Of possible interest to FEASTers.  The HRI's conferences have been excellent
in the past.  Best, Diana

 

CALL FOR PAPERS

 

"HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE USA"

 

A Conference at the University of Connecticut 

 

October 22-24, 2009.

 

We invite scholars from the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Law to submit
abstracts of papers on the application of human rights laws and norms in the
USA.  Panels will address issues such as children's rights, civil rights,
health care, environmental justice, human rights and security since 9/11,
domestic violence, gender and sexuality, American literature and human
rights, the history of equal rights, immigration, social welfare provision
and economic rights. The Human Rights Institute will pay panelists'
accommodation and registration expenses.

 

Please submit a one paragraph abstract and one page resume to
[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>  by February 28, 2009.

 

Organized by Professor Richard A. Wilson, Human Rights Institute, University
of Connecticut, in association with the University of Connecticut Law
School.  Co-Sponsored by the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of
Connecticut Humanities Institute, Institute of Puerto Rican and Latino
Studies, Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies.

 

For more details, visit: http://humanrights.uconn.edu/conferences/2009.php
<https://exchange.uconn.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://humanrights.uco
nn.edu/conferences/2009.php>