#human rights

The Albright Institute at Wellesley College invites you to a conversation with David Miliband, President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, and Albright Institute Faculty Director Stacie Goddard. The theme of this talk will be rebuilding accountability amongst international actors responsible for responding to humanitarian crises.

Nina Tumarkin, the Kathryn Wasserman Davis Professor of Slavic Studies and a Professor of History at Wellesley College, shared her insight into the history of the rise of Vladimir Putin and his role and goals in the current global landscape.

Jieun Baek, PhD Candidate of Policy Policy at Oxford University, Melissa Hanham, Senior Research Associate at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, and a human rights activists shared their various experiences living in and working with the people of North Korea in a panel moderated by Kathy Moon, Edith Stix Wasserman Professor of Asian Studies and professor of political science at Wellesley.

Anne C. Richard, Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration (2012-2017), shared her experience working in the Department of State and discussed the evolving policies around aid given to refugees.

“Criminalizing and Surveilling Immigrants: How Increased Enforcement Threatens Safety and Democracy," Sarah Sherman-Stokes

The Albright Institute’s annual Public Dialogue with Secretary Albright will focus on understanding the demands of advancing beyond resettlement into rebuilding society.

Gazmend Kapllani, Ph.D., Author - Teaching, Creative Writing and European History, Emerson College, discussed his personal experience as a person navigating across international borders and the impact that borders have on our perception of the world and ourselves.

Bob Kitchen, Director, Emergency Preparedness and Response, International Rescue Committee presented information on the scale and scope of the international refugee crisis and what the IRC is doing to address this pressing concern.

Jennifer Leaning, Ph.D., Director, FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health shared with Fellows information regarding the factors fueling the global refugee crisis, as well as the scale of the crisis, with a particular emphasis on the case of Syria.

Larry Rosenwald, Anne Pierce Rogers Professor of American Literature; Professor of English, Wellesley College, discussed how the imaginative process is an important source of change.