Events

Past Events

Just Violence: A Conversation with Rachel Wahl
Thursday, April 12, 2018 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Just Violence reveals the moral perspective of perpetrators and how they respond to human rights efforts.

F*** White Supremacy: Epistemic Disobedience, Free Speech, and Protest
Tuesday, April 10, 2018 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

As one of the students who faced disciplinary action at Columbia University for "interrupting/disrupting" white supremacist speakers on campus, A. Kayum Ahmed reflects on his experiences and offers some insights on the question of free speech and its intersections with human rights discourses.

HATE: Why We Should Resist it With Free Speech, Not Censorship
Monday, April 9, 2018 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

In her new book HATE: Why We Should Resist it With Free Speech, Not Censorship (Oxford University Press, May 2018) Nadine Strossen, president of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) from 1991 to 2008, argues that expanding free speech, not limiting it, is the solution for changing the hearts

2018 Human Rights Essay Contest Colloquium
Monday, April 9, 2018 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Winners of the Human Rights Essay Contest are invited to present their papers and discuss their human rights research with faculty and fellow students. Please join us and add your perspective to the discussion.

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Aging, Precarity and the Settler State: The Struggle for Indigenous Elsewhere
Tuesday, April 3, 2018 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Sandy Grande of Connecticut College on Aging, Precarity and the Settler State: The Struggle for Indigenous Elsewhere

Respondent: Kevin Bruyneel of Babson University

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