Tue, 19 Sep 23 07:50:45 +0000nocwefrontdesk@ccny.cuny.eduhuman rights, world politics, US politicshttps://www.ccny.cuny.edu/sites/default/files/2022-02/CareerConversationsLogo.jpghttps://www.ccny.cuny.eduPodcast module for DrupalenepisodicThe City College of New Yorkcwefrontdesk@ccny.cuny.eduhttps://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/feedMon, 16 Jan 2023 21:00:36 -0500no-reply@ccny.cuny.edu (CCNY Downtown)https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e35-creating-beloved-community-school-house-centering-black-women-leaders-and-girlsE35: Creating a “Beloved Community” in the School House: Centering Black Women Leaders and Girls for Just and Inclusive Education with CCNY’s Prof. Terri N. Watsonhttps://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e35-creating-beloved-community-school-house-centering-black-women-leaders-and-girlsThis episode focuses on challenges facing K-12 education, particularly at the intersection of racism and sexism in the US education system today.  Dr. Watson—Associate Professor of Education Leadership, Provost Fellow, and inaugural Director of the Office for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging—discusses Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s idea of the “beloved community” and a framework for education based on care, courage, critical reflection, and community. She engages the disproportionate suspension of Black girls, adultification, and the imposition of oppressive norms and expectations. Prof. Watson finds that the voices of Black girls are essential to realizing just and inclusive education. She also discusses her research on Black women leaders in education, the limitations often imposed on their leadership, and their rich contributions in all spheres of society, and the positive impact of Black teachers on education outcomes. She focuses on improving the educational experiences of all children, especially the most marginalized, emphasizing the importance of seeing the strengths, cultural wealth, talents, and assets of children.  Mon, 16 Jan 2023 21:00:36 -0500 no00:51:34Sun, 20 Nov 2022 13:00:39 -0500no-reply@ccny.cuny.edu (CCNY Downtown)https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e34-genocide-crime-crimes-and-its-limitations-ccnys-prof-dirk-mosesE34: Genocide as “the Crime of Crimes” and Its Limitations with CCNY’s Prof. Dirk Moseshttps://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e34-genocide-crime-crimes-and-its-limitations-ccnys-prof-dirk-mosesThis episode grapples with the limitations of the legal definition of genocide in international law and its implications for international responses to mass civilian destruction. Prof. Dirk Moses—Anne and Bernard Spitzer Professor of Political Science at The City College of New York—historically situates the development of the concept of genocide, examines the challenges posed by the narrow definition codified in the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948), and what killings of innocent civilians are obscured and “normalized” by its status as the “crime of crimes.” He discusses his latest major publication—The Problems of Genocide: Permanent Security and the Language of Transgression, published by Cambridge University Press in 2021. Prof. Moses illuminates gaps in international law regarding civilian protection and presents the concept of “permanent security,” which he argues captures genocide and other recognized mass atrocity crimes as well as the continuous “collateral damage” that we see in today’s low-intensity warfare. Prof. Moses concludes the episode with an analysis of the Ukraine conflict, what the UN can do to resolve it, and the war’s broader implications for the international system.  Sun, 20 Nov 2022 13:00:39 -0500 no01:22:25Mon, 03 Oct 2022 01:00:56 -0400no-reply@ccny.cuny.edu (CCNY Downtown)https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e24-right-health-comparative-perspective-who-north-south-systems-and-transnationalE24: The Right to Health in Comparative Perspective: the WHO, North-South Systems, and Transnational Interdependencies with Dr. Lorraine Frisina Doetterhttps://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e24-right-health-comparative-perspective-who-north-south-systems-and-transnationalThis episode is devoted to examining the right to health and health care systems in comparative perspective with Dr. Lorraine Frisina Doetter, Political Scientist and Senior Lecturer in Public Health at the University of Bremen, Senior Consultant at the World Health Organization, and editor of the Global Dynamics in Social Policy book series published by Palgrave Macmillan.  It engages the challenges and benefits of comparing Global North and Global South systems as well as the impacts of neoliberalism, aging populations, and migration, including of health care workers, on such systems. It considers the US health care system, its weaknesses, and impediments to reform as well as key global challenges regarding effective emergency response resulting from pandemics and climate change impacts.  