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.uconn.edu/conferences/2009.php>