Internationally acclaimed Human Rights scholar to speak at UCC
“The Conscience of Mankind” takes place at UCC on Monday 8 October 2012 at 6.30pm in Lecture Room W6 in the West Wing
“The Conscience of Mankind” takes place at UCC on Monday 8 October 2012 at 6.30pm in Lecture Room W6 in the West Wing
Dr. Paul Gordon Lauren is the Regents’ Professor at the University of Montana, one of UCC’s most significant institutional partners in the US. Comments Dr. Lauren:
“There has been a revolution in the international protection of human rights. Throughout most of history, victims of human rights abuses had nowhere to run and nowhere to hide. Today many do. My lecture will address why this dramatic change has taken place, focusing particularly on the role of conscience and the human sense of responsibility for the well-being of others.”
Dr. Lauren has published many articles, chapters, and eleven books, all or portions of which have been translated into seven different languages, including the widely-read Force and Statecraft, the highly-acclaimed The Evolution of International Human Rights: Visions Seen nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, and the award-winning Power and Prejudice: The Politics and Diplomacy of Racial Discrimination.
Dr. Lauren has received the Distinguished Scholar Award, Outstanding Advisor to Students Award, the Most Inspirational Teacher Award, the Robert Pantzer Award, and the Award for Distinguished Service to International Education at The University of Montana as well as the CASE Professor of the Year Award and the Governor’s Humanities Award.
He served as the founding director of the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Center and as the Mansfield Professor of Ethics and Public Affairs. In addition, he has been a Senior Fulbright Scholar, a Senior Fulbright Specialist, a Woodrow Wilson Fellow, a Peace Fellow, a Rockefeller Foundation Humanities Fellow, and a Distinguished Lecturer for the U.S. Department of State. Dr. Lauren has presented many lectures throughout the United States and around the world to a wide variety of audiences, including students and professors, the general public, activists, analysts, attorneys and judges, professional diplomats, legislators, and policy makers. He also has delivered invited addresses before the Smithsonian Institution, the Nobel Peace Institute, and the United Nations.
The lecture is hosted by the School of History, the Faculty of Law and the Department of Government. The lecture will take place in Lecture Room W6 in the West Wing, UCC at 6.30pm and is open to members of the public.