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VIRTUAL EVENT: Rethinking Arendt: rights, refugees, and stateless people
10 June 2020, 3:30 pm–5:00 pm
In this webinar, Professor Brad Blitz explores the legacy of Arendt's thinking in relation to recent migrations and campaigns for rights.
This event is free.
Event Information
Open to
- All
Availability
- Yes
Cost
- Free
Organiser
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Alison Brady
Hannah Arendt first discussed the condition of statelessness in 'The Origins of Totalitarianism' in 1951. Since then, there have been few empirical investigations of the claims she advanced. Claims about ways in which people may be stripped of their rights and the degree to which they may recover them.
Her writing has nonetheless inspired a new generation of researchers investigating contemporary forms of statelessness, often alongside the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) which has set itself a goal of ending statelessness within ten years (see UNHCR 2014).
Registration
For more information and to sign up, please email Alison Brady at alison.brady.14@ucl.ac.uk
Links
- Tweet with #philofed
- Philosophy at the Institute of Education
- Department of Education, Practice and Society
Image: Takeshi Charly via Pexels
About the Speaker
Professor Brad Blitz
Professor of International Politics and Policy at UCL Institute of Education
Brad was Director of the British Academy Programme on Tackling Slavery, Human Trafficking and Child Labour in Modern Business until June 2019. He has published extensively on issues of governance, human rights, social policy, migration, political transition, labour, health and security. He has served as a consultant to several international and development agencies including the Department for International Development, the World Bank, the Council of Europe, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, as well as several governments.
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