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Introduction to a Roundtable on Teaching Human Rights History

Introduction to a Roundtable on Teaching Human Rights History AMERICAN REVIEW OF CANADIAN STUDIES 2023, VOL. 53, NO. 1, 101–106 https://doi.org/10.1080/02722011.2023.2172888 Introduction to a Roundtable on Teaching Human Rights History Nicolas G. Virtue Department of History, King’s University College at Western University, London, Ontario, Canada When participants in the Revisiting Human Rights workshop gathered at the London, Ontario campus of King’s University College in early May 2022, the atmosphere felt celebratory. For many of us, it was our first in-person conference since before the COVID-19 pandemic. But the workshop was also a celebration of the growth of human rights history as an academic field of inquiry and instruction. This growth is reflected in the newly launched Human Rights Studies program at King’s, where the workshop was held. This new co-disciplinary program was conceived to combine historical-political studies of human rights with philosophical-ethical and literary-cultural perspectives. In Ontario alone, ten universities now feature some form of interdisciplinary human rights program, with varying levels of historical content and expertise. In addition to these programs, an increasing number of history departments across Ontario now include faculty who research, publish, and teach on human rights. Despite this remarkable growth, the literature on teaching human rights history and the pedagogical networks between educators http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The American Review of Canadian Studies Taylor & Francis

Introduction to a Roundtable on Teaching Human Rights History

Virtue, Nicolas G.
The American Review of Canadian Studies , Volume 53 (1): 6 – Jan 2, 2023
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Introduction to a Roundtable on Teaching Human Rights History

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AMERICAN REVIEW OF CANADIAN STUDIES 2023, VOL. 53, NO. 1, 101–106 https://doi.org/10.1080/02722011.2023.2172888 Introduction to a Roundtable on Teaching Human Rights History Nicolas G. Virtue Department of History, King’s University College at Western University, London, Ontario, Canada When participants in the Revisiting Human Rights workshop gathered at the London, Ontario campus of King’s University College in early May 2022, the atmosphere felt celebratory. For many of...
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AMERICAN REVIEW OF CANADIAN STUDIES 2023, VOL. 53, NO. 1, 101–106 https://doi.org/10.1080/02722011.2023.2172888 Introduction to a Roundtable on Teaching Human Rights History Nicolas G. Virtue Department of History, King’s University College at Western University, London, Ontario, Canada When participants in the Revisiting Human Rights workshop gathered at the London, Ontario campus of King’s University College in early May 2022, the atmosphere felt celebratory. For many of us, it was our first in-person conference since before the COVID-19 pandemic. But the workshop was also a celebration of the growth of human rights history as an academic field of inquiry and instruction. This growth is reflected in the newly launched Human Rights Studies program at King’s, where the workshop was held. This new co-disciplinary program was conceived to combine historical-political studies of human rights with philosophical-ethical and literary-cultural perspectives. In Ontario alone, ten universities now feature some form of interdisciplinary human rights program, with varying levels of historical content and expertise. In addition to these programs, an increasing number of history departments across Ontario now include faculty who research, publish, and teach on human rights. Despite this remarkable growth, the literature on teaching human rights history and the pedagogical networks between educators

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Published: Jan 2, 2023

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  • The End of Human Rights History
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