Guest scholar and听professor of law and听history at Harvard University Samuel Moyn
What will the future of human rights look like after the 2016 election? How have religious traditions shaped our thinking about human dignity and democracy in the past, and how might the relationship between religion and human rights change in a time marked by developments such as populist movements, Brexit and the election of Donald Trump?
On Thursday, April 6, the at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU) and the at the University of Denver (DU)听will welcome Professor Samuel Moyn to听join an interdisciplinary panel of CU and DU faculty to reflect听on the fraught history鈥攁nd uncertain future鈥攐f religion and human rights.
Moyn, professor of law and听history at Harvard University,听is the 2017听Week of Jewish Philosophy guest scholar. His听visit marks the third annual Week of Jewish Philosophy, a joint initiative presented by both the CU and DU听Jewish studies programs.
The public panel discussion, "Religion and Human Rights After the 2016 Election,"听will take place at Eaton Humanities, located at 1610 Pleasant Street听on the CU Boulder campus.听Other听panelists include听professors听Greg Johnson (Religious Studies at听CU), Susan Kent (History at CU), Carl Raschke (Religious Studies at DU) and Joshua Wilson (Political Science at DU).
In addition to the public panel, Moyn will present graduate and faculty seminars at both CU and DU.
Moyn is currently the Jeremiah Smith, Jr. Professor of Law听at Harvard University. He received a doctorate in modern European history from the University of California, Berkeley听in 2000 and a law degree from Harvard University in 2001.
What: "Religion and Human Rights After the 2016 Election" panel discussion
When: Thursday, April 6, 6 to 8 p.m.
Where: Eaton Humanities, room 250
He has written several books on European intellectual history and human rights history, including The Last Utopia: Human Rights in History (Harvard University Press, 2010), and edited a number of others. His newest book, based on the Mellon Distinguished Lectures at the University of Pennsylvania, is titled听Christian Human Rights (2015).
This year鈥檚 Week of Jewish Philosophy programs are generously cosponsored by the DU-Iliff Joint Doctoral Program in the Study of Religion, DU鈥檚 Department of Philosophy听and CU鈥檚 Department of Religious Studies.
Advance registration is requested, as space is limited. Please email CUJewishStudies@colorado.edu or call 303-492-7143 to RSVP.
To learn more about the panel discussion and Moyn's graduate symposiums, check out the .
