Past events are organized by academic year. If an event was organized as part of a faculty project, you can find a more complete description on our Projects page. 

 

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

“Tock Tick: The Working of a Judge's Mind” - Justice Albie Sachs

Monday, Jan 26, 2009 4 – 5:30 pm Swift Hall, Lecture Hall, 1025 E. 58th St. View Poster

“Thou Shall Not Steal: Putting an End to the National Epidemic of Wage Theft”

Wednesday, Feb 4, 2009 7 – 8:30 pm School of Social Service Administration, Rm. E-I, 969 E. 60th St. View Poster

Ted Smukler, Director of Public Policy, Interfaith Worker Justice Adam Kader, Executive Director, Chicago Interfaith Committee on Worker Issues Workers from Chicago Interfaith Committee on Worker Issues United Electrical Workers union members from Republic Windows and Doors Occupation

"Human Rights and History" - Symposium

Saturday, Feb 21, 2009 9 am – 5:30 pm Social Science Building, Room 224, 1126 E. 59th St. View Poster

Robert H. Kirschner, M.D., Memorial Human Rights Lecture: “Prevention, Peacemaking and Transitional Justice” - Juan Méndez, President, International Center for Transitional Justice

Wednesday, Apr 15, 2009 6 – 7:30 pm Social Science Building, Room 122, 1126 E. 59th St. View Poster

“In Search of Humanity: Blogs of an International Aid Worker” - Obie C. Porteous

Thursday, Apr 16, 2009 12 – 1:30 pm Pick Hall, 1st Floor Lounge, 5828 S. University Ave View Poster

“Gringo: A Coming of Age in Latin America” - Chesa Boudin

Monday, Apr 20, 2009 12 – 1:30 pm Kelly Hall, Room 114, 5848 S. University Ave View Poster

International Network on Migration and Development - Reception

Monday, May 4, 2009 5:30 – 7 pm Social Science Building, Room 224, 1126 E. 59th St. View Poster

“Hard Times: Brazil's Landless Movement Faces the Economic Crisis” - Débora Nunes da Silva of MST

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 12 – 1:30 pm Classics 110, 1010 E. 59th St. View Poster

“A Right to Credit?: The Experience of a Human Rights Alumnus in Microfinance" - Jacob Haar

Friday, May 8, 2009 12:30 – 2 pm Kelly Hall, Room 114, 5848 S. University Ave View Poster

“Drawings of Genocide: Darfur through the eyes of its children" - Exhibit and Keynote Lecture with Rebecca Tinsley

Monday, May 11 – 26, 2009 9 am – 5 pm Franke Institute for the Humanities, JRL S-118, 1100 E. 57th St. View Poster

Keynote Lecture: Wednesday, May 13, 2009, 6 pm

“Dear President Obama: Lessons from Chicago on the Issue of Torture” - Panel Discussion

Wednesday, May 27, 2009 7 – 8:30 pm Harper Memorial Library, Room 140, 1116 E. 59th St. View Poster

STAN WILLIS, Attorney at Law Offices of Standish E. Willis Ltd. and Black People Against Police Torture JOEY MOGUL, Attorney at the People’s Law Office and professor at Depaul University College of Law AZIZ HUQ, University of Chicago Assistant Professor in Law SUSAN GZESH, Director of University of Chicago Human Rights Program

“Ignacio Martín-Baró's Vision Today: Progress for All in El Salvador?” - Susan Bird and the Ignacio Martín-Baró Human Rights Essay Prizes Award Ceremony

Monday, Jun 1, 2009 6 – 7:30 pm Kelly Hall, Room 117, 5848 S. University Ave View Poster

"Impunity in Colombia: One Woman's Story" - Yessika Hoyos Morales

Wednesday, Sep 30, 2009 5 – 6:30 pm School of Social Service Administration, Room W-I, 969 E. 60th St. View Poster

"Plan Mexico, the Drug War and Human Rights in Mexico" - Laura Carlsen and General José Francisco Gallardo

Wednesday, Oct 21, 2009 12 – 1:30 pm Social Science Building, Room 201, 1126 E. 59th St. View Poster

"Voices for Justice: Human Rights Advocacy in Ethiopia" - Daniel Bekele and Leslie Lefkow

Tuesday, Nov 10, 2009 4:30 – 6 pm OMSA Community Lounge, 5710 S. Woodlawn Ave View Poster

2001-2008