Past Events
CPG’s 5th Annual Conference on “Constitutional Moments, Turning Points and Legacies in the Formation of Political Communities in Historical Perspectives”
Agenda
Saturday, November 29:
Presentations:
Prof. Dr. Ingwer Ebsen, Faculty of Law, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
“The November Revolution and the Weimar Republic”
Prof. Dr. Dirk Ehlers, Faculty of Law, Westfälische Wilhelms-University Münster, Germany
“Constitutional Law and Constitutional Process in the Federal Republic of Germany”
Chair: Prof. Dr. Prasit Aekaputra, Dean, Faculty of Law, Huachiew Chalermprakiet University, Thailand
Discussant: Dr. Warawit Kanithasen, Senior Research Fellow, German-Southeast Asian Center of Excellence for Public Policy and Good Governance (CPG), Faculty of Law, Thammasat University
Prof. Andreas Føllesdal, Director, PluriCourts Centre for the Study of the Legitimacy of the Global Judiciary, University of Oslo, Norway
“Constitutionalization of International Law – What Would Count as Constitutional Moments? Lessons from the EU”
Chair: Prof. Dr. Boonsri Mewongukote, Faculty of Law, Thammasat University
Discussant: Natthanicha Lephilibert, Office of the Council of State, Thailand
Slavica Banic, Justice, Constitutional Court of the Republic of Croatia, Croatia
“Constitutional Choices and Legacies in Croatia”
Prof. Dr. Andras Bozoki, Department of Political Science, Central European University, Hungary
“Farewell to Liberal Democracy: Constitutional Change in Hungary two Decades after the Transition”
Chair: Prof. Dr. Robert Esser, Faculty of Law, Passau University, Germany
Discussant: Yordchatr Tasarika, Office of the Council of State, Thailand
Prof. Dr. Alberto Vespaziani, Faculty of Law, University of Molise, Italy
“Counter narratives of Italian Constitutionalism: the Federalists’ Forgotten Voices”
Chair: HE. Mikael Hemniti Winther, Ambassador of Denmark to Thailand, Myanmar and Cambodia, Royal Danish Embassy, Thailand
Discussant: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Allen Hicken, Department of Political Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
Sunday, 30 November 2014
Presentations:
Dr. Fanar Haddad, Middle East Institute, National University Singapore, Singapore
“Iraq: Identity, Memory and the Difficulties of Forging a Political Community, 1921-2003”
Dr. Ronojoy Sen, Institute for South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore, Singapore
“The Founding Moment: The Constituent Assembly and the Idea of India”
Chair: Dr. Archie A. Alexander, Faculty of Law, Thammasat University,Thailand
Discussant: Henning Glaser, Director, German-Southeast Asian Center of Excellence for Public Policy and Good Governance (CPG), Faculty of Law, Thammasat University
Assist. Prof. Arun Kumar Thiruvengadam, Faculty of Law, National University Singapore, Singapore
“Cause Lawyers in Contemporary Singapore: Prophets of a False Dawn or Symbols of a Nascent Constitutional Moment?”
Chair: Dr. Duc Quang Ly, Project Manager, German-Southeast Asian Center of Excellence for Public Policy and Good Governance (CPG), Faculty of Law, Thammasat University
Discussant: Henning Glaser, Director, German-Southeast Asian Center of Excellence for Public Policy and Good Governance (CPG), Faculty of Law, Thammasat Universit
Professor Hoong Phun Lee, Sir John Latham Chair of Law, Monash University, Australia
“The Growth of Malaysian Nationhood: Constitutional Moments and Key Turning Points”
Dr. Nadirsyah Hosen, School of Law, Wollongong University,Australia
“A step You Can’t take back: Constitutionalism and Democratization in Indonesia”
Chair: Dr. Munin Pongsapan, Faculty of Law, Thammasat University, Thailand
Discussant: Dr. Michael Nelson, Research Fellow, German-Southeast Asian Center of Excellence for Public Policy and Good Governance (CPG), Faculty of Law, Thammasat University, Thailand
Prof. Dr. Nobuyuki Sato, Chuo Law School, Chuo University, Japan
“Is it Constitutional Moment now? Recent Discussions on Constitutional Amendment in Japan”
Prof. Dr. Doowon Suh, Graduate School of International Studies, Korea University, South Korea
“Democracy Disenchanted and Autocracy Glamorized in Korea”
Chair: Dr. Gothom Arya, Institute for Human Rights and Peace Studies, Mahidol University, Thailand
Discussant: Dr. Duc Quang Ly, Project Manager, German-Southeast Asian Center of Excellence for Public Policy and Good Governance (CPG), Faculty of Law, Thammasat University
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