Call for Submissions:
TEACHING ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS

Joyce Apsel (co-editor with Helen Fein of Teaching about Genocide, 3rd ed. 2003) is collecting syllabi (including writing and other assignments and short essays) for a new volume, Teaching about Human Rights to be published by the American Sociological Association. The goal is to include a broad a range of courses taught in different countries and from a variety of perspectives and to provide a needed resource with web-sites and bibliography sources for teachers who are designing courses on the subject.
The editor is looking for courses currently taught in a variety of disciplines
including sociology, history, literature, political science, critical studies, law,
public health, philosophy, drama, psychology, art, and other disciplines as well as from an interdisciplinary perspective for both undergraduate and graduate students.

The recent increase in courses on human rights and changes in the nature of courses taught range from comparative perspectives to focus on specific cases and from focus on human rights violations in specific areas to the challenges of humanitarianism. Courses in human rights are taught in a variety of area studies programs and in multidisciplinary programs such as gender studies, peace studies, legal studies and genocide studies.

The editor encourages submission of present and recent course syllabi and other materials from teachers in various countries and disciplines.

Please e-mail the course syllabi and other materials with your name, department or affiliation, e-mail and mailing address to: jaa5@nyu.edu

or mail one copy of the syllabus and other materials to:

Dr. Joyce Apsel
New York University
Master Teacher in Humanities
General Studies Program
726 Broadway, room 605a
New York, NY 10003

You will be notified if your syllabus is selected and asked for permission to publish it. Please address questions to: jaa5@nyu.edu.