Conference Schedule
Dreyfus Affair
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Justice
8:00 a.m.
Buses depart from Hôtel Lutetia Paris and Pullman Hotels
9:00 a.m.
Welcome to the École Militaire
9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
Welcome to the Conference
Howard Glickstein, Dean Emeritus, Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
Pierre Besnainou, President of the United Jewish Appeal (UJA) & President of UniVed Jewish Social Fund
Bernard Cahen, Honorary President of the Union of Young Lawyers PARIS (UJA) and Honorary President of the Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA)
Dr. Richard Prasquier, President of the Representative Council of French Jewish Institutions (CRIF)
Simone Rodan-Benzaquen, Paris representative for The American Jewish Committee (AJC)
SESSION I - (1) CLE CREDIT
10:00 a.m.
The Manipulation of Justice: An Overview of the Dreyfus Affair
Opening Speaker
Charles Dreyfus, Grandson of Alfred Dreyfus, Vice President of Maison Zola - Musée Dreyfus
Panelists
Vincent Duclert, Associate Professor at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, France
Bertrand Joly, Professor of contemporary history at the University of Nantes, France
Moderator
Rodger Citron, Associate Professor of Law, Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
ÉCOLE MILITAIRE
12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
1:30 p.m.
Board Buses to Palais de Justice on the Île de la Cité
2:00 p.m.
Welcome to the Palais de Justice - Cour de Cassation
Premier President Vincent Lamanda, First President of the Court of Cassation
SESSION II
2:15 p.m.
Why France?
Opening Speaker
Jean Baubérot, Professor and French historian, University of Paris IV (Sorbonne) - Paris, France
Panelists
Pierre Birnbaum, Professor Emeritus of political sociology, University of Paris I (Sorbonne) - Paris, France
Philippe Oriol, Author of History of the Dreyfus Affair
Moderator
Howard A. Glickstein, Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law, Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
SESSION III - (2) CLE CREDITS
3:30 p.m.
Due Process of Law and the Trials of Alfred Dreyfus and Leo Frank (The American Dreyfus)
Opening Speaker
The Honorable Sol Wachtler, Former Chief Judge, New York State Court of Appeals
Panelists
The Honorable Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney of Kings County, New York (Brooklyn)
Albert Lindemann, Professor of History, University of California, Santa Barbara
Steve Oney, Journalist and author of And the Dead Shall Rise: the Murder of Mary Phagan and the Lynching of Leo Frank
Moderator
Samuel J. Levine, Director of the Institute of Jewish Law and Professor of Law, Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
7:00 p.m.
Reception for American and French Lawyers - Quai d'Orsay
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Media
8:00 a.m.
Buses depart from Hôtel Lutetia Paris and Pullman Hotels
9:00 a.m.
Welcome to the Jewish Museum of Art and History
The Role of the Press and Intellectuals in the Age of Dreyfus
Theo Klein, Author
SPECIAL SESSION
9:20 a.m.
Visual Media: Its Impact on Justice - Alfred Dreyfus 1894 - 1906
Speaker
Yaël Perl Ruiz, Great-Granddaughter of Alfred Dreyfus written by Lorraine Beitler, Professor Emerita, City University of New York
SESSION IV - (1) CLE CREDIT
9:45 a.m.
The Press - The Balance Between Freedom of the Press, Responsibility of the Press and National Security
Opening Speaker
Steven Erlanger, Paris Bureau Chief of The New York Times
Panelists
Patrick Eveno, Professor of Contemporary History, University of Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne
Thomas Wieder, Journalist, LeMonde
Anne-Elisabeth Moutet, Journalist, Sunday Telegraph
Moderator
The Honorable Sol Wachtler, Former Chief Judge, New York State Court of Appeals
11:00 a.m.
Tour of the Jewish Museum of Art and History
Anne Héléne Hoog, Curator
12:00 p.m.
Lunch at the Jewish Museum of Art and History
SESSION V - (1) CLE CREDIT
2:00 p.m.
The Libel Trials of Émile Zola and the Role of the Intellectuals
Opening Speaker
Bertrand Eveno, President, literary society of the friends of Emile Zola
Panelists
Henri Mitterand, Professor Emeritus, Sorbonne Nouvelle and Columbia University (New York)
Alain Pagès, Professor of French Literature at the University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle
Moderator
Peter Zablotsky, Professor of Law, Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
3:30 p.m.
Board Buses for visit to Panthéon and Place of Human Rights - Trocadéro
7:30 p.m.
Buses depart from Hôtel Lutetia Paris and Pullman Hotels
8:00 p.m.
Dinner at Unesco (United Nations Educational, ScientiVc and Cultural Organization)
Honored Guests
Yaël Perl Ruiz, Great-Granddaughter of Alfred Dreyfus
Martine Le Blond Zola, Granddaughter of Emile Zola
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Politics
8:00 a.m.
Buses depart from Hôtel Lutetia Paris and Pullman Hotels
9:00 a.m.
Welcome to the Palais du Luxembourg
SESSION VI - (1) CLE CREDIT
9:00 a.m.
The Issues of Separation of Church and State; the Institutionalization of Anti-Semitism; Politics and Auguste Scheurer-Kestner
Opening Speaker
Bishop Francis Deniau, Bishop of Nevers
Panelists
Sylvie Aprile, Professor of Contemporary History, University Charles de Gaulle, Lille 3
Michel Drouin, Historian and Researcher at the CRIF
Richard Weisberg, Floersheimer Professor of Constitutional Law, Cardozo Law School of Yeshiva University of New York
Moderator
Jeffrey Morris, Professor of Law, Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
SESSION VII - (2) CLE CREDITS
10:45 a.m.
Military Justice; An Oxymoron?
A Comparison of Military Courts; Then and Now
Opening Speaker
Michael R. Marrus, Chancellor Rose and Ray Wolfe Professor Emeritus of Holocaust Studies, University of Toronto
Panelists
General André Bach, Author and Former Head of History Army at Vincennes
David Cole, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Vivian Curran, Professor of Law, University of Pittsburgh
Moderator
Gary Shaw, Professor of Law, Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
1:00 p.m.
Lunch (TBD)
2:00 p.m.
Buses depart for Sciences Po
SESSION VIII
2:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
The Legacy of Dreyfus: Justice, Media and Politics;
Theodor Herzl and Zionism; Anti-Semitism Today
Opening Speaker
Richard Weisberg, Floersheimer Professor of Constitutional Law, Cardozo Law School of Yeshiva University of New York
Panelists
Shlomo Avineri, Professor of Political Science, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Maya Balakirsky-Katz, Associate Professor of Art History, Touro College
Marc Knobel, Researcher at the French Jewish group - Conseil Représentatif des Institutions juives de France (CRIF)
Michael R. Marrus, Chancellor Rose and Ray Wolfe Professor Emeritus of Holocaust Studies, University of Toronto
Steve Oney, Author of And the Dead Shall Rise: the Murder of Mary Phagan and the Lynching of Leo Frank
Francois Zimeray, French Ambassador for Human Rights
Victor Kuperminc, Author and delegate of Comité Français pour Yad Vashem
Moderator
Barbara Swartz, Distinguished Professor of Law, Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
Friday, July 8, 2011
Conference Options
9:00 a.m.
Optional visit and guided tour to Maison Zola – Musee Dreyfus in Medan, France.
Luncheon to follow.