Human Rights Day marked at SUNY Potsdam Dec. 3
Friday, November 27, 2009, 9:00am
POTSDAM -- SUNY Potsdam hosts an International Human Rights Day celebration Thursday, Dec. 3, featuring presentations by students, faculty and experts from around the world.
The free events take place in the fireside lounge of Barrington Student Union. The public is invited.
The day begins at 9 a.m. with student presentations, readings and performances of three different classes -- Political Ideas, Latin American Cultures and Languages, Cultures and Differences.
At 11 a.m., Assistant Prof. of Anthropology Carolyn Schwarz discusses how Aboriginal people in Australia are struggling with two opposing identities as “indigenous citizens” and assimilated Australians mainstreamed into society as “ordinary citizens.”
At 12:15 p.m., Eric Stener Carlson, author of “The Pear Tree: Is Torture Ever Justified?” appears via audio conference from Thailand to present insights on torture and other severe human rights violations such as mass rape and disappearances.
Between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m., students of Dr. Suzanne Zwingel’s course on International Human Rights will present posters of current human rights issues.
At 7 p.m. Regina Kreide of the University of Giessen/New School for Social Research will present a talk, “Is Poverty a Human Rights Violation?”
For more information, e-mail zwinges@potsdam.edu or call 267-2522.
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