Prof. dr. Ton Robben

Sjoerd Groenmangebouw
Padualaan 14
Kamer A120
3584 CH Utrecht

Prof. dr. Ton Robben

Emeritus Professor
Social Sciences
+31 30 253 1563
t.robben@uu.nl

Activities

2023

Journal of Perpetrator Research (Journal)Ton Robben (Editor)
2023 → …

2015

Brown-bag seminarTon Robben (Participant)
12 Feb 2015

2014

Annual Meetings of the American Anthropological AssociationTon Robben (Participant)
5 Dec 2014
Resolving Conflict in Periods of Transition: Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Inclusion and Top Down and Bottom Up ApproachesTon Robben (Invited speaker)
24 Nov 2014
Inspraak Draait DoorTon Robben (Participant)
19 Nov 2014
Truth Telling and Truth Seeking in Contexts of ImpunityTon Robben (Participant)
24 Oct 2014
De Kwakiutl: van Boas tot NuTon Robben (Invited speaker)
12 Jun 2014
, Vertellingen uit het veld
Approaching Perpetrators: Ethnographic Insights on Ethics, Methodology, and TheoryTon Robben (Invited speaker)
15 May 2014
Conference Engagement, Legitimacy, Contestation: Transitional Justice and Its Public SpheresTon Robben (Invited speaker)
8 May 2014
Truth CommissionsTon Robben (Invited speaker)
26 Feb 2014

2013

An Argentine Genocide? Individual Accountability and Collective Guilt during the 1976-83 Dictatorschip.Ton Robben (Invited speaker)
25 Nov 2013
, Institute for Advanced Study, University of Minnesota (Mineapolis-St. Paul, USA)
Switchboard Perpetrators or How to Scale Factional Divisions in Conflict SituationsTon Robben (Invited speaker)
21 Nov 2013
, session by American Ethnological Society. 112th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association
Wie zijn de brugwachters? De hachelijke zoektocht naar vertrouwenspersonen tijdens een gewelddadige factiestrijd onder Argentijnse militairenTon Robben (Invited speaker)
15 Nov 2013
, Dept. pf Anthropology, Radboud University (Nijmegen)
Chair afternoon session, Human Rights and Climate Change.Ton Robben (Invited speaker)
10 Oct 2013
, Conference in commemoration of Peace of Utrecht. Conflict and Human Rights focal cluster
Workshop Re-Assessing Trauma and Violence: Re-Framing the Bodily; the Spoken and the Self. Poverty Research Group, Dept. of Social AnthropologyTon Robben (Invited speaker)
28 Jun 2013
Transnational Holocaust Memory and the Politics of Accountability in Argentina.Ton Robben (Invited speaker)
17 Jun 2013
, International Conference Memory With(out) Borders. Network in Transnational Memory Studies.
Finding Switch Board Operators or How to Scale Factional Divisions in Conflict SituationsTon Robben (Invited speaker)
16 May 2013
, European University Institute (Fiesole, Italy)
Memory, Truth and Justice in Argentina: An IntroductionTon Robben (Invited speaker)
18 Apr 2013
, Symposium Memory, Truth, and Justice in Argentina. KNAW and the Hendrik Muller Vaderlandsch Fonds in collaboration with the VU University, Dept. of Criminal Law and Criminology (Amsterdam, KNAW/Trippenhuis)
Oorlogsvoering en zwermgedrag: een antropologische analyse van de IrakoorlogTon Robben (Invited speaker)
8 Mar 2013
, SGS Ouderdag (Utrecht, Utrecht University)
The seven days of national mourning after the death of Venezuelan President Hugo ChavezTon Robben (Invited speaker)
1 Jan 2013
, interview with Stephen Robb BBC News website

