Dr Damien Short

Contact details

Name:

Dr Damien Short

Qualifications:

LLB (University of Wales), MA, PhD (Essex)

Position:

Director: Human Rights Consortium and Senior Lecturer in Human Rights

Institute:

Institute of Commonwealth Studies

Location:

Senate House Malet Street London WC1E 7HU

Phone:

020 7862 8836

Email address:

damien.short@sas.ac.uk

Research Summary and Profile

Research interests:

Colonies & Colonization, emigration & immigration, Globalization & Development, Human rights, International Law, International Relations, Political Institutions, Socialism, Communism, Anarchism

Regions:

Australasia, North America

Summary of research interests and expertise:

Research expertise in the following areas: sociological and anthropological approaches to human rights, indigenous rights, extractive industries and indigenous peoples, the ecological crisis and human rights, reconciliation initiatives and genocide studies.

Publication Details

Related publications/articles:

Date	Details
01-Jan-2013	Protecting the Planet: a Proposal for a Law of Ecocide Journal articles with Nigel South and Polly Higgins, Crime Law and Social Change,
01-Jan-2013	The Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation Chapters Encyclopedia of Transitional Justice Cambridge University Press
01-Jan-2012	Special Issue: The Sociology of Human Rights - Editorial Forward Journal articles with Patricia Hynes, Michele Lamb and Matthew Waites Sociology October 46: 787-79
01-Jan-2012	Genocide and settler colonialism: can a Lemkin-inspired genocide perspective aid our understanding of the Palestinian situation? Journal articles with Haifa Rashed, International Journal of Human Rights, Vol 16, Issue 8
01-Jan-2012	‘When sorry isn’t good enough: Official remembrance and reconciliation in Australia’ Journal articles Memory Studies, Volume 5, Issue 3 - July 2012
01-Jan-2012	‘A slow industrial genocide’: tar sands and the indigenous peoples of northern Alberta Journal articles with Jennifer Huseman, The International Journal of Human Rights, Vol. 16, No. 1, January 2012, 216–237
01-Jan-2011	‘Rejoinder to Tim Rowse, “The Reforming State, the Concerned Public and Indigenous Political Actors Journal articles   Australian Journal of Politics & History, Volume 57, Issue 2, pages 262–266, June
01-Jan-2011	State of the art in genocide studies Review Patterns of Prejudice, Volume 45, Number 3, July 2011
01-Jan-2011	Sociology and Human Rights: New Engagements Edited Book   The first collection to focus on the contribution sociological approaches can make to analysis of human rights. Taking forward the sociology of human rights which emerged from the 1990s, it presents innovative analyses of global human rights struggles by new and established authors. The collection includes a range of new work addressing issues such as genocide in relation to indigenous peoples, rights-based approaches in development work, trafficking of children, and children’s rights in relation to political struggles for the decriminalisation of same-sex sexual activity in India. It examines contexts ranging from Rwanda and South Korea to Northern Ireland and the city of Barcelona. The collection as a whole will be of interest to students and academics working in various disciplines such as politics, law and social policy, and to practitioners working on human rights for various governmental and non-governmental organisations, as well as to sociologists seeking to develop understanding of the sociology of human rights.   Edited by Patricia Hynes, Michele Lamb, Damien Short, Matthew Waites Sociology and Human Rights: New Engagements
01-Jan-2010	Cultural genocide and indigenous peoples: a sociological approach The International Journal of Human Rights Vol. 14, Nos. 6–7
01-Jan-2010	Australia: a continuing genocide? Journal of Genocide Research 12 (1–2)
01-Jan-2009	Sociological and Anthropological Approaches’ Single authored Human Rights Politics and Practice, Oxford University Press
01-Jan-2008	Reconciliation and Colonial Power: Indigenous Rights in Australia Monographs Ashgate 2008
01-Jan-2007	‘The Social Construction of Indigenous ‘Native Title’ Land Rights in Australia' Journal articles Current Sociology, Volume 55, number 6 (Nov 2007)
01-Jan-2006	‘Reconciliation as Education: the Council and the ‘People's Movement’ Journal articles Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues, Vol 8. No 1 2006.
01-Jan-2005	‘Reconciliation and the Problem of Internal Colonialism’ Journal articles Journal of Intercultural Studies, Special Edition on Reconciliation, Vol. 26 Number 3 August 2005.
01-Jan-2003	‘Reconciliation, Assimilation and the Indigenous Peoples of Australia’ Journal articles International Political Science Review, Volume 24, Number 4, October 2003.
01-Jan-2003	Australian ‘Aboriginal’ Reconciliation: The Latest Phase in the Colonial Project Journal articles Citizenship Studies, Volume 7, No.3, September 2003.

