Truth and Beauty in the Hard Places Exhibition and Related Events

The Olympic Games, Chinese Politics and Human Rights

What are the human consequences of the 2022 Beijing Olympics?  At this point, what does the Olympic movement mean to those who claim to champion human rights? Should there be a minimum human rights standard for Olympic hosts? This panel will attempt to discover some of the answers.

Alex S. Vitale: The End of Policing? Rethinking Public Safety in a Time of Crisis

Join us for this timely conversation on rethinking public safety with Alex S. Vitale, author of The End of Policing. Following his talk, he will be in conversation with Lab Director, Alice Kim.

Human Rights in Practice Internship Symposium 2022

Join us for our annual Human Rights in Practice Internship Symposium featuring presentations by 2021 Human Rights Interns.

Human Rights Book Salon: Christian Lund - "Nine-Tenths of the Law: Enduring Dispossession in Indonesia"

Christian Lund, Professor at the Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, will speak about his book, "Nine-Tenths of the Law: Enduring Dispossession in Indonesia" (Yale University Press) in a talk titled "An Air of Legality"

Property, Personhood, and Police: Racial Banishment in Postcolonial Los Angeles

Join as we welcome Ananya Roy, Professor of Urban Planning, Social Welfare, and Geography and The Meyer and Renee Luskin Chair in Inequality and Democracy at UCLA!

China's High-Tech Totalitarianism and the New Global Order

Join a discussion about how China has utilized political-economic-technological power to establish a high-tech totalitarian state

Meet the Artist Renaldo Hudson: Art, Race and Representations of Trauma 

An intimate lunch conversation organized in conjunction with the Truth and Beauty in the Hard Places exhibition featuring "Artist/Poet for the People" Practitioner Fellows In-Residence Tara Betts and Renaldo Hudson. 

2022 Kirschner Lecture - Phyllis Frye: The Fight for Transgender Rights

Phyllis Frye, a pioneer in the fight for transgender rights, deliveed the 2022 Kirschner Human Rights Memorial Lecture on Transgender Day of Visibility.

Truth and Beauty in the Hard Places Closing Reception and Conversation with Tara Betts and Renaldo Hudson

Join us in person for the Truth and Beauty in the Hard Places Closing Reception and Conversation with Renaldo Hudson and Tarra Betts!

The Prison + Neighborhood Arts and Education Project (PNAP) Presents: Pedagogy in Prison Education

Scholar activist Sandra Brown will discuss her research policy paper examining the challenges she encountered in her own educational journey in corrections and her recommendations for improving degree programs for women incarcerated in Illinois Prisons. 

New Human Rights Major Launch

Come celebrate the launch of the brand-new Human Rights Major, which brings together theory and practice in innovative ways at the University of Chicago. Find out about our funded field and research experience, and learn whether you can enter our very first cohort of students in AY 2022-2023. Dinner will be provided!

Why We Fight: The Roots of War and the Paths to Peace

Most people think war is easy and peace is hard. In a new book, Why We Fight, Professor Chris Blattman argues that, in fact, war is hard and finding peace is easier than you think. From warring states to street gangs, violence is not the norm, and there are five reasons why conflict wins over compromise.  

Human Rights Book Salon: Ben Laurence - "Agents of Change: Political Philosophy in Practice"

Ben Laurence, Associate Instructional Professor in the Social Sciences Collegiate Division and the Division of Social Sciences, will speak about his new book, "Agents of Change: Political Philosophy in Practice" (Harvard University Press).

Human Rights in Practice: The Making of the “Mosul and the Islamic State” Podcast

Join Omar Mohammed and Andrew Mines for an exclusive behind-the-scenes discussion about the production and media coverage behind the “Mosul and the Islamic State” podcast. Host of the podcast, Omar, reported on the Islamic State’s atrocities under the pen name ‘Mosul Eye’ after the city was captured by the Islamic State in 2014. Audio producer, Andrew AB‘18, (Near East Languages and Culture major and Human Rights minor), will discuss his experiences as an undergrad and young professional that led him to his role on the podcast.

Fighting and Surviving Wrongful Conviction: A Virtual Conversation with Fernando Bermudez

Tune into this virtual conversation with international speaker, educator, and artist Fernando Bermudez, organized by graduate student Reyna Hernandez with support from the Mass Incarceration Working Group.

Alaa Abd el-Fattah's "You Have Not Yet Been Defeated" - Sanaa Seif, Sharif Abdel Kouddous, & Atef Said

An outdoor celebration of Alaa And el-Fattah's You Have Not Yet Been Defeated!

2022 “Artist for the People” Practitioner Fellows Welcome Event + Talk

Help us welcome our 2022 “Artist for the People” Practitioner Fellows, Dorothy Burge and Michelle Daniel Jones!

Slavs and Tatars MERCZbau

MERCZbau revisits the intertwined histories of the Ukrainian city of Lviv and the Polish city of Wroclaw as seen through the prism of a particularly eastern Orientalism. The Berlin-based artist collective Slavs and Tatars have created a speculative range of merchandising dedicated to the defunct Department of Oriental Studies of what was once known as the Jan Kazimierz University of Lwow.

Disability Under Siege: Palestine

This roundtable brings together public health practitioners, disability rights advocates, and researchers of trauma and debility to discuss various aspects of disability in Palestine

Global Anti-Gender and Anti-LGBTQ+ Politics: Historical Continuities, Transnational Connections, Contested Futures

In recent years, social movements and political campaigns challenging women’s rights and LGBTQ+ equality have mobilized publics across the globe, from West Africa to Central and Eastern Europe, South Asia to North America."Anti-gender” and “anti-LGBTQ+” movements often reach beyond national borders and draw upon shared strategic and material resources. This workshop series illuminates the development of anti-gender and anti-LGBTQ+ politics and to think collectively about how to teach our present moment. Importantly, this workshop series endeavors to situate such movements, so far largely discussed through regional contexts, within a broader global comparative.

2021-22 Pozen Human Rights Lab BA Thesis Fellowship Symposium

All are welcome to join in person or virtually as we celebrate the accomplishments of the 2021-22 Pozen Human Rights Lab BA Thesis Fellows! 

Pozen Center End of Year Celebration!

A long awaited in-person gathering of all students and staff associated with the Pozen Center! C

Human Rights Lab/CSRPC Mass Incarceration Working Group End of Year Party

The Human Rights Lab has been busy and now it's time to celebrate!