Lectures

Cancer is so prevalent in the United States that most adults know of at least one person, and often several, who have been diagnosed with

Nadia Murad has survived many atrocities, but she’s more than just a survivor.  “There is no way to speak of genocide that makes it easy

At the age of 20, writer Hakim Bishara went to his local newspaper and asked to speak with the editor.  “I want to write for

Human dignity has been repeatedly assaulted.  Cornell William Brooks visited Chautauqua to discuss the issues of dignity assault with his lecture, titled “The Moral Inflation

Using her research to explore human rights, Kathryn Sikkink, Ryan Family Professor of Human Rights Policy at Harvard Kennedy School, works on international norms and

As a young Yazidi girl, Nadia Murad lived a peaceful life in the village of Kocho in Sinjar, Northern Iraq. She had dreams of finishing

Human rights are supposed to be universal and inalienable. Yet, these rights are not equally accessible or guaranteed to all people. Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im spoke

Social media has pervaded all aspects of life, yet the boundaries of freedom of expression online are still uncertain. Noah Feldman understands, in the highly

Not many people have the multitude of experiences they wish they did. As a lawyer, ordained minister, professor and former president and CEO of the

To Noah Feldman, the overturning of Roe v. Wade represents a cataclysmic shift in modern politics. “When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and

In a world facing climate change, a global pandemic, and increasingly frequent school shootings in the United States, among numerous other atrocities, it feels almost

The golden rule: “Treat others the way you would like to be treated.” Many people are taught this core principle from an early age, and

After opening the Week Three Interfaith Lecture Series theme of “The Spirituality of Human Rights,” the Rev. Adam Russell Taylor, president of Sojourners and author

Human rights have been at play in legal issues since the beginning of time. Slavery in ancient Rome, peasants in the 13th and 14th centuries,

Progress is neither linear nor inevitable, yet trends in past advancements in human rights can indicate when it might fluctuate, according to policy analyst and

The discussion on civil and human rights in the United States requires a truthful conversation between two receptive, open-minded parties, as if they were old