On 16 June at 9:00 a.m. (EST), join us for a virtual event to recognize the significant role of higher education in promoting human dignity and inclusion in a time when hatred is rising around the world.
Fighting Hate Speech: Global Perspectives, marks the first International Day for Countering Hate Speech and is the seventh iteration of the live discussion series Beyond the long shadow: engaging with difficult histories organized by the Department of Global Communications.
This event will highlight the teaching, research, and community engagement activities that are carried out in universities and colleges to counter hate speech on campus and beyond. It will show the contribution of institutions of higher education to create awareness and change policies.
We will share ideas from experts in the field with roles in international organizations on how to reinforce the role of academia in addressing hate speech.
Moderator:
Jayashri Wyatt, Chief of the Education Outreach Section at the Outreach Division, Department of Global Communications
Presenters:
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Alice Nderitu, United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide
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Ahmed Shaheed, Deputy Director of the Essex Human Rights Centre at the University of Essex (United Kingdom) and Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief of the United Nations Human Rights Council
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Tarlach McGonagle, Professor of Media Law and Information Society at the University of Leiden (The Netherlands) and Co-Rapporteur of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Experts on Combating Hate Speech
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Iginio Gagliardone, Associate Professor in Media Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa) and Co-Author of the UNESCO Study 'Countering Online Hate Speech'
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Caitlin Ring Carlson, Associate Professor at the Department of Communication of Seattle University (United States) and Author of the book "Hate Speech"
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Apryl A. Williams, Assistant Professor of Communication and Media and an affiliate of the Digital Studies Institute, University of Michigan (United States), and Faculty Associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University (United States)
