Asian Pacific American Studies... Events
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month - Opening Keynote:
Neal Katyal, Professor of Law, Georgetown University
Prof. Neal Katyal is a prominent law professor who has worked on several important cases before the Supreme Court, including serving as co-counsel for Gore v. Bush in 2000, which contested the results of the presidential election, and arguing the 2006 case Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, which held illegal the Guantanamo military tribunals, which were considered to be beyond the scope of presidential power. Prof. Katyal will be speaking to the UVA community on the topics of race, the war on terror, and his work on military tribunals, at two events:
Seminar on Guantanamo Bay and military tribunals
Wed., April 4, 4-5 pm, Kaleidoscope Center
faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates are welcome
Readings for the seminar (optional):
APAHM Keynote Address
"The Rule of Law: The Supreme Court, the War on Terror, and Hamdan v. Rumsfeld"
Wed., April 4, 6 pm, Newcomb Ballroom
Open to the public
For more background on Prof. Katyal:
This event is co-sponsored by the University Programs Council, the Cultural Programming Board, the Office of Housing, the Office of the Dean of Students, the Asian Student Union, the Vice President of Diversity, and the Departments of Anthropology and English.
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