3 credits
Spring 2026 Lecture JEDIHumanitiesUpper Division
This course explores human rights' genealogy and uneven historical development from Atlantic Revolutionary articulations through the late 20th Century and experience of globalization.
Learning Outcomes1Gain a deeper understanding of the patterns and processes, ruptures and continuities in the human rights history narrative, which have shaped today's world, its politics, ideas, and ambitions.
2Explore how human rights connects us to other people, places and times.
3Analyze fundamental problems in human rights in history in individual writing and in group work and be engaged in an environment of open inquiry to exchange ideas and interpretations of human rights concepts.
4Be better prepared to negotiate the variable applications of human rights concepts in today's globalized world.
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