MONDAY, June 1st, 11am- 6pm, in the "Flying A" Room, UCEN

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS:
11:00 - Coffee, Snacks, and Chat
11:30 - Welcome and Overview: Michael Stohl, Director, Orfalea Center, "Welcome"

Paul Amar, Coordinator, Interdisciplinary Global Security Hub, "An Introduction to Interdisciplinary Global Security Studies in the Contemporary Context"

12:00-2:00 - Panel One:  "Mercenaries, Humanitarian Actors, Securitized Formations"
- Fernando Brancoli, Red Cross/Global Studies, "Anthropophagic Military Contractors: Globalization and Privatization in Libya, from Gaddafi to Today's Saharan Conflicts"
- Lisa Parks, Film & Media, "Vertical Formations: Armed Conflicts and Surveillance in Rural Mali & Nigeria"
- Bhaskar Sarkar, Film & Media, "Pirate Potentialities and Security"

- Chair:  Sherene Seikaly, History
Discussant: Megan Stanek, Global Studies; Claudia Matter,  International Red Cross

2:00 -2:30    Lunch Served

2:30-4:30 - Panel Two: "Epidemics, Emergencies, and Security Imaginaries"
- Susie Cassels, Geography, "Short-Term Mobility and Sexual Behavior:  HIV in Ghana"
- Bishnupriya Ghosh, English, "Viral Emergencies: HIV Video Culture in India"
- Mariane Ferme, Anthropology, UC Berkeley, "A 21st Century Epidemic:  Ebola and the Development of Academic, Humanitarian, and Medical  Knowledges"

- Chair: Paul Amar, Global Studies

Discussants: Daniel Grinberg, Film & Media; Gorm Rye Olsen, Visiting Scholar, Roskilde Uni.

4:30- 5:30     KEYNOTE TALK:  "Mercenary nationalism & militancyin the  South Asian Security State"
Kamala Visweswaran, Anthropology, University of Texas, Austin. and  Fellow at the Stanford Center for Advanced Study