Human Rights
Las Casas Annual Lecture on Human Rights: “The Migrant’s Path”
| May 3, 2018 | ||
| 5:30 pm | to | 7:00 pm |
Prince Lucien Campbell Hall (PLC)
Room 180
1415 Kincaid St.
UO campus
Annual Bartolomé de las Casas Lecture on Human Rights
“The Migrant’s Path / El Camino del Migrante”
by Father Alejandro Solalinde
Cosponsored by the Division of Equity and Inclusion, the Latin American Studies Program, and the Center for Latino/a and Latin American Studies
For information about the Writing Migration Conference May 3 – 4, 2018, go to: gerscan.uoregon.edu
Las Casas Annual Lecture on Human Rights– “Bartolomé de las Casas: First Critic of Modernity
| April 14, 2017 | ||
| 5:00 pm | to | 6:30 pm |
William W. Knight Law Center, Room 110
1515 Agate Street, Eugene, OR 97403
Enrique Dussel will present Bartolomé de las Casas Annual Lecture on Human Rights
“Bartolomé de las Casas: First Critic of Modernity”
Keynote address for the second day of the LALISA (Latin American, Latino/a, and Iberian Studies Association of the PNW) Conference.
“Presente! Art and the Disappeared in Latin America,” with Stephanie Wood and Carlos Aguirre
| March 10, 2017 | ||
| 12:30 pm | to | 1:30 pm |
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art (JSMA)
Ford Lecture Hall
1430 Johnson Lane
UO campus
Dr. Stephanie Wood will give a presentation about the open-access digital collection called ¡Presente! Art and the Disappeared at the JSMA on March 10, 2017. Prof. Carlos Aguirre will provide an introduction.
Stephanie Wood (Center for Equity Promotion, College of Education) and Carlos Aguirre (History), along with June Black (formerly of the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art), are three members of the Center for Latino/a and Latin American Studies “Research Action Project for Human Rights in Latin America” who have undertaken research into the intersection of art and human rights in Latin America, with research funds provided by CLLAS. › Continue reading
Curriculum workshop: Human Rights and Genocide Prevention
| February 19, 2015 | ||
| 3:30 pm | to | 5:00 pm |
Knight Library 122
Collaboration Center
This workshop is intended for faculty and graduate students who are interested in incorporating human rights and genocide prevention into their teaching.
Topic 1: “Gender, Violence and Impunity in Latin America and South Asia,” led by Dr. Lynn Stephen (Anthropology) and Dr. Lamia Karim (Anthropology).
Topic 2: “Teaching Human Rights in Latin America: Problems, Sources, and
Methods,” led by Dr. Carlos Aguirre (History) and David Woken, History & Latin American Studies Librarian.
“The Right to Culture as a Human Right: Noise, Gender Violence, and the Cultural Defense”—Alison Dundes Renteln
| January 29, 2014 | ||
| 3:30 pm | to | 5:30 pm |
Ben Linder Room
Erb Memorial Union
1222 E. 13th Ave.
Presented by Alison Dundes Renteln, Professor of Political Science, Anthropology, Law, and Public Policy, University of Southern California
Immigrants often have to give up their customs to conform to the standards of their new society. But should newcomers to the U.S. be expected to discard their traditions, even though the right to culture is a basic human right? What are reasonable limits on the right to culture?
Should immigrants be prohibited from eating a dog because Americans consider the animal a “pet”? Should symbols of religious identity like headscarves be allowed in public schools? Should the loud religious sounds such as the call to prayer be exempt from noise laws? How should the law handle traditions like child marriage and honor killing? While cross-cultural understanding is crucial, the question is how much weight courts should give culture when customs clash with the law. This lecture discusses how to draw the line. › Continue reading
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