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Watch Phyllis Frye: The Fight for Transgender Rights
Phyllis Frye, a pioneer in the fight for transgender rights, delivered the 2022 Kirschner Human Rights Memorial Lecture on March 31, Transgender Day of Visibility.
View ArticleCall for Applications: Pozen Human Rights Doctoral Fellowship Program, 2022-2023
Doctoral students whose research intersects with human rights themes are invited to apply for this competitive yearlong fellowship opportunity. Fellows will meet throughout the academic year, typically twice per quarter, with members of the Pozen Center faculty. At the end of the academic year, Fellows will have made tangible progress on a piece of work and present it in the Doctoral Seminar.
View ArticleRead "Democracies and International Law" by Tom Ginsburg
Read "Agents of Change: Political Philosophy in Practice" by Ben Laurence
Teaching Assistant Needed for Winter 2022 Course!
The Pozen Center is looking for Teaching Assistants for HMRT 25118, Islam, Politics and Gender and HMRT 24007, Human Rights in China.
View ArticleTeaching Assistants Needed for Health and Human Rights Course
The Pozen Center is looking for Teaching Assistants for our Winter Quarter 2022 course, Health and Human Rights, HMRT 21400!
View ArticleAnnouncing 2021-22 Human Rights Lab & Mass Incarceration Working Group Fellows
The Human Rights Lab is pleased to announce our Lab and Mass Incarceration Working Group (MIWG) Fellows student team for the 2021-22 academic year.
View ArticleHuman Rights Startup Fund
The Human Rights Startup Fund offers UChicago students financial support for new and innovative human rights projects and events.
View ArticleWork with the Pozen Center: Now Hiring for Full-Time and Graduate Student Roles
The Pozen Center is currently hiring for two full-time and two graduate student roles.
View ArticleNew Podcast on Human Rights
Check out the new podcast co-hosted by Pozen Faculty Board members Tom Ginsburg and Claudia Flores called Entitled, a podcast about why rights matter and what’s the matter with rights. Entitled explores current debates around rights through narrative storytelling and conversations with experts and advocates.
View ArticleWelcoming our 2021-22 Postdoctoral Instructor and Scholar in Human Rights
Paul Kohlbry and Hannah Ridge will join the Pozen Center for the 2021-22 academic year.
View ArticleAnnouncing the 2021-22 Human Rights Lab BA Fellows
Congratulations to the 2021-22 cohort of Human Rights Lab BA Fellows!
View ArticleCongratulations to our 2021 Pozen Center Award Winners!
The Pozen Center is proud to support this inspiring group of students from across the College and Graduate Schools!
View ArticleAnnouncing the winner of the inaugural Pozen Center Prize for Best BA Thesis on Race and Human Rights
Congratulations to the inaugural winner and two honorable mentions for the Pozen Center Prize for Best BA Thesis on Race and Human Rights!
View Article“Understanding and Responding to Mass Incarceration” Event Series Roundup
Watch all three events in the Lab’s “Understanding and Responding to Mass Incarceration” series.
View ArticleDorothy Burge Awarded BAC + Art Center Residency
2020 Human Rights Lab Artist-in-Residence Dorothy Burge has been awarded a BAC + Art Center Residency for Summer 2021!
View ArticleHuman Rights Lab Collaborates with Activist Opera Company on Interactive Forum Series and Virtual Opera
Learn about the Human Rights Lab’s collaboration with White Snake Projects on a powerful new opera, Death By Life, which explores the intersection of systemic racism and mass incarceration in the wake of George Floyd’s murder.
View Article2021 Dr. Aizik Wolf Post-BA Fellowship Spotlight: Thomas Hagan
Learn about the work of Thomas Hagan, AB’21, our 2021 recipient of the Dr. Aizik Wolf Post-Baccalaureate Fellowship in Human Rights!
View ArticleHuman Rights Lab and CSRPC Announce Inaugural 2021 Practitioner Fellows
The Human Rights Lab and the Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture are pleased to announce our inaugural 2021 Practitioner Fellows.
View ArticlePozen Center Launches New Prize for Best BA Thesis on Race and Human Rights
The Pozen Center is pleased to announce a new prize for excellence in BA essay projects about race and human rights in the United States or globally.
View ArticleThe Pozen Center Welcomes Professor Lindsay Gifford
The Pozen Center is pleased to announce the appointment of Lindsay Gifford as Assistant Research Professor.
View ArticleScenes from the 2020 Pozen Center Holiday Party!
See pictures from the Pozen Center’s first-ever virtual holiday party.
View ArticleHuman Rights Lab Justice Intern Update
Read updates from the inaugural cohort of Human Rights Lab Justice Interns.
View ArticleCenter Administrator Kathy Scott’s photography featured in the UChicago Citizen
The Pozen Center’s own Kathy Scott published one of her photos in the most recent issue of the UChicago Citizen.
View ArticleUpcoming
Spring 2023 Human Rights Courses
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