Published: March 27, 2017

Harvard Professor Samuel Moyn

Guest scholar andÌýprofessor of law andÌýhistory at Harvard University Samuel Moyn

What will the future of human rights look like after the 2016 election? How have religious traditions shaped our thinking about human dignity and democracy in the past, and how might the relationship between religion and human rights change in a time marked by developments such as populist movements, Brexit and the election of Donald Trump?

On Thursday, April 6, the at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU) and the at the University of Denver (DU)Ìýwill welcome Professor Samuel Moyn toÌýjoin an interdisciplinary panel of CU and DU faculty to reflectÌýon the fraught history—and uncertain future—of religion and human rights.

Moyn, professor of law andÌýhistory at Harvard University,Ìýis the 2017ÌýWeek of Jewish Philosophy guest scholar. HisÌývisit marks the third annual Week of Jewish Philosophy, a joint initiative presented by both the CU and DUÌýJewish studies programs.

The public panel discussion, "Religion and Human Rights After the 2016 Election,"Ìýwill take place at Eaton Humanities, located at 1610 Pleasant StreetÌýon the CU Boulder campus.ÌýOtherÌýpanelists includeÌýprofessorsÌýGreg Johnson (Religious Studies atÌýCU), Susan Kent (History at CU), Carl Raschke (Religious Studies at DU) and Joshua Wilson (Political Science at DU).

In addition to the public panel, Moyn will present graduate and faculty seminars at both CU and DU.

Moyn is currently the Jeremiah Smith, Jr. Professor of LawÌýat Harvard University. He received a doctorate in modern European history from the University of California, BerkeleyÌýin 2000 and a law degree from Harvard University in 2001.

If you go
Who: Open to the public
What: "Religion and Human Rights After the 2016 Election" panel discussion
When: Thursday, April 6, 6 to 8 p.m.
Where: Eaton Humanities, room 250

He has written several books on European intellectual history and human rights history, including The Last Utopia: Human Rights in History (Harvard University Press, 2010), and edited a number of others. His newest book, based on the Mellon Distinguished Lectures at the University of Pennsylvania, is titledÌýChristian Human Rights (2015).

This year’s Week of Jewish Philosophy programs are generously cosponsored by the DU-Iliff Joint Doctoral Program in the Study of Religion, DU’s Department of PhilosophyÌýand CU’s Department of Religious Studies.

Advance registration is requested, as space is limited. Please email CUJewishStudies@colorado.edu or call 303-492-7143 to RSVP.

To learn more about the panel discussion and Moyn's graduate symposiums, check out the .