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Conference Announcement "Towards a Sociology of Human Rights: Theoretical and Empirical Contributions" International Workshop International Institute for the Sociology of Law Oñati (Spain) 24-25 May 2007 __________________________________________________ The workshop was conceived to be structured around two axes: a first axe (day 1) aims to explore and present different strands of sociological research that have already been applied to human rights. A second axe (day 2) will consist of different themes relating the current human rights discourse and separate case studies (cf. supra). Coordinators: Mikael Rask Madsen (Denmark) and Gert Verschraegen (Belgium) PROVISIONAL PROGRAM THURSDAY 24th MAY 2007 09.30-10.00: Towards a Sociology of Human Rights: Introduction (Mikael Rask Madsen & Gert Verschraegen) 10.00-12.15: Session 1: Currents of Human Rights Sociology Ignacio Aymerich, Closing the Gap between Theoretical and Empirical Research on Sociology of Human Rights; a Common Conceptualisation for Both Sides Francisco O. Ramirez and David Suarez, Valorized diversity, terms of inclusion and the world HR regime Nicolas Guilhot, Limiting sovereignty or producing governmentality? The human rights debate in the early 1980s Gert Verschraegen, The case for a sociology of human rights 11.00-11.15: Break 12.15-12.45: Pre-lunch drink on the Plaza (voluntary) 13.00-14.00: Lunch 14.15- 16.15: Session 2: Constructing Human Rights Mikael Rask Madsen, The Rise of the Field of Human Rights in France John Torpey, Human Rights and American Exceptionalism Chris Thornhill, State Building and Constitutional Rights: A Socio-Theoretical Analysis Judith Blau, Litigation of social, economic and cultural rights Marie Dembour, XX 16.15-16.30: Break 16.30-17.30: General discussion FRIDAY 25th MAY 2007 10.00-12.00: Session 3 - Human Rights between the Domestic and the International Quirine Eijkman, A socio-legal perspective on the implementation of HR within police systems: the case-study of Costa Rica Eva Brems, Should rights shape societies or should societies shape rights? An examination of the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights Luke Mcnamara, Human Rights, Political Discourse and Law-Making: A Comparative Study of Selected Controversies Stephen Greer, Measuring Compliance Within The European Court of Human Rights 11.00-11.15: Break 12.15-12.45: Pre-lunch drink on the Plaza (voluntary) 13.00-14.00: Lunch 14.15-16.15: Session 4: Human Rights in Modern Society Paul Stenner, Identifying patterns amongst lay constructions of human rights: a psychosocial approach Frederik Thuesen Pedersen, Human Rights and Individualisation - a Systems Theoretical Perspective Dinesh Rajp¸The relevance of a genealogical development of HR to the modern day refugee: a Greek celebration or Greek tragedy? Alberto Moncada: Human Rights and Public Sociology Omid Payrow Shabani: Religion, Human Rights and Democracy: What Lessons does the Sociology of Religion have for Liberal Theory? 16.15-16.30: Break 16.30-17.30: General discussion/ Closing session Contact: Instituto Internacional de Sociología Jurídica (IISJ) Antigua Universidad Apartado 28 E-20560 Oñati (Gipuzkoa) Spain Tel: +34 943 71 88 89 Fax: +34 943 78 31 47 Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.iisj.es __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org
