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Conference Announcement Theme: Contemporary Critical Approaches to Human Rights Type: Interdisciplinary Workshop Institution: Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales Location: Sydney, NSW (Australia) Date: 17.–18.8.2012 __________________________________________________ A workshop sponsored by the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law (UNSW), the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (UNSW) and the Faculty of Arts (University of Sydney) Friday, August 17, 2012 Session 1: The Politics of Human Rights: 1.30-3.30pm Politico-theological Foundations of Universal Human Rights: the Case of Maritain Prof Miguel Vatter (UNSW) The Politics of the ‘Human Rights Revolution’ in Postwar Europe Dr Marco Duranti (Sydney) Discussant: Dr Daniel McLoughlin (Adelaide) Tea and Coffee Break 3.30-4.00 pm Session 2: Histories of Human Rights: 4.00-5.30pm The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the History of Cosmopolitanism Prof Samuel Moyn (Columbia) Discussant: Professor Dirk Moses (European University Institute) Saturday, August 18, 2012 Session 3: The Philosophy of Human Rights: 9.00-11.00am The Source and Value of Human Rights Prof Derrick Darby (Kansas University) Historical normativity and political rights Prof Paul Patton (UNSW) Discussant: Professor Duncan Ivison (Sydney University) Tea and Coffee Break: 11.00-11.30am Session 4: The Political Economy of Human Rights 11.30am-1.30pm Planned Misery and its Law Prof Susan Marks (LSE) The Fortunes of “Natural Man”: Robinson Crusoe, Political Economy and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Dr Jessica Whyte (UWS) Discussant: Dr Ben Golder (UNSW) 1.30-2.30pm Lunch Venue: Staff Common Room, Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales http://www.facilities.unsw.edu.au/Maps/pdf/kensington.pdf Please Note: There is no cost to attend the workshop but you must register by emailing Belinda McDonald at the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law on <[email protected]> and indicate which days you will be attending. Tea and coffee is provided to all attendees on both days, as well as lunch on the concluding day. Website: http://ascp.org.au/news/events/187-contemporary-critical-approaches-to-human-rights-unsw-17-18-august __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