Mon, 03 Oct 2022 01:00:56 -0400 no00:37:35Mon, 05 Sep 2022 01:00:30 -0400no-reply@ccny.cuny.edu (CCNY Downtown)https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e33-reproductive-oppression-expanding-appetite-criminalize-cuny-school-law-prof-cynthiaE33: Reproductive Oppression: An Expanding “Appetite to Criminalize” with CUNY School of Law Prof. Cynthia Soohoohttps://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e33-reproductive-oppression-expanding-appetite-criminalize-cuny-school-law-prof-cynthiaThis episode engages the theme of reproductive rights in the United States and beyond. Prof. Cynthia Soohoo—Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Human Rights and Gender Justice Clinic at the CUNY School of Law—illuminates the history of reproductive oppression in the United States. She examines the rights gains made with past US Supreme Court decisions—particularly Roe v Wade (1973) and subsequently Planned Parenthood v Casey (1992)—as well as the obstacles that have been erected over the past decades at the state level that have disproportionately impeded access to abortion for women of color, the poor, and those in rural areas. She discusses trends in regulation, criminalization, and heath care spending as well as foreign aid restrictions. Prof. Soohoo also examines the implications of the 2022 Dobbs decision that overturned a 50-year-long right to abortion in the United States. She argues that the post-Roe era is distinct owing to an expansion of state-level criminal law. She explains the impact of diminished rights resulting from forced pregnancy and childbirth, including the right to privacy, right to autonomy, right to health, and right to be free of torture, cruel and inhuman treatment. Prof. Soohoo also notes how the US Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision counters the global trend of reproductive rights liberalization worldwide.  Mon, 05 Sep 2022 01:00:30 -0400 no01:03:35Sun, 05 Jun 2022 01:00:48 -0400no-reply@ccny.cuny.edu (CCNY Downtown)https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e32-medicine-science-and-human-rights-christian-de-vos-and-payal-shah-physicians-humanE32: Medicine, Science, and Human Rights with Christian De Vos and Payal Shah of Physicians for Human Rightshttps://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e32-medicine-science-and-human-rights-christian-de-vos-and-payal-shah-physicians-humanThis episode engages with a range of themes at the intersection of human rights and medicine with Christian De Vos, Director of Research and Investigations, and Payal Shah, Director of the Program on Sexual Violence in Conflict Zones, at Physicians for Human Rights (PHR). They discuss PHR’s work gathering evidence of grave human rights abuses to advance justice processes, supporting clinicians to provide survivor-centered, trauma-informed care, and advancing advocacy to change law and policy. They cover such issues as sexual violence in armed conflict contexts, support for asylum seekers, attacks on health workers and facilities, and instances of medical professionals’ complicity in torture and cruel and inhumane treatment. De Vos and Shah draw on a range of country examples, including Bangladesh, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Syria, Ukraine, and the United States.  Sun, 05 Jun 2022 01:00:48 -0400 no01:17:16Wed, 18 May 2022 22:00:03 -0400no-reply@ccny.cuny.edu (CCNY Downtown)https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e31-russias-war-ukraine-explained-motivations-dynamics-and-consequences-ccnys-profE31: Russia’s War on Ukraine Explained: Motivations, Dynamics, and Consequences with CCNY’s Prof. Emeritus Rajan Menonhttps://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e31-russias-war-ukraine-explained-motivations-dynamics-and-consequences-ccnys-profThis episode explores the motivations for and the consequences of Russia’s full-blown invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. It features Dr. Rajan Menon, CCNY’s Anne and Bernard Spitzer Chair Emeritus in Political Science; Director of the Grand Strategy Program at Defense Priorities; Senior Research Scholar at the Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies at Columbia University; and Global Ethics Fellow at the Carnegie Council on Ethics in International Affairs. Dr. Menon considers the geostrategic reasons, including NATO’s expansion, as well as potential psychological reasons for Moscow’s decision. He examines how Putin’s  war of aggression and his military’s atrocities on the ground in Ukraine have degraded Russia’s global position and the humanitarian and developmental consequences of this war for Ukraine and far beyond.  His 2015 book (with Eugene B. Rumer), Conflict in Ukraine: The Unwinding of the Post-Cold War Order (Boston: MIT Press), is available as an open access PDF at: https://www.dropbox.com/s/q88is5bc7593tz7/9780262029049MenonRumerConflictInUkraine.pdf?dl=0.  