The Duke Human Rights Center at the Kenan Institute for Ethics » front-migration http://kenan.ethics.duke.edu/humanrights Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:09:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 DNA, Human Rights & Human Trafficking Workshop, Mar. 20 http://kenan.ethics.duke.edu/humanrights/dna-human-rights-human-trafficking-workshop-mar-20/ http://kenan.ethics.duke.edu/humanrights/dna-human-rights-human-trafficking-workshop-mar-20/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:38:51 +0000 katherine http://kenan.ethics.duke.edu/humanrights/?p=1107 The first workshop of the  DNA Applications in Human Rights and Human Trafficking initiative will be held Wednesday, March 20. This workshop will discuss the potential role of DNA in human trafficking victim identification and the historic uses of DNA for human rights and explore the ethical, privacy, political, and social implications of DNA collection of victims and family members.

This initiative represents a partnership of KIE, the Franklin Humanities Institute, and the Duke Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, with funding from the Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation.

March 20, 2013
9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Smith Warehouse, Garage C105 Bay 4
Lunch provided

Event flier available for download.

]]> http://kenan.ethics.duke.edu/humanrights/dna-human-rights-human-trafficking-workshop-mar-20/feed/ 0 Movements and Exchanges in an Unequal World Conference, Feb. 28 – Mar. 1 http://kenan.ethics.duke.edu/?p=4250 http://kenan.ethics.duke.edu/?p=4250#comments Fri, 30 Nov 2012 07:26:31 +0000 katherine http://kenan.ethics.duke.edu/humanrights/movements-and-exchanges-in-an-unequal-world-conference-feb-28-mar-1/ The International Comparative Studies program is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a conference on international migration. The three-day schedule includes panel discussions, a film, a performance, and a keynote address. For full details and registration information, please visit the conference page at the ICS website.

Conference sponsors include: Department of African and African American Studies, Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Department of Cultural Anthropology, Department of History, Department of Sociology, Duke Islamic Studies Center, Duke University Center for International Studies, Franklin Humanities Institute, Duke Human Rights Center @ FHI, Kenan Institute for Ethics, Office of Dean of Academic Affairs – Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, Office of the Dean of Arts and Sciences, Office of the Dean of the Humanities, Office of the Dean of Social Sciences, Office of the Provost, Program in Arts of the Moving Image, Program in Latino/a Studies in the Global South, Program in Literature, Women’s Studies.

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