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Date and Location

October 11, 2023
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ET
Malkin Penthouse

Contact

617-495-0557
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​You’re invited to a Global Challenges to Democracy  Seminar Series event featuring Katrin Kinzelbach, Professor of International Politics of Human Rights, Friedrich-Alexander-Universitä. Professor Kinzelbach will discuss academic freedom from a human rights-based perspective, drawing on international hard and soft law, and then present the 2023 edition of the Academic Freedom Index (AFI), highlighting comparisons between countries and developments over time. 

Tarek Masoud, Ford Foundation Professor of Democracy and Governance, will serve as a discussant.  

Kathryn Sikkink, Ryan Family Professor of Human Rights Policy, will serve as moderator.  

This event is co-sponsored by the Carr Center for Human Rights. The dicussion is in-person only and will be recorded. Light refreshments will be provided.  

Speakers and Presenters

Tarek Masoud, Ford Foundation Professor of Democracy and Governance, will serve as a discussant.  

Kathryn Sikkink, Ryan Family Professor of Human Rights Policy, will serve as moderator.  ​

Katrin Kinzelbach, Professor of International Politics of Human Rights, Friedrich-Alexander-Universitä

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