall
1500: Break
1530-1700
Session 7: Contractors and Profiteers
- Chair: Steve Kershnar
- Dave Barnes on the Evolution of Private Security in Civil Wars and New Wars
- Saba Bazargan on the Liability of War-Profiteers
- Location: 100-104 McKenna Hall
Session 8: Secession and Justification
- Crystal Allen-Gunasekera on Secession and Just Cause
- Danny Weltman on Civil War, Regime Change, and Self-Determination
1700-1830: Break
1830-2030: Annual ISME Banquet (for registered guests)
- Location: Hesburgh Room, Morris Inn
Tues 14 October
1000: Refreshments in McKenna Hall Lobby
1030-1700: Concurrent Sessions
1030-1200
Session 9: Interventions
- Chair: Jordy Rochelau
- David Chan on Civil War Crimes and the Myth of Limited Intervention (To read, click here.)
- Gerard Powers on the Ethics of Intervention
- Location: 112-114 McKenna Hall
Session 10: Combat Trauma and Moral Injury
- Chair: Dave Barnes
- Ann Jeschke on Comparing Civil War and Contemporary Concepts of Combat Trauma
- Marc LiVecche on Killing and the Moral Experience of War
- Location: 106 McKenna Hall
Session 11: Author Meets Critics
- Chair: Robert Latiff
- John Lango, "The Ethics of Armed Conflict"
- Respondents: Pauline Kaurin, Harry van der Linden, and George Lucas
- Location: 100-104 McKenna Hall
1200-1330: Lunch break (no host)
1330-1500
Session 12: The US Civil War in Just War Theory
- Kevin Schieman on Lincoln, Abolition, and the Victory of Realism in the American Civil War
- Randy Dipert on W.T. Sherman: Ethical Issues of Guerillas, Insurgents, and Reprisals in the Civil War, and in the Indian Wars
- Location 100-104 McKenna Hall
Session 13: Cultural Considerations
- Chair: George Lucas
- Davida Kellogg on The Persistence of Religious and Ethnic Prejudices
- Thomas Elsner and Antonia Oesterle on Intercultural Competence and the Ethics of Interference
- Location: 112-114 McKenna Hall
1500-1530: Break
1530-1600: ISME Business Meeting (Don Howard)
Location: 106 McKenna Hall
1600-1730: Concluding ISME Sessions
Session 14: Senior Officer Ethics and PMEE
- Chair: Martin Cook
- Charles Allen on Ethics and the Senior Military Officer
- Tom Gibbons on Moral/Ethical/Honor Implications from a Modern View
- Tim Leone on Identity Implications of Gender Integration in Combat Arms
- Location: 100-104 McKenna Hall
Session 17: Historical Figures
- Chair: Richard Schoonhoven
- Paul Medeiros on Alcott and Thoreau on the US Civil War
- Timothy Mallard on A Case Study in Strategic Leadership: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, 1927-1945
- Location: 112-114 McKenna Hall
1800: No-Host Dinner
Wed 16 October
1230: George Lucas
- "When Robots Rule the Waves"
- Location: 220 Pasquerilla Center
General Information:
Parking:
Visitors can park in all designated visitors lots. The visitor lot closest to the McKenna Conference Center is on the south side of campus, across Eddy Street from the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center.
Social Media:
The Reilly Center will be tweeting parts of the conference from the handle @NDReillyCenter. The Twitter hashtag for the conference will be #isme14