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Human Rights Activism and Scholarship: Exploring the Relationship
CURA Talk with Ken Roth, Executive Director, Human Rights Watch Keynote Address for Conference: "The Legacy of Alison Des Forges for the Human Rights Movement & Academia" Alison Des Forges was a historian of Rwanda who became a leading voice for human rights in the context of the 1994 genocide of the Tutsi. Author of Leave None to Tell the Story, a Human Rights Watch report recognized as the definitive account of the genocide, and winner of the MacArthur "Genius" Prize, Des Forges was killed in a plane crash in 2009. This conference honors her legacy by exploring the relationship between human rights research and advocacy and the academy.
| When | 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm on Friday, September 13, 2019 |
|---|---|
| Building | Photonics, 8 St Marys St. |
| Room | 211 |
| Contact Name | Arlene Brennan |
| Phone | 353-5241 |
| Contact Email | arleneb@bu.edu |
| Contact Organization | CURA |
| Fees | Free |
| Speakers | Ken Roth, Executive Director, Human Rights Watch |