THE PH.D./M.A. PROGRAM IN POLITICAL SCIENCE
AND
THE COMMITTEE FOR THE STUDY OF HUMAN RIGHTS
    PRESENT
    HUMAN RIGHTS FOR THE
TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
   
NOVEMBER 17-18, 2000
THE GRADUATE CENTER, CUNY
THE BAISLEY POWELL ELEBASH RECITAL HALL
365 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK, NY 10016
(DIRECTIONS / MAP)
   
Panel I: Universalism and the Relativist Challenge
CHAIRED BY:
Maivan Clech Lam, CUNY School of Law
SPEAKERS:
Adamantia Pollis, Graduate Faculty, New School University
Rhoda Howard-Hassman, McMaster University
Haideh Moghissi, York University, Canada
   
Panel II: Self-Determination in the Post-Cold War Context
CHAIRED BY:
Benjamin Rivlin, Director, Ralph Bunche Institue on the United Nations
SPEAKERS:
W. Ofuatey-Kodjoe, The Graduate Center, CUNY
Avram Bornstein, John Jay College, CUNY
George Andreopoulos, Political Science, John Jay College and the Graduate Center, CUNY
   
Panel III: Transnational Challenges to the Realization of Economic and Social Rights
CHAIRED BY:
Juergen Dedring, The Graduate Center, CUNY
SPEAKERS:
John L. Hammond, Hunter College and the Graduate Center, CUNY
Lance Compa, Cornell University
Stephen Herzenberg, The Keystone Research Center
   
Panel IV: Science and Human Rights
CHAIRED BY:
Penelope Andrews, CUNY School of Law
SPEAKERS:
Audrey Chapman, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Judith Kimerling, Queens College, CUNY, and CUNY School of Law
Victor W. Sidel, University Professor of Social Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Montefiore Medical Center
   
Advanced Registration:   $80.00
On Site Registration:   $95.00
Representatives of Human Rights NGOs:   $50.00
CUNY Faculty & Students:   Free

To register, please send a check payable to "CUNY Graduate Center" to:


Human Rights for the Twenty-First Century
Office of Continuing Education & Public Programs
The Graduate Center, CUNY
365 Fifth Avenue, Suite 8111
New York, NY 10016-4039

Please be sure to include your name, affiliation, mailing address, phone number, and e-mail address.

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Conference Schedule:

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17   SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18
         
9:00 a.m. Registration   8:00 a.m. Registration
9:30 a.m. Opening Remarks   9:00 a.m. Panel III
10:00 a.m. Panel I   2:00 p.m. Panel IV
2:00 p.m. Panel II   5:00 p.m. Closing Remarks
5:30 p.m. Reception      
   
Cosponsors: The Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies, The Center for Jewish Studies, The Center for the Study of Women and Society, The CUNY Law School Human Rights Seminar, The European Union Studies Center, The Institute for Research on the African Diaspora in the Americas and the Caribbean (IRADAC), The Office of Continuing Education and Public Programs, The Ralph Bunche Institute on the United Nations, and The United Nations Intellectual History Project.
   
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