2012

Affective Politics, Conflicting Narratives, and Gender Ideology among Officers, Guerillas, and Searching Mothers in Post-Authoritarian ArgentinaTon Robben (Invited speaker)
6 Jul 2012
, Workshop Emotions, Violence and Memory. Languages of Emotion research cluster, Freie Universität
Exhumations, Territoriality, and Necropolitics in Chile and ArgentinaTon Robben (Invited speaker)
29 Jun 2012
, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) (Madrid, Spain)
Collectief en cultureel trauma: globale perspectieven op de verwerking van massaal geweld (Collective and Cultural Trauma: the Mourning of Massive violence)Ton Robben (Invited speaker)
19 Apr 2012
, Symposium PTSS: op zoek naar maatwerk (PTSD: In Search for Custom-Made Treatment) (Ede, De Reehorst)
Kroniek van een aangekondigde dood van Gabriel García MarquezTon Robben (Invited speaker)
3 Apr 2012
, School of Social Sciences Honor's Program (Utrecht, Utrecht University, the Netherlands)
Nationale herinnering en cultureel trauma van Verdun tot 11 september: een antropologische analyseTon Robben (Invited speaker)
2 Mar 2012
, SGS (Studentengroep Sociale Wetenschappen) Ouderdag (Utrecht, Utrecht University, the Netherlands)
Truth Commissions in South AmericaTon Robben (Invited speaker)
29 Feb 2012
, Law School (Utrecht, Utrecht University, the Netherlands)

2010

International Workshop 'Governing the Dead'Ton Robben (Participant)
17 Dec 2010
Panel Ciculating Through Us All. 109th Annual MeetingTon Robben (Participant)
20 Nov 2010
Panel Transitional Justice: Global Circulations and Local Realities after Genocide and Mass Violence. 109th Annual MeetingTon Robben (Participant)
19 Nov 2010
Conference Death and Liminality: Concepts, Rituals and IconographyTon Robben (Participant)
29 Oct 201030 Oct 2010
Fünften Treffen deutschsprachiger Sudamerika- und Karibikforscherinnen (5th Meeting)Ton Robben (Participant)
2 Oct 2010
Conference Omgaan met pijnlijke episodes in het nationale verleden (Wrestling with Painful Episodes in the National Past)Ton Robben (Participant)
25 Sept 2010
Panelist, expert meetingTon Robben (Participant)
15 Sept 2010
Conference Human Rights and ConflictTon Robben (Participant)
9 Sept 2010
Consejo superior de investigaciones científicas (CSIC)Ton Robben (Participant)
16 Jun 2010
Ciclo de conferencias: Rastros y rostros de la violenciaTon Robben (Participant)
15 Jun 2010
Instituto de Desarrollo Económico y Sicial (IDES)Ton Robben (Participant)
18 Mar 2010

2009

Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological AssociationTon Robben (Participant)
4 Dec 2009
Restorative versus Retributive Justice during Transitional Democracy in Chile and ArgentinaTon Robben (Participant)
30 Oct 2009
Reconciliation and MemoryTon Robben (Participant)
23 Apr 2009
Central European UniversityTon Robben (Participant)
23 Apr 2009
Annual Austrian Anthropology MeetingsTon Robben (Participant)
23 Apr 2009
Anthropological Macrocomparison of Counterinsurgencies in Argentina and IraqTon Robben (Participant)
22 Apr 2009
Department of Social Anthropology, University of OsloTon Robben (Participant)
4 Mar 2009
Research fellowship NWO/MaGW Open Competition (400-08-195)(Event)Ton Robben (Member)
1 Jan 2009
, Research fellowship NWO/MaGW Open Competition (400-08-195)
Dutch-Argentine Transavia pilot arrested for his participation in Navy death flights during the Argentine dictatorshipTon Robben (Invited speaker)
1 Jan 2009
, Radio Nederland Wereld Omroep

2008

Discussant, WDO Symposium 1928-2008: Anthropology and ControversyTon Robben (Participant)
27 Nov 2008
Fieldwork from Afar: Facing the Paradoxes of Anthropological Research on the Global War on TerrorTon Robben (Participant)
23 Nov 2008
Annual Meetings of the American Anthropological AssociationTon Robben (Organiser)
19 Nov 200823 Nov 2008
Workshop at the symposium Trauma and ResilienceTon Robben (Organiser)
29 May 2008
Workshop at the Faculty of Industrial Design EngineeringTon Robben (Participant)
24 Apr 2008
Children between Biology and Cultural History symposiumTon Robben (Participant)
18 Apr 2008

2007

Conference Contemporary Conflict in Anthropological Respective. Annual Meetings of PACSA (Peace and Conflict Studies in Anthropology)Ton Robben (Participant)
5 Oct 2007
Conference Anthropology, Now and Next: Diversity, Connections, Confrontations, Reflexivity. 3rd Stockholm Anthropology Roundtable, in honour of Prof. Ulf HannerzTon Robben (Participant)
9 Sept 200711 Sept 2007
CERES Summer SchoolTon Robben (Organiser)
27 Jun 2007
Von Wernich, priest given a life sentence for his role in Argentina's dirty warTon Robben (Invited speaker)
1 Jan 2007
, Radio Nederland Wereld Omroep
Report about the arrest of María Estela Martínez de PerónTon Robben (Invited speaker)
1 Jan 2007
, Radio 1
Report about Eva Duarte de PerónTon Robben (Invited speaker)
1 Jan 2007
, Radio 1