Additional Publications

Publications available in Senate House Libraries

Government/policy work:

Date	Details
2011	United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Academic contributor

Research Projects & Supervisions

Research projects:

Details
Indigenous Peoples and Extreme Energy This project investigates the effects on local indigenous communities of the new rush for 'extreme energy' - the Alberta 'Tar Sands' and 'Gas Shale Fracking'.

Current PhD topics supervised:

Dates	Details
From: Until: 01-Apr-2012	Reconciliation in Rwanda Jenifer Melvin
From: Until:	Corporate Power and Human Rights Nick Connolly

Past PhD topics supervised:

Dates	Details
From: Until:	Oil and Ethnic Conflict in Nigeria Nelson Takon
From: Until:	The Rights Framed Approaches of NGOs Hannah Miller

Available for doctoral supervision: Yes

Professional Affiliations

Professional affiliations:

Name	Activity
Transitional Justice Network	Numerous seminars held in London, Oxford and Essex throughout the year
British Sociological Association, Sociology of Rights Study Group	Group Convenor. Bids coordinator, researcher and author.
International Network of Genocide Scholars	Conference Organising Committee Executive.

Collaborations:

Name	Type	Activity	Start date	End date
Handbook on Indigenous Rights	Routledge Publication	Co-editing with Dr Corinne Lennox	01-Apr-2011	01-Oct-2012

Relevant Events

Related events:

Date	Details
01-Jan-2011	Conference Speaker and 'Rights' Stream Coordinator Co-convened the 'Rights' stream at the 60th Anniversary conference of Sociology at LSE and presented a paper
01-Jan-2011	BSA Rights Study Group workshop paper 'Some reflections on Turner' Co-convenor (and speaker) of one day event in collaboration with collegues at Liverpool John Moores University
01-Jan-2011	Tar Sands and Indigenous Peoples Sussex University Paper presentation
01-Jan-2010	ICS Workshop: Conflict in Sri Lanka Workshop Paper presentation: 'What is Genocide?'
01-Jan-2010	Genocide and Indigenous Peoples Workshop, Bath University, October 2010
01-Jan-2010	Keynote Address - What is Genocide? Utrecht University, December 2010
2009	Keynote speaker at conference Paper 'Genocide in Reconciliation Studies' Conference at Utrecht University
2009	Radio Interview BBC World Service: Interview requested in one of my research areas: Indigenous rights in Australia. The UN special rapporteur had recently visited Australia.
2009	Review journal submission SUR: International Journal of Human Rights

Other editing/publishing activities:

Date	Details
2012	International Journal of Human Rights: Special Issue - Indigenous Peoples' Rights Editing a speicial issue on indigenous peoples rights which grew out of an ICS workshop in October 2010.
2012	Sociology: Special Issue - Sociology and Human Rights Co-editing a special issue of the leading international journal 'Sociology' on the topic of human rights. The issue has recieved a record number of submissions.
2012	Memory Studies, special issue - Reconciliation and Memory Co-editing a special issue of the leading journal in the field of memory studies on the topic of reconciliation.
2011	Assistant Editor Appointed Assistant Editor of The International Journal of Human Rights
2011	International Journal of Transitional Justice Frequent article reviewer
2011	American Journal of Sociology Frequent reviewer of academic paper submissions and books
2011	International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies Frequent reviewer of academic submissions

Consultancy & Media

Available for consultancy:

Yes

Media experience:

Yes