Wed, 18 May 2022 22:00:03 -0400 no00:56:18Mon, 25 Apr 2022 12:00:44 -0400no-reply@ccny.cuny.edu (CCNY Downtown)https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e30-ccnys-hostile-terrain-94-global-art-installation-undocumented-migration-and-usE30: CCNY's Hostile Terrain 94 Global Art Installation: Undocumented Migration and US Policy with CCNY Prof. Matthew Reilly and Students Catie Hernandez and Eloisa Martinez Jimenezhttps://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e30-ccnys-hostile-terrain-94-global-art-installation-undocumented-migration-and-usThis episode features Matthew Reilly, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at The City College of New York, and CCNY students Catie Hernandez and Eloisa Martinez Jimenez. Prof. Reilly and his students discuss the Hostile Terrain 94 initiative, a participatory global art installation that is part of the Undocumented Migration Project. The installation, located in the North Academic Center of CCNY (160 Convent Avenue, NY, NY), features a map of the US-Mexico border and the toe tags of more than 3,200 lost migrant lives, including those who remain unidentified. Prof. Reilly and the students engage such themes as forced migration stemming from a complex combination of climate change, neoliberal policy, and state fragility, and the process of humanizing mass loss of life resulting from 21st century survival migration and US policy.   Mon, 25 Apr 2022 12:00:44 -0400 no00:39:23Tue, 01 Mar 2022 20:00:55 -0500no-reply@ccny.cuny.edu (CCNY Downtown)https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e29-russias-war-against-ukraine-human-rights-watchs-louis-charbonneauE29: Russia's War Against Ukraine with Human Rights Watch's Louis Charbonneauhttps://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e29-russias-war-against-ukraine-human-rights-watchs-louis-charbonneauThis episode focuses on the first days of Russia's military aggression against Ukraine. Louis Charbonneau, UN Director at Human Rights Watch (HRW), offers insight into HRW's monitoring of violations of international humanitarian and human rights law, the crackdown on antiwar protestors in Russia, the UN's multifaceted response to the conflict, and the humanitarian crisis unfolding with already hundreds of thousands of forcibly displaced persons.  Tue, 01 Mar 2022 20:00:55 -0500 no00:34:30Wed, 09 Feb 2022 11:00:03 -0500no-reply@ccny.cuny.edu (CCNY Downtown)https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e28-new-age-impunity-and-indifference-torture-refugees-and-conflict-zones-cvt-presidentE28: “A New Age of Impunity and Indifference”: Torture, Refugees, and Conflict Zones with CVT President and CEO Simon Adamshttps://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e28-new-age-impunity-and-indifference-torture-refugees-and-conflict-zones-cvt-presidentThis episode is devoted to examining the crime of torture. It features the President and CEO of the Center for Victims of Torture (CVT), Dr. Simon Adams. It delves into the erosion of international human rights and humanitarian law on a global scale as well as the work of CVT, particularly on the US Southern Border and with survivors of torture in the Middle East. Dr. Adams discusses impunity, the moral stain of Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp, the gendered dimensions of torture as well as the torture of children. Dr. Adams shares his experience as an activist in the South Africa’s African National Congress and familial experience with torture in Northern Ireland.  Wed, 09 Feb 2022 11:00:03 -0500 no00:46:59Thu, 16 Dec 2021 00:00:39 -0500no-reply@ccny.cuny.edu (CCNY Downtown)https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e27-eating-nafta-circulating-avocados-nyc-tacos-criminalized-migrant-labor-and-chronicE27: Eating NAFTA: Circulating Avocados, NYC Tacos, Criminalized Migrant Labor, and Chronic Disease in Mexico with Lehman Prof. Alyshia Gálvezhttps://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e27-eating-nafta-circulating-avocados-nyc-tacos-criminalized-migrant-labor-and-chronicThis episode examines the adverse human costs of neoliberal globalization, particularly the impacts of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on the lives of Mexicans and the food system. Drawing on her recently published work Eating NAFTA: Trade, Food Policies, and the Destruction of Mexico, Dr. Alyshia Gálvez—Professor of Latin American and Latino Studies at Lehman College, and Professor of Anthropology and the CUNY Graduate Center—illuminates the relationship between free trade, skyrocketing diet-related chronic illness in Mexico, and forced migration within and across borders. She also examines the connections between NAFTA's impacts and the rise of white nationalism in the United States and the expansive US immigrant detention system.  