2005

Invited panel: Remembering Violent Pasts: Genocide, Truth, and the Politics of RepresentationTon Robben (Invited speaker)
3 Dec 2005
, Annual Meeting, Meetings of the American Anthropological Association
DiscussantTon Robben (Invited speaker)
30 Aug 2005
, Conference The Anthropology of Human Security
Workshop: Universidad de Deusto, Bilbao, SpainTon Robben (Participant)
13 May 200514 May 2005
Combat Motivation, Fear, and Terror in Twentieth Century Argentinian WarfareTon Robben (Invited speaker)
5 Feb 2005
, Conference Culture and Combat Motivation.
Utrecht University, the Netherlands (Event)Ton Robben (Member)
1 Jan 2005
, Utrecht University, the Netherlands
Utrecht University (External organisation)Ton Robben (Member)
1 Jan 2005
Stichting KTP (External organisation)Ton Robben (Member)
1 Jan 2005
External unknown (External organisation)Ton Robben (Member)
1 Jan 2005
External unknown (External organisation)Ton Robben (Member)
1 Jan 2005

2004

Gewelddadige confrontaties met de doodTon Robben (Invited speaker)
25 Nov 2004
, Confrontaties met de dood. Honours Programme. Radboud University (Nijmegen)
How Traumatized Societies RememberTon Robben (Invited speaker)
30 Apr 2004
, Medical Anthropology and Cultural Psychiatry Research Seminar. Depts. of Anthropology and Social Medicine. Harvard University

2002

Mass Graves, Civil Wars, Modern catastrophies: Anthropologists and the Dead in (Un)Imaginable Contexts upon invitation by AAA Executive Program Comm. Annual Meetings American Anthropological Ass.Ton Robben (Invited speaker)
20 Nov 2002
, Mass Graves, Civil Wars, Modern catastrophies: Anthropologists and the Dead in (Un)Imaginable Contexts upon invitation by AAA Executive Program Comm. Annual Meetings American Anthropological Ass.
Argentine Dissonance: The Polyphonic Social Memory of the Dirty WarTon Robben (Invited speaker)
3 Jul 2002
, Third European Conference of Latinamericanists Cruzando Fronteras en América Latina
Panel at the CEISAL Third European Congress of Latin AmericanistsTon Robben (Organiser)
2 Jul 20026 Jul 2002
Discussant. Multiple Identifications and the Self workshopTon Robben (Invited speaker)
31 May 2002
, Ceres Research School (Amsterdam)
Shifting Cityscapes: urban transformation and social reconstruction in BrazilTon Robben (Organiser)
23 May 200224 May 2002
Lo Siniestro en Tiempos de Guerra y Conflicto (The Uncanny in Times of War and Conflict)Ton Robben (Invited speaker)
17 May 2002
, Instituto de Desarrollo Económico y Social (IDES) (Buenos Aires)
Lo Siniestro en Tiempos de Guerra y Conflicto (The Uncanny in Times of War and Conflict)Ton Robben (Invited speaker)
16 May 2002
, Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones (C.E.I.), Universidad Nacional de Quilmes (Bernal, Argentina)

2001

De Argentijnse worsteling met een gewelddadig verledenTon Robben (Invited speaker)
22 Nov 2001
, Kezingencyclus 'Het Land van Máxima: Argentinië in de Twintigste Eeuw (Leiden)

2000

How Traumatized Societies RememberTon Robben (Invited speaker)
10 May 2000
, Lezing. Instituto de Desarrollo Economico y Social (IDES) (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Workshop CERES-onderzoeksschoolTon Robben (Organiser)
7 Apr 2000

1999

MacMillan/Scribners (Event)Ton Robben (Member)
1 Jan 1999
, MacMillan/Scribners

1995

series The Ethnography of Political Violence (External organisation)Ton Robben (Member)
1 Jan 1995
series The Ethnography of Political Violence (Event)Ton Robben (Member)
1 Jan 1995
, series The Ethnography of Political Violence