Past Events
Explore our past events, many of which you can watch recordings of with closed captions
Lectures & Panels U.S.-Made Weapons in Atrocity Crimes 12:15 pm-1:15 pm
Matt Wells, JD ’09, Director of Amnesty International’s Crisis Response Programme, explores the role of supply chains and arms exports, including US-made weapons, in human rights and international humanitarian law violations around the world.
Lectures & Panels Litigating for Justice: Women’s Rights Lawyering in Iran 12:15–1:15 pm
Iranian Human Rights Attorney and PLSMW Visiting Fellow Afrooz Maghzi Najafabadi will discuss the role of Iranian women’s rights lawyers in the fight for gender justice and equality in Iran.
Lectures & Panels Strategic Litigation in Egypt: Lawyers as Human Rights Advocates 12:15 pm – 1:15 pm
Nader Andrawos discusses the emergence of the Egyptian human rights lawyering movement and the use of strategic litigation as a tool of human rights advocacy in Egypt.
Lectures & Panels Religion in Times of Earth Crisis: Animal Stories, in Crisis 6:00 - 8:45 pm
Muslim communities, among others, have shared stories of religious environments and animals that were inherited, transmitted, and reinterpreted. Teren Sevea will discuss the question, “Can listening to these stories compel us to re-evaluate our academic approaches to religion and environments."
