Event — Symposium

Cambodia evening at de Balie

24/04/2008 - 20:00

 

24 April 2008
20.00 - 22.00 hrs

A collaboration between IIAS (International Institute for Asian Studies) Amsterdam, the Asia PhD Club, Het Onafhankelijk Toneel, en Het Muziektheater.

 

A documentary on Cambodia's difficult past and present will be shown and there will be a highly interesting discussion between Victor Koppe, who works for the Khmer Rouge Tribunal as the lawyer of Nuon Chea (Brother No. 2, second in command under Pol Pot) and Willem van de Put who is the director of HealthNet and who closely follows the Khmer Rouge Tribunal.

Location: De Balie, Kleine Zaal, Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 10 (Leidseplein)

Entrance: Free

Programme:

  • 20.00: Short introduction by John Kleinen
  • 20.05: Short introduction by Severine Roels, documentary maker
  • 20.10: Documentary: Aller et Retour
  • 21.00: Break with Cambodian snacks
  • 21.15: Statement by Victor Koppe, lawyer of the Khmer Rouge
  • 21.30: Statement by Willem van de Put, director of HealthNet
  • 21.45: Reaction by Kim Sen (discussant), former employee of the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (Licadho) and Global Witness
  • 22.00: General discussion, moderated by John Kleinen
  • 22.30: End of programme

Beginning of May both Theater Bellevue and Het Muziektheater have Cambodia related programs at their theatres. For more information check

http://www.gastprogrammering.nl/nl/perf.php?bocsid=548 for an impression of 'Pamina Devi' which will be brought to you by het Muziektheater. Het Onafhankelijk Toneel is playing 'Vrede & Oorlog' at Theater Bellevue.

More on that at: http://www.iias.nl/www.ot-rotterdam.nl

For information please contact:

Michiel Baas - Room B 2.05 'Het Oost-Indisch Huis'
Branch Office Coordinator International Institute of Asian Studies (IIAS)
PhD Student, Amsterdam School for Social science Research(ASSR) University of Amsterdam Kloveniersburgwal 48
1012 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Office: +31 (0) 20 525 22 53
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Email: m.baas2@uva.nl / michielbaas@yahoo.com http://www2.fmg.uva.nl/assr/scholars/phdstudents/baas.html

Or

Saskia Jans
Fellowship Coordinator IIAS

International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) Postal address: P.O. Box 9515, 2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands

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