Samuel Moyn, Lena Halldenius, John Milbank, Igor Shoikhedbrod. The Past, Present and Future of HR

THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF HUMAN RIGHTS

• Professor Samuel Moyn, Yale University
• Associate Professor Jessica Whyte, University of New South Wales
• Professor John Milbank, University of Nottingham, UK
• Assistant Professor Igor Shoikhedbrod, University of Toronto
• Professor Lena Halldenius, Lunds universitet
• Professor Elena Namli, Uppsala Universitet

The recordings are from a symposium arranged at the University of Gothenburg on the history and future of human rights, on May 25-26th 2021. See links below.

Against the background of rampant economic inequality, increased social polarization and the rise of authoritarian populism, the Symposium aimed to revisit the role and status of human rights.

Organizers: Johan Söderberg (Department of Philosophy, Linguistics and Theory of Science), Tomas Wedin (Department of Literature, History of Ideas, and Religion), and Carl Wilén (The Department of Sociology and Work Science).

The project was funded by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, and the department of Literature, History of Ideas, and Religion, the Department of Sociology and Work Science, and the department of Philosophy, Linguistics and Theory of Science, at the University of Gothenburg.

Program

25 May:

09.00-09.20 (CET): Introduction by Johan Söderberg, Tomas Wedin and Carl Wilén
09.20-10.20: Presentation (P) by Igor Shoikhedbrod: "Marx(ism) and Human Rights: A New Look at an Old Controversy"
10.20-10.40: Comments (C) by Jessica Whyte
10.45-11.45: Lena Halldenius (P): ”Human Rights Without Foundations: A Systemic Approach to Justice”.
11.45-12.05: John Milbank (C)
12.05-13.30: Lunch
13.30-14.30: Elena Namli (P): "Human Rights as Ideology".
14.30-14.50: Igor Shoikhedbrod (C)
14.55-15.55: John Milbank (P): "On the Division of Rights".
15.55-16.15: Samuel Moyn (C)
16.15-16.40: Coffee and sandwiches
16.40-17.40: Samuel Moyn (P): "Both/And: Beyond Human Rights".
17.40-18.00: Halldenius (C)

26 May:

08.20-09.20: Jessica Whyte (P): “On the Critique of Rights”.
09.20-09.40: Elena Namli (C)
09.40-11.00: Concluding discussion I with John Milbank, Jessica Whyte and Elena Namli, moderated by professor Ola Sigurdson.
15.30-16.50: Concluding discussion II with Samuel Moyn, John Milbank, Lena Halldenius and Igor Shoikhedbrod, moderated by professor Ola Sigurdson.