Teaching Human Rights History
Abstract
Abstract This article reflects on methods of teaching a master seminar on Human Rights in Canadian History at Carleton University in 2020 in conjunction with theoretical approaches to the topic. The reflection is organized around the following themes: Open-Ended Definitions of Human Rights, Pedagogies of Inquiry and Freedom of Thought, Teaching Evolving Ideas and Practices of Human Rights in Time and Place, Histories of “The Quest for New Rights.”