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Instructors: Riley Linebaugh; Katharina Wolf
Event type:
Seminar
Displayed in timetable as:
Hours per week:
2
Credits:
5,0
Language of instruction:
Englisch
Min. | Max. participants:
- | 30
Allocation scheme: PoWi
Requirements / organisational issues:
The course is open for all students at Johannes Gutenberg University.
Regular JGU students and RMU students can register to the course via subscription in Jogustine.
Exchange students please add the course to the course registration formlar for exchange students and send it to the office for student affairs in your department.
Contents:
Human rights are often thought of as universal, meaning that they equally address and apply to all people around the world. Further, they are often understood as having fixed and clear legal meanings that are defined and enforced by international institutions, such as the United Nations. However, a historical examination reveals the varied contexts in which they figure. This course will look at the intellectual underpinnings of the notions behind human rights, the geopolitical contexts in which they were institutionalized, the activism by marginalized peoples to gain greater recognition in the rights-based frameworks, and some critique of work done in the name of human rights. By historicizing the development of human rights discourse and practice, this course aims to shed light on the current challenges facing the global efforts to obtain and protect human rights.This course is suitable for students of history, international relations, policy, political science, and those more broadly interested in the topic
The seminar is held in English.
Additional information:
Lecturers: Katharina Wolf, MA and Riley Linebaugh, MA
Digital teaching:
The course is going to take place predominantly online. There will be two meeting in presence at JGU campus.
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