Institute for Human Rights & Humanitarian Studies Events

Upcoming Events

Now-May 20

Nowhere People, The World's Stateless Photo Exhibit

by Greg Constantine

Lower level of the East Academic Building, 545 Garden Avenue

May 20, 2013

The First Annual HateBrakers Awards, sponsored by the Institute for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies.

The Frontenac Hilton, 7pm

August 29, 2013

Misunderstood Minds, Library Conference Room, noon.

Thursdays in September

YIHR Film Festival, Winnie Moore Auditorium 7pm

September 5: The Intouchables, Introduction and after-film discussion with Lionel   Cuilie, Jane and Bruce Robert Endowed Chair in French and Francophone Studies

September 12: Benda Bilili

September 19: Any Day Now, Co-sponsored with Webster’s LGBTQ Alliance

September 26: Scarlet Road

October 3, 2013

Disability Rights Month Featuring Jonathan Mooney, 7pm, East Academic Building 253/262

October 9-10, 2013

Annual Human Rights Conference: Disability Rights

All other events will be announced on our website at www.webster.edu/humanrights. For questions, please contact humanrights@webster.edu .

*All events and times are subject to change.

To submit an events listing related to human rights and/or humanitarian studies, e-mail humanrights@webster.edu.

Past Events

April 5-May 3, 2013

Elizabeth L. Gilbert: Histories in Africa, 20 Years of Photography

The opening talk by Liz Gilbert is Friday April 5 at 3pm in Sverdrup 101

Opening Reception in the gallery Friday, 5 April, 5-7 p

For more information, please visit:http://www2.webster.edu/maygallery/next.htm

April 9, 2013

Screening of the film Invisible Wars in the Winifred Moore Auditorium at noon.                                                               This event is free and open to the public.

Thursday, April 18 and Friday, April 19

Annual Human Rights Conference: The Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Stateless Persons

February 19, 2013

Professor Maxine Burkett from the University of Hawaii gave a remote lecture “The Nation Ex-Situ: On Climate change, Deterritorialized Nationhood, and the Post-Climate Era.”

Co-sponsored by the Sustainability Committee, Philosophy Department and the Center for Ethics

 February 26

Screening of the award winning film Dignity Harbor, followed by a discussion by filmmaker Mike Gualdoni and Holly Schroeder from St. Louis Homeless Winter Outreach. They spoke about homelessness in Saint Louis. St. Louis Homeless Winter Outreach collected donations of blankets, scarves, hats, gloves, and other winter items.

Co-sponsored by the Institute for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies, Behavior and Social Sciences Club, and Webster University Amnesty International.

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Andrew Jolivette: Indian Blood: Mixed Race Identity, Indigenous People, and HIV/AIDS

His lecture, Indian Blood: Mixed Race Identity, Indigenous People, and HIV/AIDS, explored issues of inter-generational trauma, Native American cultural resilience, stress coping mechanisms, and identity politics within the context of public health disparities—ranging from mental health in urban environments to political activism, and the sacred role of two-spirit, same-gender loving indigenous populations throughout the United States.

Link to information on the program:

http://blogs.webster.edu/mcisa/blog/2012/11/14/indian-blood-mixed-race-identity-indigenous-people-and-hivaids/

More information on Professor Andrew Jolivette:
http://speakoutnow.org/userdata_display.php?modin=50&uid=424


November 16-18
Saint Louis Cinema Human Rights Sidebar. Click here for schedule and description of films.


Monday, November 5, 2012
Where did Human Rights Come From?
Library Conference Room

 Monday, October 29, 2012

Michel Agier, "Humanitarian Government as the Postcolonial and the Compassionate Side of Globalization" Library Conference Room, noon. Co-sponsored by the Department of Lanugages and Cultures.

 


Monday, October 8, 2012 

Saturday, September 26, 2012

Corporate Social Responsibility and Human Rights: Achieving Peace Through Economic Development, Charlotte Walker-Said, Lentz Fellow in Peace Studies and Human Rights



Monday, September 10, 2012
University Center Sunnen Lounge, 7pm

Monte Reel will speak at Webster University. 

A book signing and reception will follow. The event will be globally webcast and available online for our overseas campuses at www.webster.edu/live

*Tuesdays in September: Indigenous Rights Film Festival will be held in the Winnie Moore Auditorium at 7pm


Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Thick Dark Fog by Randy Vasquez

Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Rabbit Proof Fence by Phillip Noyce

Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Smoke Signals by Chris Eyre

Tuesday, September 4, 2012 
Reel Injun by Cree Filmmaker Neil Diamond