Social Sciences
Human Rights, Literature, the Arts, and Social Sciences, 10 to 13 November 2011, Mt. Pleasant, MI, United States
The envisioned international conference will focus on the role of literature (the Humanities), the Arts, and Social Sciences in the discussion, representation, and promotion of human rights. We emphasize how writers, artists, theorists, scholars, and lawyers construct and engage the issue of human rights, paying attention to ethical, political, social, economic, and cultural implications of either violations or the constructions of human rights.
In addressing the topic of human rights, we are informed by the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) and other Conventions, Covenants, and Treaties as well as the Rome Statute. We are also cognizant of the influences or references to "rights" in earlier foundational or model declarations including the US Declaration of Independence (1776), the US Constitution (1787), and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen (1789).
We invite presentations that address the issue of human rights or specific topics by themselves or through comparative lenses, diachronically or synchronically, and which explore the development and/or representation of human rights through literature, the humanities, the arts, and the Social Sciences.
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Social Sciences
Human Rights, Literature, the Arts, and Social Sciences
Human Rights, Literature, the Arts, and Social Sciences, 10 to 13 November 2011, Mt. Pleasant, MI, United States
The envisioned international conference will focus on the role of literature (the Humanities), the Arts, and Social Sciences in the discussion, representation, and promotion of human rights. We emphasize how writers, artists, theorists, scholars, and lawyers construct and engage the issue of human rights, paying attention to ethical, political, social, economic, and cultural implications of either violations or the constructions of human rights.
In addressing the topic of human rights, we are informed by the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) and other Conventions, Covenants, and Treaties as well as the Rome Statute. We are also cognizant of the influences or references to "rights" in earlier foundational or model declarations including the US Declaration of Independence (1776), the US Constitution (1787), and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen (1789).
We invite presentations that address the issue of human rights or specific topics by themselves or through comparative lenses, diachronically or synchronically, and which explore the development and/or representation of human rights through literature, the humanities, the arts, and the Social Sciences.
Topics/themes include, but are not limited to:
?he novel, poetry, drama/memoirs/life writing
?thics and international law
?ilms/cinema/theatre/performance
?he role of NGOs in the human rights debate
?olocaust/Genocide/War crimes/crimes against humanity (slavery, child soldiering, rape)
?ndigenous rights and sovereignty
?omen? rights; GBLT rights
?ivil and political rights; social and economic rights
?igration and refugee rights
?nviromental rights
?uman rights in the age of globalization
?RC or Truth Commissions (Here we want to move beyond South Africa)
?uman rights in cultural, regional, national contexts; human rights compliance
Deadline for abstracts/proposals is 31 May 2011.
Confirmed Speakers:
Winona LaDuke (Honor the Earth)
Kenneth Harrow (Michigan State University)
Patty Loew (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
Joseph Slaughter (columbia University)
Aliko Songolo (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
Enquiries: [email protected] or
[email protected]
Web address: http://www.cmich.edu/humanrightsconf
Sponsored by: Central Michigan University
?he novel, poetry, drama/memoirs/life writing
?thics and international law
?ilms/cinema/theatre/performance
?he role of NGOs in the human rights debate
?olocaust/Genocide/War crimes/crimes against humanity (slavery, child soldiering, rape)
?ndigenous rights and sovereignty
?omen? rights; GBLT rights
?ivil and political rights; social and economic rights
?igration and refugee rights
?nviromental rights
?uman rights in the age of globalization
?RC or Truth Commissions (Here we want to move beyond South Africa)
?uman rights in cultural, regional, national contexts; human rights compliance
Deadline for abstracts/proposals is 31 May 2011.
Confirmed Speakers:
Winona LaDuke (Honor the Earth)
Kenneth Harrow (Michigan State University)
Patty Loew (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
Joseph Slaughter (columbia University)
Aliko Songolo (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
Enquiries: [email protected] or
[email protected]
Web address: http://www.cmich.edu/humanrightsconf
Sponsored by: Central Michigan University
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Call for Papers-Book on Human Rights- Human Rights issues have come to be recognized as international issues. Man not only has a right to live but has a right to live with dignity. Promotion and Protection of Human Rights are essential for the peace,...
- Calls For Papers @ School Of International Relations, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Centre for West Asian Studies School of International Relations Jawaharlal Nehru University 5th, Young Research Scholars Seminar on West Asia: Heritage and Transformation Organised by the Students’ Representative of Student-Faculty...
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- A Call To Action: Women, Religion, Violence, And Power
On March 25, former President Jimmy Carter releases his new book, Call To Action, that focuses on what he says is "the number one challenge in the world today." This is the discrimination and abuse against women. The book builds...