Talk: Refugees, Human Rights, and the Syrian War

With several years of fieldwork in Syria and the Middle East, Dr. Keith Watenpaugh will provide a history of the conflict in Syria and an understanding of the situation of Syrian refugees. He has also worked with refugees in camps in Turkey and will provide some insights for health professionals. He explores the legal dilemmas of global humanitarianism and will address the recent ban on Muslims in the United States.

Speaker
Dr. Keith Watenpaugh, Professor and Director, Human Rights Studies Program, Co-Director University of California Human Rights Collaboration, Department of Religious Studies, University of California at Davis

Biography
Professor Keith David Watenpaugh studies the history, theory and practice of human rights and humanitarianism and directs the UC Davis Human Rights Studies Program. He is author of Bread From Stones: The Middle East and the Making of Modern Humanitarianism (California, 2015) and Being Modern in the Middle East (Princeton, 2006). His work has been translated into French, German, Armenian, Arabic, Turkish and Persian.

Event details
Wed. March 22, 2017 | 7:30 p.m. – 9 p.m. | Health Sciences Centre (HSC), 1A1 | Open to everyone

Presented by
The Hannah History of Medicine and Medical Humanities Speaker Series at McMaster University.

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<p style="text-align: left;">With several years of fieldwork in Syria and the Middle East, Dr. Keith Watenpaugh will provide a history of the conflict in Syria and an understanding of the situation of Syrian refugees. He has also worked with refugees in camps in Turkey and will provide some insights for health professionals. He explores the legal dilemmas of global humanitarianism and will address the recent ban on Muslims in the United States.</p>
<strong>Speaker</strong>
Dr. Keith Watenpaugh, Professor and Director, Human Rights Studies Program, Co-Director University of California Human Rights Collaboration, Department of Religious Studies, University of California at Davis

<strong>Biography</strong>
Professor Keith David Watenpaugh studies the history, theory and practice of human rights and humanitarianism and directs the UC Davis Human Rights Studies Program. He is author of Bread From Stones: The Middle East and the Making of Modern Humanitarianism (California, 2015) and Being Modern in the Middle East (Princeton, 2006). His work has been translated into French, German, Armenian, Arabic, Turkish and Persian.

<strong>Event details</strong>
Wed. March 22, 2017 | 7:30 p.m. - 9 p.m. | Health Sciences Centre (HSC), 1A1 | Open to everyone

<strong>Presented by</strong>
<a href="http://medhumanities.mcmaster.ca/hannah-history-of-medicine-and-medical-humanities-speaker-series">The Hannah History of Medicine and Medical Humanities Speaker Series</a> at McMaster University.

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