Human Rights History across five Centuries? - Discussion with Dan Edelstein

Date: 24 May 2019,

3 pm (cum tempore) to 6 pm

The discussion will be based on Dan Edelstein's book

"On the Spirit of Rights" (Chicago: CUP 2018)

 

 

Historisch-Kulturwissenschaftliche Fakultät

Forschungsgruppe Geschichte der Menschenrechte und der Demokratie

Human Rights History Across Five Centuries?

A Discussion with Dan Edelstein (Stanford University)

When: 24 May 2019, 3pm (cum tempore) to 6pm

Where: University of Vienna, Main Building (Universitätsring 1), Seminarraum Geschichte 2,

Staircase 9, 2nd Floor

Welcome and Presentation of the Research Group

Birgitta Bader-Zaar (Institut für Geschichte)

Introductory Remarks – on “The Archeology of Human Rights”

Wolfgang Schmale (Institut für Geschichte)

Introductory Remarks – “On the Spirit of Rights”

Dan Edelstein (Stanford University)

Discussion

The discussion will be based on the pre-circulated chapters I (“How to Think about Rights in Early Modern

Europe”) and VIII (“Conclusion: A Stand-in for the Universal Declaration: 1789–1948”) of Dan Edelstein’s

book “On the Spirit of Rights” (Chicago: CUP 2018).

Concluding Remarks

Thomas Wallnig (Institut für Geschichte)

Rsvp (also for the pre-circulation of the chapters): menschenrechte-demokratie@univie.ac.at

We thankfully acknowledge the generous financial support granted by the Faculty of Historical and Cultural

Studies for this event.

Learn more about the book: www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/O/bo29203166.html, its

author: dlcl.stanford.edu/people/dan-edelstein, and the research group: menschenrechte-

demokratie.univie.ac.at. Follow us: twitter.com/Forschungsgru13

 

 

Organiser:
Forschungsgruppe Geschichte der Menschenrechte und der Demokratie
Location:
Universität Wien, Hauptgebäude, Seminarraum Geschichte 2, Stiege 9, 2. Stock