Contemporary Critical Approaches to Human Rights
Staff Common Room
Sydney
Australia
Sponsor(s):
- Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law (University of New South Wales)
- Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (University of New South Wales)
- Faculty of Arts (University of Sydney)
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Friday, August 17
Session 1: The Politics of Human Rights: 1.30-3.30pm
Politico-theological Foundations of Universal Human Rights: the Case of Maritain
Prof Miguel Vatter (UNSW)
The Politics of the ‘Human Rights Revolution’ in Postwar Europe[Soft Break]?Dr Marco Duranti (Sydney)[Soft Break]
Discussant: Dr Daniel McLoughlin (Adelaide)
Tea and Coffee Break 3.30-4.00 pm
Session 2: Histories of Human Rights: 4.00-5.30pm
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the History of Cosmopolitanism
Prof Samuel Moyn (Columbia)
Discussant: Professor Dirk Moses (European University Institute)
Saturday, August 18
Session 3: The Philosophy of Human Rights: 9.00-11.00am
The Source and Value of Human Rights
Prof Derrick Darby (Kansas University)
Historical normativity and political rights
Prof Paul Patton (UNSW)
Discussant: Professor Duncan Ivison (Sydney University)
Tea and Coffee Break: 11.00-11.30am
Session 4: The Political Economy of Human Rights 11.30am-1.30pm
Planned Misery and its Law
Prof Susan Marks (LSE)
The Fortunes of “Natural Man”: Robinson Crusoe, Political Economy and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Dr Jessica Whyte (UWS)
Discussant: Dr Ben Golder (UNSW)
1.30-2.30pm Lunch
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Please Note: There is no cost to attend the workshop but you must register by emailing Belinda McDonald at the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law on [email protected] and indicate which days you will be attending. Tea and coffee is provided to all attendees on both days, as well as lunch on the concluding day.
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August 17, 2012, 7:00pm +10:00
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