Past Events
Explore our past events, many of which you can watch recordings of with closed captions
Film Screenings, Lectures & Panels The Destruction of Memory: The War on Culture, and the Battle to Save It 12:00-13:00
This film chronicles the destruction of culture in Syria, Mali, the Balkans, Afghanistan, and elsewhere from World War II to the present day. It also relates the heroic efforts to save landmarks and libraries from the ravages of war. Through interviews and documentary footage, the film shows how individuals have used law and policy and sometimes risked their lives to save world heritage.
Film Screenings, Lectures & Panels Mother, Daughter, Sister Film Screening 17:30-19:00
The International Human Rights Clinic hosts a screening of Mother, Daughter, Sister, a half-hour documentary about ethnic women affected by rape as a weapon of war in Myanmar.
Film Screenings, Lectures & Panels The Judge – film and discussion 17:00-19:00
Kholoud Al-Faqih became the first woman judge to be appointed to the Middle East’s Shari’a (Islamic law) courts. The Judge follows her journey. Film screening and discussion with the film’s Director, Erika Cohn, and Palestine legal historian Elizabeth Brownson.