Conference on Human Rights in Frankfurt June 17-18

Human Rights Today: Foundations and Politics
International Conference at Goethe University, Frankfurt
June 17 - June 18, 2010

Program:

Thursday, June 17

Panel 1: Normative Foundations of Human Rights

Charles Beitz (Princeton)
John Tasioulas (Oxford)

Panel 2: Human Rights and Religion

Hans Joas (Erfurt)
Susanne Baer (Berlin)

Keynote lecture by Jürgen Habermas (Frankfurt/M.):
"Menschenwürde als Quelle des moralischen Mehrwerts der Menschenrechte"

Friday, June 18

Panel 3: Intercultural Validity of Human Rights

Abdullahi Ahmes An-Na’im (Emory)
Seyla Benhabib (Yale)

Panel 4: Politics of Human Rights

Étienne Balibar (Paris)
Costas Douzinas (London)

(Thanks to theorieblog for the information.)