Douglass Dialogues Series: Are Human Rights Dead? Or, Were They Ever Alive?

When:
Mon, Nov 16, 2026 - 12:00PM
to
Mon, Nov 16, 2026 - 1:30PM

Where:
McKeldin Library, Special Events Room, 6137

Host:
The University of Maryland Frederick Douglass Center for Leadership Through the Humanities

Speakers:

 

The University of Maryland Frederick Douglass Center for Leadership Through the Humanities Presents

Douglass Dialogues: Are Human Rights Dead? Or, Were They Ever Alive?

UMD faculty will be joined by Associate Professor Loretta Ross from Smith College to discuss the ambiguities of human rights in Africa, Latin America and the United States. Panelists will question the universality of human rights, with respect to women and populations in the Global South, and their indestructibility.

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