The Duke Human Rights Center at the Kenan Institute for Ethics » front-page http://kenan.ethics.duke.edu/humanrights Mon, 16 Sep 2013 12:31:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6 Religious Freedom and Persecution, Sep. 24 http://kenan.ethics.duke.edu/humanrights/religious-freedom-and-persecution-sep-24/ http://kenan.ethics.duke.edu/humanrights/religious-freedom-and-persecution-sep-24/#comments Mon, 09 Sep 2013 07:15:00 +0000 jsimonton http://kenan.ethics.duke.edu/humanrights/?p=1719 Conv.HRTuesday, September 24th, the Duke Human Rights Center at the Kenan Institute for Ethics will begin a new interdisciplinary workshop series, “Conversations in Human Rights.” This workshop series will meet twice each semester, bringing together panelists from other institutions and Duke faculty to engage with their research on hot-button international human rights issues. A discussion-focused series drawing together the social sciences, humanities, law, and policy, these workshops are open to Duke faculty, graduate students, and postdocs. A reception will follow each workshop. The first event is co-sponsored by the Duke Islamic Studies Center.

RSVP to amber.diaz@duke.edu by Sunday, September 22.

Religious Freedom and Persecution
Tuesday, September 24, 4:00-6:00 p.m.
101 West Duke Building

Panelists: Carolyn Warner, Arizona State University, Anthony Gill, University of Washington
Discussant/Moderator: Michael Gillespie, Duke University

 

]]> http://kenan.ethics.duke.edu/humanrights/religious-freedom-and-persecution-sep-24/feed/ 0 Uprooted/Rerouted: Narratives of Iraqi and Bhutanese Refugees, Apr. 21 http://kenan.ethics.duke.edu/migration/uprootedrerouted-narratives-of-iraqi-and-bhutanese-refugees-apr-21/ http://kenan.ethics.duke.edu/migration/uprootedrerouted-narratives-of-iraqi-and-bhutanese-refugees-apr-21/#comments Fri, 29 Mar 2013 14:08:34 +0000 katherine http://kenan.ethics.duke.edu/humanrights/uprootedrerouted-narratives-of-iraqi-and-bhutanese-refugees-apr-21/ The twelve students currently enrolled in KIE’s DukeImmerse program “Uprooted/Rerouted” will perform dramatic readings of refugee life stories collected during their recent field work in Egypt and Nepal. This is the second year of the program and of the presentations (last year’s readings can be seen on the KIE YouTube channel).

The students spent a month working either with Iraqi refugees in Cairo or Bhutanese refugees in Nepal.

Sunday, April 21
6:00 pm (Reception to follow)
Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University

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