Hite Chair Scholar Lecture SeriesThe SRF Hite Chair Scholar Lecture Series seeks to inform and promote interest in issues of academic freedom and political liberties. The series appoints SRF visiting academic fellows to engage in school-wide lectures, panel discussions and course-related seminars to share the personal experience of a threatened scholar and to educate university and high school audiences on global human rights issues around the world. The Hite Chair Scholar Lecture Series is made possible by the generous support of the Hite Foundation Chair for Communications of the Scholar Rescue Fund. If you are interested in welcoming a Hite Chair Scholar for a lecture on your campus, please contact us at SRF@iie.org or 212-205-6486. Names and photographs may have been modified for the purpose of confidentiality.
Amherst College Lecture Series EventInstitute of International EducationMarch 30, 2010
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On March 30th, the Amherst Chapter of Amnesty International invited Professor Nozima Kamalova to Amherst College to speak to students about human rights abuses in Uzbekistan. In an intimate group setting, students discussed with Professor Kamalova the intricacies of the political and legal issues regarding human rights in Central Asia as reflected in Professor Kamalova’s own experience in her home country. She also gave a speech concerning the dangerous consequences of the “War on Terror” for the respect of human rights in Uzbekistan, specifically the perceived justification for the abuse of human rights. Her talk offered students a unique insight into an area of the world they knew little about and brought an awareness to the far-reaching implications of US domestic and foreign policy. |
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