Thu, 16 Dec 2021 00:00:39 -0500 no01:03:45Sat, 06 Nov 2021 02:00:02 -0400no-reply@ccny.cuny.edu (CCNY Downtown)https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e26-crisis-care-she-cession-and-gender-inequality-united-states-ccny-prof-kathleneE26: “A Crisis of Care,” the “She-cession,” and Gender Inequality in the United States with CCNY Prof. Kathlene McDonaldhttps://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e26-crisis-care-she-cession-and-gender-inequality-united-states-ccny-prof-kathleneThis episode focuses on the US care infrastructure and gender inequality. Dr. Kathlene McDonald—Associate Professor of Literature and Writing at CCNY's Division of Interdisciplinary Studies at the Center for Worker Education (CWE)—considers the gaps in the US care system in comparative perspective, particularly in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. She examines President Biden’s Build Back Better plan and the precarious conditions of care workers and the challenges of family caregivers through an intersectional lens of gender, race/ethnicity, class, and legal status. She discusses her Labor of Care Archive (laborofcare.com)—a collection of stories from members of the CUNY community who undertake family and paid care work for ill, disabled, and elderly persons. As a scholar of US Literature, she explains how writing can serve as a method of healing and as a means of creating visibility to the grave human rights implications of US care policy and potentially as a catalyst for advocacy and change. Sat, 06 Nov 2021 02:00:02 -0400 no00:49:17Fri, 22 Oct 2021 23:00:37 -0400no-reply@ccny.cuny.edu (CCNY Downtown)https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e25-mental-health-war-forced-migrants-and-fgmc-ccny-prof-adeyinka-akinsulure-smithE25: Mental Health, War, Forced Migrants, and FGM/C with CCNY Prof. Adeyinka Akinsulure-Smithhttps://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e25-mental-health-war-forced-migrants-and-fgmc-ccny-prof-adeyinka-akinsulure-smithThis episode focuses on the mental health challenges faced by some of the most vulnerable populations: survivors of war, sexual violence, and torture as well as forced migrants, particularly children and women. Dr. Adeyinka Akinsulure-Smith, licensed psychologist and Professor of Psychology at CCNY and the CUNY Graduate Center, discusses her research, advocacy, and clinical work with survivors of human rights abuses. She considers the particular challenges faced by the West African community in New York City, including racism and xenophobia, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and female genital mutilation/cutting practices. She also explains her research on compassion fatigue and secondary traumatic stress among therapists and refugee resettlement workers. Fri, 22 Oct 2021 23:00:37 -0400 no00:33:24Mon, 02 Aug 2021 17:00:54 -0400no-reply@ccny.cuny.edu (CCNY Downtown)https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e23-contemporary-haiti-historical-and-global-perspective-dr-cecile-accilienE23: Contemporary Haiti in Historical and Global Perspective with Dr. Cécile Accilienhttps://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e23-contemporary-haiti-historical-and-global-perspective-dr-cecile-accilienThis episode engages the multifaceted human rights challenges faced by Haitians in the homeland and in the United States and beyond. It features Dr. Cécile Accilien, a professor and scholar of Haitian Studies and Board Member of the Haitian Studies Association, based in Atlanta, Georgia. She has published a number of books, articles, and chapters; her most recent publication is a co-edited volume (with Valérie Orlando), Teaching Haiti: Strategies for Creating New Narratives, published by University Press of Florida in July 2021. Dr. Accilien challenges dominant narratives of Haiti and places the island nation's current challenges within a larger historical and contemporary global perspective. Mon, 02 Aug 2021 17:00:54 -0400 no00:53:41Sun, 04 Jul 2021 23:00:20 -0400no-reply@ccny.cuny.edu (CCNY Downtown)https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e22-gender-persecution-women-and-lgbtiq-persons-armed-conflicts-cuny-laws-prof-lisaE22: Gender Persecution: Women and LGBTIQ Persons in Armed Conflicts with CUNY Law's Prof. Lisa Davishttps://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e22-gender-persecution-women-and-lgbtiq-persons-armed-conflicts-cuny-laws-prof-lisaThis episode features Lisa Davis, Associate Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Human Rights and Gender Justice (HRGJ) Clinic at the CUNY School of Law.  