sponsored by the Fritz-Thyssen-Stiftung, the Zentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung and the WZB
This international workshop brings together scholars and researchers working on the history of human rights in the twentieth century. Our intention is to showcase ongoing research on human rights that traverses national histories and moral narratives. While all disciplines are invited to participate in the discussion, a special emphasis is placed on analyzing human rights as history.
The workshop is less concerned with the normative intentions than the actual workings of human rights regimes and rhetorics since the 1940s. The goal is to place the emergence of transnational moral and legal concepts within the context of the contingent and violently conflictual history of the past century. In particular, we would like to ask when, how and why human rights became the global currency of political claim-making and counter claim-making.
Organizers: hoffmann [at] zzf-pdm [dot] de (Stefan-Ludwig Hoffmann) (ZZF), in conjunction with Dieter Gosewinkel (WZB)
Social Science Research Center (WZB)
Pre-registration is preferred so that we can have a sense for numbers, and required for the reception on Thursday and/or for lunch on Friday and Saturday. Please contact humanrights [at] zzf-pdm [dot] de if you like to attend or for any questions about the workshop.