Human Rights Happy Hour Speaker Series
Professor Mala Htun (University of New Mexico) discusses the politics of inclusion in Latin America, October 2012
The Happy Hour Speaker Series features faculty, activists, and scholars from various disciplines from around the world to deliver lectures focusing on today's pressing human rights issues. Past speakers have highlighted topics from international criminal liability for lawyers to the progressive redistribution of land in Latin America. Speakers are also encouraged to present works in progress so that the participants might be involved in the development of their work. Lectures are held periodically throughout the academic year at the University of Texas at Austin School of Law.
For biographies of upcoming speakers, please see the Biographies page. Past Happy Hour Speaker Series schedules and information can be found in the Series Archives. Biographies for past speakers can be found in the Biography Archives.
Fall 2012 Schedule
This fall the Human Rights Happy Hour takes a comparative turn, bringing in a series of speakers who work primarily on rights and rights protection at the domestic rather than international level. The talks this semester will address the institutional infrastructure that is meant to support rights, such as courts and judges, social movements that seek to use a rights discourse to advance their cause, theoretical presentations on the uneasy place of multiculturalism within a liberal rights framework, and the way in which US constitutional practices informed early constitutionalism in Latin America. The speakers, listed below, conform a distinguished roster of scholars working on issues central to the realization of rights and democracy across the world.
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James Gibson Respondent: H.W. Perry, Associate Professor of Government, University of Texas at Austin |
"Electing Judges: The Surprising Effects of Campaigning on Judicial Legitimacy" Link to audio recording: .mp3 |
Date: September 25, 2012 Time: 3:45-5:45pm Location: Sheffield Room (TNH 2.111) |
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Mala Htun Respondent: Karen Engle, Minerva House Drysdale Regents Chair in Law & Co-Director and Founder, Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice, University of Texas at Austin |
"Politics of Inclusion: Women, Afrodescendants, and Indigenous Peoples in Latin America" Link to audio recording: .mp3 |
Date: October 16, 2012 Time: 3:45-5:45pm Location: Sheffield Room (TNH 2.111) |
Professor Inderpal Grewal of Yale University discusses humanitarian citizenship during a Human Rights Happy Hour, September 2011
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Clifford Carrubba Matthew Gabel Respondent: Terrence Chapman, Associate Professor of Government, University of Texas at Austin |
"The Politics of Compliance with International Courts: A General Theory with Evidence from the European Court of Justice" Link to audio recording: .mp3 |
Date: October 23, 2012 Time: 3:00-5:00pm Location: Sheffield Room (TNH 2.111) Co-sponsored by the Center for European Studies |
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Jonathan Miller Respondents: |
"Borrowing a Constitution: The U.S. Constitution in Argentina and the Heyday of the Argentine Supreme Court (1853-1930)" Link to audio recording: .mp3 |
Date: November 6, 2012 Time: 3:45-5:45pm Location: Sheffield Room (TNH 2.111) |
Paola Bergallo discusses Argentine health litigation, November 2010