Prof. Davis explains the particular vulnerabilities that women and LGBTIQ persons face in contexts of armed conflict, developments in international law concerning gender-based violence, and the crime of gender persecution. Also discussed is the work of the HRGJ Clinic, the stigma of sexual violence and associated challenges, and partnerships with nongovernmental organizations. Sun, 04 Jul 2021 23:00:20 -0400 no00:44:24Fri, 18 Jun 2021 23:00:19 -0400no-reply@ccny.cuny.edu (CCNY Downtown)https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e21-indigenous-peoples-americas-activism-and-film-ccny-prof-carlos-aguasaco-and-nmaisE21: Indigenous Peoples in the Americas, Activism, and Film with CCNY Prof. Carlos Aguasaco and NMAI's Cindy Benitezhttps://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e21-indigenous-peoples-americas-activism-and-film-ccny-prof-carlos-aguasaco-and-nmaisThis episode focuses on the grave human rights challenges confronted by indigenous peoples throughout the Americas, activism, and film, and more specifically the Americas Film Festival of New York (TAFFNY). It features Carlos Aguasaco, Associate Professor of Latin American Cultural Studies and Spanish and in coming department chair, at City College’s Division of Interdisciplinary Studies, and Cindy Benitez, film curator and scholar specializing in Native and indigenous film and Film Program Manager for the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI). For further information about the film festival, please visit: https://www.taffny.com/ Fri, 18 Jun 2021 23:00:19 -0400 no00:46:15Thu, 03 Jun 2021 00:00:14 -0400no-reply@ccny.cuny.edu (CCNY Downtown)https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e20-refugees-migrants-and-global-governance-umaine-prof-nicholas-r-micinskiE20: Refugees, Migrants, and Global Governance with UMaine Prof. Nicholas R. Micinskihttps://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e20-refugees-migrants-and-global-governance-umaine-prof-nicholas-r-micinskiThis episode featuring Nicholas R. Micinski, Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at the University of Maine,  focuses on the upsurge of forcibly displaced persons and migrants,  gaps in rights protections, and recent global governance initiatives. The discussion centers on Dr. Micinski's recent publication UN Global Compacts: Governing Migrants and Refugees (Routledge, 2021) and his forthcoming book Delegating Responsibility: International Cooperation on Migration in the European Union (University of Michigan Press,  2022).  Thu, 03 Jun 2021 00:00:14 -0400 no00:58:19Wed, 05 May 2021 23:00:50 -0400no-reply@ccny.cuny.edu (CCNY Downtown)https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e19-international-justice-war-and-failure-design-former-icc-chief-prosecutor-luisE19: International Justice, War, and “Failure by Design” with former ICC Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampohttps://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e19-international-justice-war-and-failure-design-former-icc-chief-prosecutor-luisThis episode is devoted to discussing the evolution of international criminal justice since 1945 with former founding Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Luis Moreno Ocampo. The conversation centers on the ICC’s development and limitations. In addition, he discusses the Global War on Terror, particularly the US policy of killing of those deemed “enemy combatants” in other sovereign states and the legal, moral, and political implications. Moreno Ocampo also discusses his current collaboration with CCNY’s Human Rights Forum and gives a brief description of his seminar “Global Narratives of Crime, War, and Justice.” Wed, 05 May 2021 23:00:50 -0400 no01:05:23Fri, 16 Apr 2021 18:00:10 -0400no-reply@ccny.cuny.edu (CCNY Downtown)https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e18-science-health-and-antiracist-education-and-activism-ccny-prof-kaliris-salasE18: Science, Health, and Antiracist Education and Activism with CCNY Prof. Kaliris Salas-Ramirezhttps://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e18-science-health-and-antiracist-education-and-activism-ccny-prof-kaliris-salasThis episode features Dr. Kaliris Salas-Ramirez, Assistant Medical Professor at the CUNY School of Medicine and faculty advisor for CCNY's White Coats for Black Lives chapter. Dr. Salas-Ramirez discusses her research on addiction and her efforts to counter systemic racism in education and health care. She elaborates on the antiracist community work that she undertakes with her CCNY medical students to address health care gaps in Harlem, NY, with particular concern regarding COVID-19 vaccination. Fri, 16 Apr 2021 18:00:10 -0400 no00:48:08Mon, 05 Apr 2021 01:00:22 -0400no-reply@ccny.cuny.edu (CCNY Downtown)https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e17-holocaust-refugees-children-and-choiceless-choices-cuny-chgcah-director-deborahE17: The Holocaust, Refugees, Children, and "Choiceless Choices" with CUNY CHGCAH Director Debórah Dworkhttps://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e17-holocaust-refugees-children-and-choiceless-choices-cuny-chgcah-director-deborahApril 2021 is a month with three genocide commemorations - Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah); the International Day of Reflection on the 1994  Genocide against the Tutsis in Rwanda; and Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day. This episode focuses on the scholarship of historian Dr. Debórah Dwork, Director of the Center for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Crimes Against Humanity (CHGCAH) at the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies of the CUNY Graduate Center.  