Tanner Center on Nonviolent Human Rights Advocacy 2010 Conference
I wanted to let everyone know about a conference that will be going on the near the end of the month at the University of Utah. Unfortunately most the pannel discussions are during my work day, but the Wednesday evening key note discussion I'm gonig to attend.
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Controlling Sexuality through Violence, Shame and Cultural Oppression: Implications for Human Rights
February 24-26, 2010
REGULATING SEXUALITY
IN WHAT WAY IS SEXUAL SELF-EXPRESSION A HUMAN RIGHT?
Scholars from multiple disciplines will gather at the University of Utah February 24 to 26 to consider how sexuality is regulated through varied forms of violence and cultural oppression both within the United States and in other nations. Key questions to be discussed include: Is sexual self-expression a fundamental human right? Should we treat harassment and victimization against sexual minorities the same as that committed against racial and ethnic minorities? What are the most effective strategies to prevent and address the violence that is used to control sexuality?
The conference entitled "Controlling Sexuality through Violence, Shame and Cultural Oppression: Implications for Human Rights," is presented by the Barbara L. and Norman C. Tanner Center for Nonviolent Human Rights Advocacy and co-sponsored by an array of organizations on and off campus.
The conference activities will be held at various locations at the U of U.
Of great interest to the community, the conference will feature public lectures by two important national figures. There will be an opening keynote by Shannon Minter, Legal Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), at 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, February 24 in the Utah Museum of Fine Arts auditorium. Shannon is one of the nation's leading advocacy organizations for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. He was lead counsel for same-sex couples in the landmark California marriage equality case which held that same-sex couples have the fundamental right to marry and that laws that discriminate based on sexual orientation are inherently discriminatory and subject to the highest level of constitutional scrutiny. Lisa Duggan, Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis, New York University, will provide an exciting keynote for the conference on Thursday, February 25 at 11:30 a.m. in the Post Theatre at Fort Douglas. As a former contributor to the Village Voice, the co-author of Sex Wars, an international expert on queer agitations for economic justice, and the person who wrote the terrific, counter-intuitive article, "What's Right with Utah," for the Nation magazine, Duggan will no doubt lend her provocative voice to these proceedings.
Conference panels will be held in the Officers Club at Fort Douglas on the University of Utah campus both Thursday, February 25 and Friday, February 26.
ALL EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
For more information, please visit http://humanrights.utah.edu/2010Flyer.pdfor call 801/587-3556.
The Barbara L. and Norman C. Tanner Center for Nonviolent Human Rights Advocacy seeks to promote the understanding of human rights on all levels of our society and, wherever possible, to encourage nonviolent conflict resolution and peacemaking. Since its founding in January of 2006, the Center, based in the College of Social and Behavioral Science at the University of Utah, has engaged the larger community as well as the campus in a variety of practical and academic programs.
____________________________________________________________
Controlling Sexuality through Violence, Shame and Cultural Oppression: Implications for Human Rights
February 24-26, 2010
REGULATING SEXUALITY
IN WHAT WAY IS SEXUAL SELF-EXPRESSION A HUMAN RIGHT?
Scholars from multiple disciplines will gather at the University of Utah February 24 to 26 to consider how sexuality is regulated through varied forms of violence and cultural oppression both within the United States and in other nations. Key questions to be discussed include: Is sexual self-expression a fundamental human right? Should we treat harassment and victimization against sexual minorities the same as that committed against racial and ethnic minorities? What are the most effective strategies to prevent and address the violence that is used to control sexuality?
The conference entitled "Controlling Sexuality through Violence, Shame and Cultural Oppression: Implications for Human Rights," is presented by the Barbara L. and Norman C. Tanner Center for Nonviolent Human Rights Advocacy and co-sponsored by an array of organizations on and off campus.
The conference activities will be held at various locations at the U of U.
Of great interest to the community, the conference will feature public lectures by two important national figures. There will be an opening keynote by Shannon Minter, Legal Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), at 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, February 24 in the Utah Museum of Fine Arts auditorium. Shannon is one of the nation's leading advocacy organizations for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. He was lead counsel for same-sex couples in the landmark California marriage equality case which held that same-sex couples have the fundamental right to marry and that laws that discriminate based on sexual orientation are inherently discriminatory and subject to the highest level of constitutional scrutiny. Lisa Duggan, Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis, New York University, will provide an exciting keynote for the conference on Thursday, February 25 at 11:30 a.m. in the Post Theatre at Fort Douglas. As a former contributor to the Village Voice, the co-author of Sex Wars, an international expert on queer agitations for economic justice, and the person who wrote the terrific, counter-intuitive article, "What's Right with Utah," for the Nation magazine, Duggan will no doubt lend her provocative voice to these proceedings.
Conference panels will be held in the Officers Club at Fort Douglas on the University of Utah campus both Thursday, February 25 and Friday, February 26.
ALL EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
For more information, please visit http://humanrights.utah.edu/2010Flyer.pdfor call 801/587-3556.
The Barbara L. and Norman C. Tanner Center for Nonviolent Human Rights Advocacy seeks to promote the understanding of human rights on all levels of our society and, wherever possible, to encourage nonviolent conflict resolution and peacemaking. Since its founding in January of 2006, the Center, based in the College of Social and Behavioral Science at the University of Utah, has engaged the larger community as well as the campus in a variety of practical and academic programs.