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Kathryn Libal
Kathryn Libal is Associate Professor of Social Work and Associate Director of the Human Rights Institute at the University of Connecticut. She earned her doctorate in anthropology at the University of […]
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Rachel Morello-Frosch
Rachel Morello-Frosch is an Associate Professor at the University of California, Berkeley working in the Department of Environmental Science Policy and Management. Her research focuses on environmental health and justice, […]
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Michael Geyer
Michael Geyer is a Samuel N. Harper Professor of German and European History and the Faculty Director of the Human Rights Program at the University of Chicago. His research includes German […]
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Patricia Sullivan
Patricia Sullivan is a Professor of History in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of South Carolina. Dr. Sullivan specializes in modern United States history, with an emphasis […]
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John Prendergast
John Prendergast is a human rights activist whose work focuses on peace in Africa. Mr. Prendergast has worked for the Clinton White House, the State Department, the National Intelligence Council, […]
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Leslie Brown
Leslie Brown, a Duke graduate and historian of the civil rights movement, teaches as an Associate Professor of History at Williams College. Prior to 2008, Brown taught a range of […]
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James Dawes
James Dawes is Chair and Professor of English at Macalester College, and founder and Director of the Program in Human Rights and Humanitarianism. He is author of Evil Men (Harvard University Press, […]
Upcoming Events
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Human Rights in Practice Event – Food Insecurity, Climate Change and Human Rights
March 15 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm -
Méndez Award Winner: Reagan’s Gun-Toting Nuns by Theresa Keeley
March 16 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm -
Global Ideas, Local Impact
March 24 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Other Human Rights Events at Duke
- The Spatial Promise of Refuge
- The Fierce Urgency of Our Shared Humanity - A conversation about truth, accountability, reconciliation, healing, and how we move forward in recognizing our shared humanity
- Visible Thinking