SPring 2022
Mildred Fish-Harnack Human Rights and Democracy Lecture featuring Rebecca Donner
April 13, 2022, 4:00-6:00pm Pyle Center
The Mildred Fish-Harnack Human Rights and Democracy Lecture is named after a Milwaukee native who was a UW–Madison student in the 1920s. While living in Germany, Fish-Harnack assisted in the escape of German Jews and political dissidents. She is the only American civilian executed under the personal instruction of Adolf Hitler, for her resistance to the Nazi regime. This lectureship is designed to promote a greater understanding of human rights and democracy, and enrich international studies at UW-Madison. The lecture brings to campus a person who contributes to the cause of human rights through academic scholarship and/or active leadership. UW-Madison's Office of International Studies and Programs established the lecture in 1994 and coordinated it until the Human Rights Program was created.
More information on Mildred Fish Harnack is available through:
https://law.wisc.edu/gls/hrp/fish_harnack.html
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FALL 2021
Prosperity in the Fossil-Free Economy with Melissa K Scanlan
September 28, 2021
Virtual book talk with Melissa K. Scanlan, "Prosperity in the Fossil-Free Economy." Melissa K Scanlan, Director of the Center for Water Policy, UW-Milwaukee, and Affiliate Faculty, UW Law School will present her talk on September 28, 2021 at Noon.
Registration is required. For more information and to register for free at Eventbrite.
Refugees, Borders and Human Rights
October 28, 2021, 12:00-1:00pm
Panel discussion "Refugees, Borders and Human Rights" featuring: Professors Sara McKinnon, Venkat Mani, Erin Barbato, Nevine El-nossery, and Jenna Loyd (via Zoom) will discuss current refugee crises in the US, human rights implications, and what various organizations are doing to help refugees in WI.
All are welcome, no registration necessary. Contact Sarah Ferran for Zoom link, sferran@wisc.edu
ethnic and religious identities in russian penal institutions
November 4, 2021, 4:00-5:15pm
The vast majority of migrant workers come to Russia from Central Asian countries. These migratory processes led to a drastic increase in the number of Central Asian transnational prisoners in Russia’s penal institutions. Given the arbitrary law enforcement and precarity and uncertainties stemming from shadow economy employment, a considerable number of Central migrants end up in Russian prisons. Rustamjon Urinboyev will discuss how the arrival of a large number of transnational Muslim prisoners shapes the traditional hierarchies and power relations in Russian penal institutions.
About the speaker: Rustamjon Urinboyev is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology of Law at Lund University and Senior Researcher within the ERC-funded ‘Gulag Echoes’ project in the Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki. He is the author of "Migration and Hybrid Political Regimes: Navigating the Legal Landscape in Russia," published by the University of California Press.
For additional information on CREECA please visit https://creeca.wisc.edu/
a virtual conversation on women and women's rights in Afghanistan
November 10, 2021, 1:30-3:30pm
Join Dr. Golnoosh Hakimdavar (Assoc. Teaching Prof. of Law and Policy, Northeastern University) for a conversation with three women with close ties to Afghanistan as they reflect on recent events and the current situation for women in Afghanistan.
Contact Sarah Ferran for Zoom link, sferran@wisc.edu
