Guest scholar and professor of law and 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 Program in Jewish Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU) and the Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Denver (DU) will welcome Professor Samuel Moyn to join an interdisciplinary panel of CU and DU faculty to reflect on the fraught history—and uncertain future—of religion and human rights.
Moyn, professor of law and history at Harvard University, is the 2017 Week of Jewish Philosophy guest scholar. His visit marks the third annual Week of Jewish Philosophy, a joint initiative presented by both the CU and DU Jewish studies programs.
The public panel discussion, "Religion and Human Rights After the 2016 Election," will take place at Eaton Humanities, located at 1610 Pleasant Street on the CU Boulder campus. Other panelists include professors Greg Johnson (Religious Studies at 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 at Harvard University. He received a doctorate in modern European history from the University of California, Berkeley 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 Christian Human Rights (2015).
This year’s Week of Jewish Philosophy programs are generously cosponsored by the DU-Iliff Joint Doctoral Program in the Study of Religion, DU’s Department of Philosophy and CU’s 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 upcoming events on the Jewish Studies website.
