David Ellwood Democracy Lab R-414-AB and 434 AB Conference Room
This symposium will focus on the historical and contemporary challenges of policing in communities of color in the United States. Scheduled in connection with a screening of the film Aswang, this gathering will bring together some of the nation’s leading scholars on policing and the carceral state. Participants will explore the historical legacies in the colonial, revolutionary, and antebellum eras, as well as modern police violence in BIPOC communities, on college campuses, and within empires. The panel discussions for this event will be in-person, open to members of the...
Event Description: This event is part of the Carr Center’s Human Rights Film Series. This series aims to explore the human rights challenges faced by individuals around the world. The screening will feature both the film and a panel discussion. Light refreshments and pizza will be served during the event.
Film Description:Winner of the prestigious Amnesty International Award at the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, Filipina documentarian Alyx Ayn Arumpac’s Aswang offers an unflinching...
Event Description: Join us for a discussion with former President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, MC/MPA '81, in conversation with Kathryn Sikkink, Ryan Family Professor of Human Rights Policy. President Santos is an Angelopoulos Global Public Leaders Fellow alumnus and will present the 2023 Edwin L. Godkin Lecture. This Forum lecture is part of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy's celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Event Description: This webinar is part of the Carr Center's Towards Life 3.0 series. Towards Life 3.0: Ethics and Technology in the 21st Century is a talk series organized and facilitated by Dr. Mathias Risse, Director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy. Drawing inspiration from the title of Max Tegmark’s book, Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, the series draws upon a range of scholars, technology leaders, and public interest technologists to...
Event Description: Join Harvard's FXB Center for Health & Human Rights for a conversation between the Palestine Program‘s inaugural fellow, Dr. Sawsan Abdulrahim, and Dr. Anne Irfan to discuss her recent book Refuge and Resistance: Palestinians and the International Refugee System. The book traces the history and politics of the specialized UN body, the Relief and Works Agency, that was...
Event Description: This event is part of the Carr Center’s Human Rights Film Series. This series aims to explore the human rights challenges faced by individuals around the world. The screening will feature both the film and a panel discussion. Light refreshments and pizza will be served during the event.
Film Description: Tehran, July 2007: Reyhaneh Jabarri, 19, has a business...
Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are devices that read and interpret their users’ cerebral activity to generate commands which instruct machines to perform various tasks. Some BCIs are also able to modify brain activity via electrical stimulation. Today, BCIs are employed for the neuroprosthetic control of robot arms, to restore communication in individuals with impaired means of expressing themselves, or for the treatment of psychiatric disorders. Simultaneously, a gradual crossing of the threshold from therapeutics towards human enhancement is taking place.
Event Description: Join us for a book talk with author Nathan Thrall as he discusses his latest book, A Day in the Life of Abed Salama, with Carr Center Senior Fellow, Kenneth Roth.
Book Description: Milad is five years old and excited for his school trip to a theme park on the outskirts of Jerusalem, but tragedy awaits: his bus is involved in a horrific accident. His father, Abed, rushes to the chaotic site, only...
Event Description: Join Carr Center senior fellow, Kenneth Roth, for a conversation with Carr Center Faculty Director, Mathias Risse, on the current state of human rights in Gaza and the West Bank as conflict between the Israeli and Palestinian peoples continues to escalate.
Speakers:
Kenneth Roth is the former executive director of Human Rights Watch, one of the world's leading international human rights organizations, which operates in more than 90 countries. Prior to joining Human Rights Watch in 1987, Roth...