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In this working conference, we will bring together human rights theorists, philosophers, psychologists and political and social scientists in an effort to explore the concept of human dignity from a variety of perspectives. Our overall purpose is to examine the meaning of the concept of human dignity; to examine how human dignity may be linked to the unique ontological status of human beings; how efforts to promote and protect human dignity serve to advance the interests of humanity as a species; and how human moral and spiritual aspirations animate concern for human dignity at the level of personal relationships, relationships among and between ethnic and cultural groups and among and between nations.
This special symposium features eight distinguished speakers, including the three Peace Chairs at the University of Maryland:
DR. HODA MAHMOUDI
The Bahá’í Chair for World Peace
DR. SHIBLEY TELHAMI
Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development
DR. SUHEIL BUSHRUI
Lisa and George Zakhem Kahlil Gibran Chair for Values and Peace
Speakers:
DR. JACK DONNELLY
The world’s foremost authority on human rights and human dignity
DR. BARBARA FINKELSTEIN
Professor and Distinguished Scholar at the International Center for Transcultural Education
SANIA ANWAR
A noted human rights activist on behalf of women and girls in Pakistan
DR. MICHAEL PENN
Professor of psychology and chair of the psychology department at Franklin & Marshall and co-author of Overcoming Violence Against Women and Girls: The International Campaign to Eradicate a Worldwide Problem
DR. MICHAEL KARLBERG
Author of Beyond the Culture of Contest
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