Conference Chairs

Judith Butler, University of California, Berkeley

Domna C. Stanton, Graduate Center, City University of New York

Speakers

Lila Abu-Lughod, Meena Alexander, Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Omar Barghouti, Jacqueline Bhabha, Edouardo Cadava, Pheng Cheah, Samera Esmeir, Michel Feher, Margaret Higonnet, Thomas Keenan, David W. Kennedy, Iain Levine, Bruce Robbins, Kennethh Roth, Alisa Solomon, Sidonie Smith, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Shibley Telhami, and Leti Volpp

Conference Schedule

Friday, October 21, 2005

9:15 a.m. Welcome

Domna C. Stanton, Graduate Center, City University of New York

SESSIONS

9:30-11:30 a.m. Cultural Translation, Internationalism, and Rights Discourse

Presiding: Domna C. Stanton, Graduate Center, City University of New York

Speakers: Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im, Emory University Law School

David W. Kennedy, Harvard University Law School

Kenneth Roth, Human Rights Watch

Leti Volpp, American University Law School

11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Lunch on own

1:00-3:00 p.m. Human Rights and the Media

Presiding: Rosemary G. Feal, MLA

Speakers: Margaret Higonnet, University of Connecticut, Storrs

Alisa Solomon, Columbia University

Sidonie Smith, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Shibley Telhami, University of Delaware

3:00-3:30 p.m. Refreshment Break

3:30-5:30 p.m. Who Is the Human in Human Rights?

Presiding: Francesca Sautman, Graduate Center, City University of New York

Speakers: Omar Barghouti, Tel Aviv University

Jacqueline Bhabha, Harvard University

Eduardo Cadava, Princeton University

Samera Esmeir, New York University

5:30-6:30 p.m. Cocktail Reception

6:30 p.m. Poetry Reading by Meena Alexander

Saturday, October 22, 2005

9:00-11:00 a.m. The Rights of Language and Culture, the Language and Culture of Rights

Presiding: Marianne Hirsch, Columbia University

Speakers: Lila Abu-Lughod, Columbia University

Kwame Anthony Appiah, Princeton University

Pheng Cheah, Univesity of California, Berkeley

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Columbia University

11:00-11:30 a.m. Refreshment Break

11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Imagining beyond the Nation: Human Rights and the Critique of Political Sovereignty

Presiding: Judith Butler, University of California, Berkeley

Speakers: Michel Feher, Universite de Paris

Thomas Keenan, Bard College

Iain Levine, Human Rights Watch

Bruce Robbins, Columbia University

1:30-2:00 p.m. Wrap-Up

Judith Butler, University of California, Berkeley

CUNY Graduate Center Faculty Member and Administrative Staff Registration rates are $75 (includes 2 refreshment breaks and 1 reception)

CUNY Graduate Center Student rates are $25 (includes 2 refreshment breaks and 1 reception)

MLA Member rates are $75 (includes 2 refreshment breaks and 1 reception)

MLA student member rates are $25 (includes 2 refreshment breaks and 1 reception)

MLA nonmember rates are $85 (includes 2 refreshment breaks and 1 reception)

To register please go to the Modern Language Association website at www.mla.org

ALL CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS MUST BE PRE-REGISTERED

For full program and times, please consult the MLA website or the website of the French Ph.D. Program at http://web.gc.cuny.edu/French

For directions and information call 212-817-8365, Ph.D. Program in French, The Graduate Center, CUNY

***Registration for the conference on the Humanities and Human Rights is now closed.**** Attendance is by pre-registration only and is now at full capacity. Conference organizers cannot accommodate waiting lists or anyone showing up at the door. We look forward to welcoming visitors at other, future, events.

For full program and times, please consult the MLA website or the website of the French Ph.D. Program at http://web.gc.cuny.edu/French

For directions and information call 212-817-8365, Ph.D. Program in French, The Graduate Center, CUNY