Date: Saturday 5 October
Time: 9am – 5pm
Venue: Clinton Auditorium, UCD
The Clinton Institute for American Studies and the John Moore Newman Fellowship presents a one-day symposium on the topic of comparative civil rights. Building on existing research at the Clinton Institute, this event seeks to discuss, analyse and attempt to draw analogy between historic and contemporary civil and human rights campaigns both in Ireland and internationally.
Speakers include:
Bernadette McAliskey(Socialist Republican Political Activist)
Maryam al Khawaja (Bahrain Centre for Human Rights)
Minnijean Brown Trickey (Little Rock Nine)
Brian Dooley,(Human Rights First)
Dr. Máiréad Collins,
Prof. Peter Ling (University of Nottingham),
Dr. Rita Sajr (University of Kent),
Dr. Gareth Mulvenna (QUE),
Dr. Stuart Ross
Dr. Niall O Dochartaigh (NUIG)
Prof. Fr. Thomas Murphy (Seattle University)
Registration fee €10 and students free (includes refreshments and lunch). To register please email Catherine.Carey@ucd.ie
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