The conversation engages her work on Jewish refugees, children, and the special vulnerabilities they faced during the Holocaust and its aftermath.  Mon, 05 Apr 2021 01:00:22 -0400 no00:56:14Mon, 15 Mar 2021 23:00:59 -0400no-reply@ccny.cuny.edu (CCNY Downtown)https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e16-human-rights-and-united-nations-hrws-lou-charbonneauE16: Human Rights and the United Nations with HRW's Lou Charbonneauhttps://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e16-human-rights-and-united-nations-hrws-lou-charbonneauThis episode features Human Rights Watch's UN Director Louis Charbonneau. It focuses on the politics of human rights at the United Nations. It considers the domestic human rights records of both China and the United States, as well as the behavior of these powers at the United Nations.  Mon, 15 Mar 2021 23:00:59 -0400 no00:56:19Mon, 01 Mar 2021 22:00:01 -0500no-reply@ccny.cuny.edu (CCNY Downtown)https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e15-female-fighters-violence-and-un-ccny-prof-nimmi-gowrinathanE15: Female Fighters, Violence, and the UN with CCNY Prof. Nimmi Gowrinathanhttps://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e15-female-fighters-violence-and-un-ccny-prof-nimmi-gowrinathanThis episode features Dr. Nimmi Gowrinathan, Founder and Director of the Politics of Sexual Violence Initiative, Visiting Research Professor at CCNY's Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership, and Visiting Professor at Columbia University. Dr. Gowrinathan is also the creator of Guernica magazine's The Female Fighter Series and publisher of Adi magazine. The discussion centers on her new book Radicalizing Her: Why Women Choose Violence. It encompasses the themes of violence against women, gender and armed conflict, contemporary Sri Lankan politics, the limits of the UN, and how international aid initiatives may reproduce gender hierarchies in post-conflict contexts by re-feminizing ex-combatants.    Mon, 01 Mar 2021 22:00:01 -0500 no00:38:52Mon, 01 Feb 2021 21:00:25 -0500no-reply@ccny.cuny.edu (CCNY Downtown)https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e13-mass-atrocities-protection-and-cooperation-gcr2ps-savita-pawndayE13: Mass Atrocities, Protection, and Cooperation with GCR2P's Savita Pawndayhttps://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e13-mass-atrocities-protection-and-cooperation-gcr2ps-savita-pawndayThis episode features Savita Pawnday, Deputy Executive Director of the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (GCR2P), an international advocacy and research NGO housed at the CUNY Graduate Center. The conversation engages the themes of mass atrocity crimes, the responsibility of states and the international community to protect populations from gross human rights violations, atrocity prevention, and global cooperation. It also includes discussion of COVID-19, the rise of nationalism, social media and hate speech, and climate change.   Mon, 01 Feb 2021 21:00:25 -0500 no00:40:45Wed, 16 Dec 2020 14:00:00 -0500no-reply@ccny.cuny.edu (CCNY Downtown)https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e12-history-human-rights-student-voices-ccny-prof-martin-woessnerE12: "History of Human Rights" Student Voices with CCNY Prof. Martin Woessnerhttps://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e12-history-human-rights-student-voices-ccny-prof-martin-woessnerThis episode features Dr. Martin Woessner, Associate Professor of History and Society at CCNY's Division of Interdisciplinary Studies, along with students from his "History of Human Rights" Fall 2020 course. Student voices include: Andrew Riffell, Danielle Gautier, Pablo Salinas, Charles Dargan, Elvia Sarabia, Rachel Caron, Molly Caperna, Jean-Phillip Philogène, and Lalita Jairam. The discussion centers around contemporary rights challenges, including mass incarceration in the United States, climate change and migration; the limits of rights discourse and practice; and the impact of COVID-19 on their higher education endeavors. Wed, 16 Dec 2020 14:00:00 -0500 no00:50:55Tue, 01 Dec 2020 23:00:15 -0500no-reply@ccny.cuny.edu (CCNY Downtown)https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e11-democracy-promotion-cheap-talk-and-liberalization-margins-prof-bann-seng-tanE11: Democracy Promotion, Cheap Talk, and "Liberalization at the Margins" with Prof. Bann-Seng Tanhttps://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e11-democracy-promotion-cheap-talk-and-liberalization-margins-prof-bann-seng-tanThis episode features Bann-Seng Tan, Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Ashoka University, India. It focuses on Professor Tan's new book International Aid and Democracy Promotion: Liberalization at the Margins.  