The Practices of Human Rights

Begins
 25 Sep 2009 - 10:00am
Ends
 25 Sep 2009 - 5:00pm
Location
66 West 12th Street. Room 510

The Practices of Human Rights

September 25-26, 2009

Klein Conference Room

66 West 12th Street, Room 510

The New School University, New York, NY 

The New School Graduate Program in International Affairs (GPIA) will convene a one and a half day workshop on contemporary issues in the theory and practice of human rights on September 25 and 26, 2009.  The workshop will promote critical analysis, scholarship and discussion on urgent questions in the field of human rights today, from a range of disciplinary perspectives. Are current ways of practicing human rights effective? Can and should human rights shape economic policy? Can human rights ever avoid implication in imperial strategies?

The workshop will consist of the following panels:

1.      The Practice of Human Rights

2.      Humanitarianism and Human Rights

3.      Human Rights and Economic Policy

4.      Gender Violence and Human Rights

Friday, September 25, 2009 

10 am - 10:30am                     Introduction

10:30am -  12:30pm                Panel 1: Gender Violence & Human Rights 

  • Chair: Miriam Ticktin
  • Lila Abu-Lughod, Columbia University
  • Amal Fadlalla, University of Michigan
  • Maggie Corser, GPIA ‘10

12:30pm-2:30pm                      Lunch

2:30pm-5pm                            Panel 2: Practice of Human Rights 

5pm                                         Student films and poster sessions

 

For more information, or to RSVP, email humanrightsworkshop2009@gmail.com


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