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    The document provides an agenda for "The Refugee Law Reader" international conference held from November 12-14, 2008. The conference focused on emerging issues in refugee protection and included sessions on redefining concepts like extraterritoriality, redirecting research through interdisciplinary responses, and re-evaluating EU harmonization of refugee laws. The final day included workshops for emerging research presentations. Keynote speakers launched the 5th edition of "The Refugee Law Reader" and panels of experts from universities and organizations like UNHCR led discussions over the three-day event.

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    THE DYNAMICS OF REFUGEE PROTECTION IN AN

    ERA OF GLOBALIZATION
    -
    Emerging Issues for the Teaching of Refugee Law

    INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

    THE REFUGEE LAW READER


    November 12-14, 2008

    AGENDA

    November 12,
    Wednesday

    18:00 Keynote Address/Launch of the 5th edition

    19:30 Cocktail Reception

    November 13, Thursday

    9:15– 9:30 Welcome


    Rosemary Byrne, Senior Lecturer, Trinity College; Editor-In-Chief, The Refugee Law
    Reader

    9:30 – 11:00 First Session: Redefining Concepts: Extraterritoriality

    Speakers: Gregor Noll, University of Lund


    Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen, Danish Institute for International Studies
    EC officials (Elspeth will suggest)

    11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break

    11:30 – 13:00 Second Session: Redirecting Research: Interdisciplinary Responses to Legal Questions
    Speakers: Eiko Theilemann LSE
    Thomas Spijekboer, Free University of Amsterdam
    Francois Crepeau, University of Montreal

    13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

    14:00 – 15:30 Third Session: Re-evaluating EU Harmonization Midstream

    Speakers: Boldizsar Nagy, ELTE


    Philippe de Bruycker, Université Libre de Bruxelles
    Maria-Teresa Gil Bazo, Newcastle Law School
    Madeline Garlick, UNHCR
    Jean-Francois Durieux, Oxford RSC

    15:30 – 15:45 Coffee Break

    15:45 – 17:15 Fourth Session: Universal Protection from Regional Perpsectives


    Roundtable Discussion: B.S. Chimni, Chaloka Beyani, Luis Peral, Jens Vedsted Hansen
    and Maryellen Fullerton
    Moderator: B.S. Chimni

    17:15 – 17:30 Closing Remarks

    November 14, Friday

    9:30 – 11:00 Emerging Research issues 1: Workshop for Research Presentation

    11:00 – 11:20 Coffee Break

    11:20 – 12:45 Emerging Research issues 2: Workshop for Research Presentation

    12:45 – 13:00 Closing Remarks

    13:00 Lunch

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