Tue, 01 Dec 2020 23:00:15 -0500 no01:02:24Tue, 17 Nov 2020 22:00:25 -0500no-reply@ccny.cuny.edu (CCNY Downtown)https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e10-contemporary-pan-africanism-ghana-us-and-black-lives-matter-neoliberal-world-ccnyE10: Contemporary Pan-Africanism: Ghana, the US, and Black Lives Matter in a Neoliberal World with CCNY Prof. Justin Williamshttps://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e10-contemporary-pan-africanism-ghana-us-and-black-lives-matter-neoliberal-world-ccnyThis episode features Justin Williams, CCNY Associate Professor of History at the Division of Interdisciplinary Studies. The conversation focuses on Contemporary Pan-Africanism, Ghana and politics in Africa more broadly, racism and US politics, and the Black Lives Matter Movement. The conversation also engages the challenges of homophobia, sexism, economic inequality, and climate change.  Tue, 17 Nov 2020 22:00:25 -0500 no00:47:43Mon, 02 Nov 2020 00:00:13 -0500no-reply@ccny.cuny.edu (CCNY Downtown)https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e9-literature-iran-war-and-empathy-ceiling-ccny-prof-salar-abdohE9: Literature, Iran, War, and the "Empathy Ceiling" with CCNY Prof. Salar Abdohhttps://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e9-literature-iran-war-and-empathy-ceiling-ccny-prof-salar-abdohThis episode features Iranian novelist Salar Abdoh, CCNY Professor and Deputy Chair, English Department, and Interim Director of the MFA Program in Creative Writing. Abdoh discusses his publications, especially his new work Out of Mesopotamia, the story of an Iranian journalist covering the war against ISIS in Iraq and Syria, which is based on his own experience as a journalist in the region. The conversation's themes include: US-Iranian relations, exile and identity, and the human rights challenges that Iran and the United States face within their own respective borders. Mon, 02 Nov 2020 00:00:13 -0500 no01:05:23Fri, 16 Oct 2020 00:00:20 -0400no-reply@ccny.cuny.edu (CCNY Downtown)https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e8-womens-rights-reproductive-justice-and-shaking-cream-ccny-prof-joan-h-robinsonE8: Women's Rights, Reproductive Justice, and "Shaking the Cream" with CCNY Prof. Joan H. Robinsonhttps://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e8-womens-rights-reproductive-justice-and-shaking-cream-ccny-prof-joan-h-robinsonThis episode features Joan H. Robinson, Assistant Professor of Social Science and Law at the City College of New York's Division of Interdisciplinary Studies. Through an intersectional lens, it engages the themes of gender inequality, domestic violence, pregnancy testing, abortion rights, and sexual violence in the United States. It also address the issue of biomedical testing and privacy rights with regard to the COVID-19 pandemic.  Fri, 16 Oct 2020 00:00:20 -0400 no1:08:29Thu, 01 Oct 2020 00:00:44 -0400no-reply@ccny.cuny.edu (CCNY Downtown)https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e7-right-health-bottom-and-mlks-long-arc-ccny-mpa-director-bobby-derivalE7: The Right to Health, From the Bottom Up, and MLK's Long Arc with CCNY MPA Director Bobby Derivalhttps://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e7-right-health-bottom-and-mlks-long-arc-ccny-mpa-director-bobby-derivalThis episode features CCNY's Master's of Public Administration Program Executive Director Bobby Derival. Bringing his expertise in public health and international peace and conflict resolution, the conversation covers the right to health and intersecting rights challenges, including racial injustice, in the United States, Haiti, and globally. Thu, 01 Oct 2020 00:00:44 -0400 no00:51:49Tue, 15 Sep 2020 23:00:50 -0400no-reply@ccny.cuny.edu (CCNY Downtown)https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e6-right-city-business-improvement-districts-and-racial-inequity-ccny-prof-susannaE6: The Right to the City, Business Improvement Districts, and Racial Inequity with CCNY Prof. Susanna Schallerhttps://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e6-right-city-business-improvement-districts-and-racial-inequity-ccny-prof-susannaThis episode features Susanna Schaller, Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Studies, at CCNY's Division of Interdisciplinary Studies. Its themes include: urban governance, the right to the city, business improvement districts and the impacts of gentrification, and grassroots activism.  