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06/19/2008 - 06/21/2008 | Berlin
This international workshop brings together scholars and researchers working on the history of human rights in the twentieth century. Our intention is to showcase ongoing research on human rights that traverses national histories and moral narratives. While all disciplines are invited to participate in the discussion, a special emphasis is placed on analyzing human rights as history.
The workshop is less concerned with the normative intentions than the actual workings of human rights regimes and rhetorics since the 1940s. The goal is to place the emergence of transnational moral and legal concepts within the context of the contingent and violently conflictual history of the past century. In particular, we would like to ask when, how and why human rights became the global currency of political claim-making and counter claim-making.
Information on participating / attending:
Pre-registration is preferred so that we can have a sense for numbers, and required for the reception on Thursday and/or for lunch on Friday and Saturday. Please contact humanrights@zzf-pdm.de if you like to attend or for any questions about the workshop.
Organizers: Stefan-Ludwig Hoffmann (ZZF), in conjunction with Dieter Gosewinkel (WZB)
Date:
06/19/2008 17:00 - 06/21/2008 20:00
Event venue:
Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB)
Room A 300
Reichpietschufer 50
10785 Berlin
Brandenburg
Germany
Target group:
Scientists and scholars, Students
Email address:
Relevance:
international
Subject areas:
History / archaeology, Law, Politics, Social studies
Types of events:
Entry:
06/10/2008
Sender/author:
Steffi Kahmann
Department:
Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
Event is free:
yes
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event23843
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