Human Rights Center

The Human Rights Center offers graduate and undergraduate courses on a range of topics. Faculty have taught courses on Documenting War: Field Methods in Historical Context; Health and Human Rights; The Politics of Human Rights and Humanitarian Interventions; Human Rights in Latin America; Complications: Coups, Wars & Revolutions; Geographies of Justice;and DNA and Human Rights.

In Spring 2008, Faculty Director Eric Stover and Rhetoric Professor David Cohen will offer an undergraduate seminar on "Justice and Accountability in Times of War, Genocide, and Terrorism" (IAS 150.5).

This upper division undergraduate seminar (enrollment limit of 20) uses an interdisciplinary lens to examine war, terrorism, and mass atrocity and their affects on survivors and communities. Drawing upon a variety of texts, as well as the visual media of film, art, and photography, we will study the ways in which writers, historians, philosophers, sociologists, psychologists, anthropologists, artists, journalists, jurists, and forensic scientists have contributed to our understanding of mass violence and its affects on society. We will examine the war crimes committed in modern conflicts, ranging from WWII in Asia and Europe to Vietnam, Cambodia, Rwanda, the former Yugoslavia, and Iraq. We will discuss the ways in which different academic disciplines and professions have tried to explain and analyze the causes and nature of war crimes (including genocide and crimes against humanity); to document and focus the world’s attention upon them through a variety of methodologies and media; and to locate responsibility for their perpetration within the complex interplay of military, political, and cultural institutions. For more information, visit the IAS Teaching Program website.

Patrick Vinck, Director of the Berkeley-Tulane Initiative on Vulnerable Populations will also offer a graduate course on "Introduction to Research Methods in Human Rights Investigations" (IAS 240).

Over the last two decades, societies have increasingly embraced the enforcement of international human rights norms and demanded greater accountability when confronted with intrastate mass violence, war or transition from repressive rule, as illustrated by the creation of various international tribunals. A large body of literature has emerged to document violations and the applied legal, political, and practical dimensions of human rights. This course is designed to familiarize students with research methods as source of data for the study of principles, policies, and practices. For more information, visit the IAS Teaching Program website.

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IN THIS SECTION Current Courses Past Courses Related Courses	COURSES The Human Rights Center offers graduate and undergraduate courses on a range of topics. Faculty have taught courses on Documenting War: Field Methods in Historical Context; Health and Human Rights; The Politics of Human Rights and Humanitarian Interventions; Human Rights in Latin America; Complications: Coups, Wars & Revolutions; Geographies of Justice;and DNA and Human Rights. In Spring 2008, Faculty Director Eric Stover and Rhetoric Professor David Cohen will offer an undergraduate seminar on "Justice and Accountability in Times of War, Genocide, and Terrorism" (IAS 150.5). This upper division undergraduate seminar (enrollment limit of 20) uses an interdisciplinary lens to examine war, terrorism, and mass atrocity and their affects on survivors and communities. Drawing upon a variety of texts, as well as the visual media of film, art, and photography, we will study the ways in which writers, historians, philosophers, sociologists, psychologists, anthropologists, artists, journalists, jurists, and forensic scientists have contributed to our understanding of mass violence and its affects on society. We will examine the war crimes committed in modern conflicts, ranging from WWII in Asia and Europe to Vietnam, Cambodia, Rwanda, the former Yugoslavia, and Iraq. We will discuss the ways in which different academic disciplines and professions have tried to explain and analyze the causes and nature of war crimes (including genocide and crimes against humanity); to document and focus the world’s attention upon them through a variety of methodologies and media; and to locate responsibility for their perpetration within the complex interplay of military, political, and cultural institutions. For more information, visit the IAS Teaching Program website. Patrick Vinck, Director of the Berkeley-Tulane Initiative on Vulnerable Populations will also offer a graduate course on "Introduction to Research Methods in Human Rights Investigations" (IAS 240). Over the last two decades, societies have increasingly embraced the enforcement of international human rights norms and demanded greater accountability when confronted with intrastate mass violence, war or transition from repressive rule, as illustrated by the creation of various international tribunals. A large body of literature has emerged to document violations and the applied legal, political, and practical dimensions of human rights. This course is designed to familiarize students with research methods as source of data for the study of principles, policies, and practices. For more information, visit the IAS Teaching Program website. Current Courses Past Courses Related Courses