Tue, 15 Sep 2020 23:00:50 -0400 no00:43:21Tue, 01 Sep 2020 21:00:23 -0400no-reply@ccny.cuny.edu (CCNY Downtown)https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e5-genocide-race-and-holding-feet-fire-ccny-prof-eric-weitzE5: Genocide, Race, and "Holding Feet to the Fire" with CCNY Prof. Eric Weitzhttps://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e5-genocide-race-and-holding-feet-fire-ccny-prof-eric-weitzThis episode features Dr. Eric Weitz, Distinguished Professor of History at The City College of New York and the CUNY Graduate Center. Drawing on a range of case studies that are extensively examined in Wetiz's published works, the conversation focuses on the connection between the contemporary political order, genocide, and race, and the conditions under which mass atrocity crimes are likely to occur. It also engages in discussion about international human rights law and enforcement mechanisms as well as the role of social movements in advancing human rights.  Tue, 01 Sep 2020 21:00:23 -0400 no00:43:21Sat, 15 Aug 2020 00:00:43 -0400no-reply@ccny.cuny.edu (CCNY Downtown)https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e4-architecture-race-and-watershed-moment-ccny-dean-lesley-lokkoE4: Architecture, Race, and a "Watershed Moment" with CCNY Dean Lesley Lokkohttps://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e4-architecture-race-and-watershed-moment-ccny-dean-lesley-lokkoThis episode features CCNY's Dr. Lesley Lokko, Dean of the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture. The themes include: the relevance of architecture to human rights; race and architecture as a field of study and practice; inequality in South Africa; and the Rhodes Must Fall and Black Lives Matter Movements.   Sat, 15 Aug 2020 00:00:43 -0400 no00:35:18Sat, 01 Aug 2020 00:00:01 -0400no-reply@ccny.cuny.edu (CCNY Downtown)https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e3-international-relations-and-us-domestic-politics-ccny-prof-rajan-menonE3: International Relations and US Domestic Politics with CCNY Prof. Rajan Menonhttps://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e3-international-relations-and-us-domestic-politics-ccny-prof-rajan-menonThis episode features CCNY Professor Rajan Menon, Anne and Bernard Spitzer Chair in Political Science, on themes concerning US national security and foreign policy; Russia and Ukraine; China; humanitarian intervention and the responsibility to protect doctrine; and inequality, "deaths of despair," and the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. Sat, 01 Aug 2020 00:00:01 -0400 no01:02:14Wed, 15 Jul 2020 00:00:51 -0400no-reply@ccny.cuny.edu (CCNY Downtown)https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e2-literature-race-gender-and-crossroads-ccny-prof-vanessa-k-valdesE2: Literature, Race, Gender, and "A Crossroads" with CCNY Prof. Vanessa K. Valdéshttps://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e2-literature-race-gender-and-crossroads-ccny-prof-vanessa-k-valdesThis episode features Dr. Vanessa K. Valdés, Professor of Spanish and Portuguese and Director of the Black Studies Program at CCNY. The conversation is centered on women writers in the Americas and the influence of African spirituality on the construction of womanhood in their works; and Diasporic Blackness, her book about Arturo Alfonso Schomberg and his efforts to collect and preserve materials pertaining to black history and culture in the United States and beyond. The discussion also focuses on CCNY's Black Studies Program and the Black Lives Matter Movement. Wed, 15 Jul 2020 00:00:51 -0400 no00:38:07Mon, 15 Jun 2020 21:00:46 -0400no-reply@ccny.cuny.edu (CCNY Downtown)https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/rights-talk-pilot-labor-needed-bodies-unwanted-ccny-prof-susanna-rosenbaumRights Talk Pilot: "Labor Needed, Bodies Unwanted" with CCNY Prof. Susanna Rosenbaumhttps://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/rights-talk-pilot-labor-needed-bodies-unwanted-ccny-prof-susanna-rosenbaumThe short pilot focuses on undocumented workers in the United States and the impact of COVID-19 on their already precarious circumstances. It features Dr. Susanna Rosenbaum, associate professor of anthropology at the City College of New York Downtown. Mon, 15 Jun 2020 21:00:46 -0400 no00:08:04Sat, 15 Feb 2020 21:00:44 -0500no-reply@ccny.cuny.edu (CCNY Downtown)https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e14-asymmetrical-wars-collateral-damage-and-technology-ccny-prof-bruce-croninE14: Asymmetrical Wars, Collateral Damage, and Technology with CCNY Prof. Bruce Croninhttps://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cwe/podcast/e14-asymmetrical-wars-collateral-damage-and-technology-ccny-prof-bruce-croninThis episode features Bruce Cronin, CCNY Professor of Political Science and Director of the Human Rights Minor. The discussion centers on Prof. Cronin's latest book publication, Bugsplat: The Politics of Collateral Damage in Western Armed Conflicts. It also includes such themes as humanitarian intervention, international security and cooperation, China, authoritarianism, and technology.  Sat, 15 Feb 2020 21:00:44 -0500 no00:54:29