Human Rights and the Humanities
Mar 15, 2012 | 7:00 PM | Thursday
Description:
“Human Rights and the Humanities” is the inaugural conference in a three-year project by the National Humanities Center. The opening keynote address by Elaine Scarry is free and open to the public.Event Details
A group of distinguished international scholars will examine the contributions made by humanistic scholarship to the understanding of human rights.
The opening keynote address will be delivered by Harvard professor Elaine Scarry, author of the groundbreaking book The Body in Pain.
Other notable speakers will include Elizabeth Anker, Cornell University; Ian Baucom, Duke University; Anat Biletzki, Tel Aviv University and Quinnipiac University; Wim Blockmans, Leiden University; Eduardo Cadava, Princeton University; James Dawes, Macalester College; Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Harvard University; Eva Kalny, Leibniz University; Samuel Moyn, Columbia University; Joseph Slaughter, Columbia University; and Domna Stanton, The Graduate Center, CUNY.
This initiative is sponsored by the Research Triangle Foundation, Duke University, NC State University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Registration for the conference is $35 ($15 for students with valid IDs). The opening keynote address by Elaine Scarry is free and open to the public. Online registration and event details available at www.nationalhumanitiescenter.org.
WHEN:
Thursday, March 15 – 7:00 pm
Friday, March 16 – All day (8 am – 6 pm), to be followed by a dinner for participants
The opening keynote address will be delivered by Harvard professor Elaine Scarry, author of the groundbreaking book The Body in Pain.
Other notable speakers will include Elizabeth Anker, Cornell University; Ian Baucom, Duke University; Anat Biletzki, Tel Aviv University and Quinnipiac University; Wim Blockmans, Leiden University; Eduardo Cadava, Princeton University; James Dawes, Macalester College; Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Harvard University; Eva Kalny, Leibniz University; Samuel Moyn, Columbia University; Joseph Slaughter, Columbia University; and Domna Stanton, The Graduate Center, CUNY.
This initiative is sponsored by the Research Triangle Foundation, Duke University, NC State University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Registration for the conference is $35 ($15 for students with valid IDs). The opening keynote address by Elaine Scarry is free and open to the public. Online registration and event details available at www.nationalhumanitiescenter.org.
WHEN:
Thursday, March 15 – 7:00 pm
Friday, March 16 – All day (8 am – 6 pm), to be followed by a dinner for participants
