Friends Lunch with a Member

ACTIVISM IN THE SHADOWS OF UNIVERSALISM Elisions and Accents in the History of Human Rights

Meredith Terretta shows how historical inquiry contributes to an understanding of contemporary human rights as contingent. Using 20th century Africa as a case study, Terretta focuses on transregional activism to demonstrate that rights claims from colonial settings preceded a discursive structure of universal human rights emerging in 1948. A FRIENDS ONLY EVENT

Date & Time

May 20, 2016 | 12:00pm – 1:00pm

Location

Dilworth Room

Speakers

Meredith Terretta

Affiliation

Louise and John Steffens Founders' Circle Member

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