Fall 2009 Schedule
Sept. 18 Margin or Mainstream: Is Human Rights a
Social Movement?
A discussion of how social movements have shaped human rights discourse
with Timothy Patrick McCarthy and Elliott
Prasse-Freeman.
Sept. 25 On Gender and Justice: Can Feminism Go Global?
A discussion of the global implications of feminism with Kim
Gandy, Fall Institute of Politics Fellow and former president, National
Organization for Women.
Oct. 16 The Politics of Identity: Are Gay Rights
and Civil Rights Human Rights?
A discussion of the problem of coalition building in rights-based social
movements with Rev. Irene Monroe, activist, theologian,
and Huffington Post blogger.
Oct. 30 On Difference and Domination: Can Islamists
Have Human Rights?
A discussion of human rights in the Middle East with Sayres
Rudy, visiting professor, Hampshire College, and Malalai
Joya, Afghan Parliamentarian.
Nov. 13 Opiate of the Masses or Tool of
Liberation: What’s God Got to Do With It?
A discussion of the Accra Confession with Jonathan Page, Epps Fellow
and assistant chaplain, The Memorial Church, and Susan Abraham,
assistant professor, Harvard Divinity School.
Dec. 2 Suspending Indigenous Rights: Paternalism and Coercion
in Australia's 'Intervention' in Aboriginal Communities.
A special brown-bag lunch talk by Sarah Maddison, Ph.D., Senior Associate Dean,
Faculty of Arts and Social Science, University of South Wales.
Dec. 4 Disposable or Indispensable: Why Does Slavery
Still Exist?
A discussion of modern-day slavery and human trafficking with Ben
Skinner and Siddharth Kara, Carr Center Fellows.
The Spring 2010 schedule will be posted in December.
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