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.
2010
"Reason and Passion: The Strange Alchemy of Life and Law" - Lecture series by Justice Albie Sachs
View PosterJanuary 6 - "Terrorism, Torture and the Rule of Law" Introduction by Susan Gzesh, Executive Director, Human Rights Program, Senior Lecturer in the College January 13 - "Punitive Justice vs. Restorative Justice" Introduction by Christine Stansell, Stein-Freiler Distinguished Service Professor in United States History January 20 - "Social and Economic Rights as Fundamental Human Rights" Introduction by Adam Green, Associate Professor of American History January 27 - "Does the Law Have a Sense of Humor?" Introduction by Jane Dailey, Associate Professor of American History February 3 - "The Secular and the Sacred: The Right of Same Sex Couples to Marry" Introduction by Geoffrey Stone, Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor, The Law School
"Reflecting on the Anti-Apartheid Movement: South African & U.S. Perspectives" - Conversation with Justice Albie Sachs & Prexy Nesbitt
View Poster"Living With Land Mines" - Exhibition opening with photographer V. Tony Hauser
View Poster"The Moral Challenges of Asymmetrical War: The Case of Israel" - Moshe Halbertal, Hebrew University and New York University School of Law
View Poster"Israel's Occupation through the Lens of the Education System" - Neve Gordon, Ben-Gurion University
View Poster"Are Human Rights Still Universal?" - Wiktor Osiatynski, Central European University, Budapest
View Poster"The New Reality of Mexico-US Migration" - Douglas Massey, Princeton University and the Mexican Migration Project
View Poster"Human Rights and the New Sciences" - Symposium
View Poster"Latino Immigrants in the Windy City: New Trends in Civic Engagement" - Panel Discussion
View PosterXóchitl Bada, University of Illinois-Chicago Oscar Chacón, Natl. Assoc. of Latin American & Caribbean Communities Jesus Garcia, Democratic Candidate, Cook County Board of Commissioners Jose Luis Gutierrez, Federación de Michoacanos de Illinois/NALACC Susan Gzesh, Human Rights Program, University of Chicago Rebecca Vonderlack-Navarro, SSA, University of Chicago
“In the Time of the Coup d’état: Defending Human Rights in Honduras” - Berta Oliva, General Coordinator, Committee of Families Detained and Disappeared in Honduras (COFADEH)
View Poster“Human Dignity: Its Origins in Classical Thought/La Dignidad Humana: Sus Orígenes en el Pensamiento Clásico” - Antonio Pele, Assistant Professor in Legal Philosophy, Carlos III University of Madrid; Visiting Scholar, University of Chicago Human Rights Program
View Poster“The Paper Market: The Borrowing, Renting and Buying of Identities” - Ellie Vasta, Associate Professor, Centre for Research on Social Inclusion, Macquarie University
View Poster“Neo-liberalism's Global Workforce: The End of a Dream?” - Stephen Castles, Research Professor of Sociology, University of Sydney; Associate Director, International Migration Institute (IMI), University of Oxford
View Poster“From the Struggle for Labor Rights to the Struggle for Life: Workers' Rights, Feminicide and the 'War on Drugs' in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico” - Cipriana Jurado, Human Rights Defender
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