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SUMMARY:At the Threshold of Incarceration and Militarism: The Making of t
 he U.S. Navys War Crimes Tribunals Program\, 1945-1949
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DESCRIPTION:On March 24\, 1945\, the United States Navy established the W
 ar Crimes Tribunals Program in Guam\, an American unincorporated territo
 ry and the southernmost island in the Marianas archipelago.  The first o
 f its kind under naval jurisdiction\, the War Crimes Tribunals Program p
 rosecuted individuals accused of "Class B" war crimes\, broadly defined 
 as "conventional atrocities" or "crimes against humanity."  The accused 
 subjects often included Asians and Pacific Islanders who worked as inter
 preters\, police officers\, and soldiers for the Japanese military in Mi
 cronesia.  In this talk\, I examine the ways in which the Navy construed
  and applied the concepts of law and territory\, crime and punishment\, 
 in the aftermath of the war and in the making of the tribunals.  The thr
 eshold of incarceration and militarism\, I argue\, provided the foundati
 onal logics of violence through which these and other military tribunals
  are made possible\, or "exceptional."  This threshold\, or liminal zone
  of sovereignty\, persists into the contemporary global moment because o
 f Americas self-projection as a democratic nation-state\, a process by w
 hich military tribunals have proven central to its historical expansion 
 and development.
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LOCATION:Lucy Ellis Lounge\, 1080 Foreign Languages Building -- NEW LOCAT
 ION
CATEGORIES:Lecture
CONTACT:Matthew Sakiestewa Gilbert
ORGANIZER:tewa@illinois.edu
URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/2570?key=2000010120000101146979
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