thursday, june 4, 2015
R E FL E C T I N G O N
PHOTOGRAPHY HUMAN RIGHTS A N D
with Susan Meiselas The University of Chicago Pozen Family Center for Human Rights Robert H. Kirschner, MD, Human Rights Memorial Lecture
THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 2015 Program and Lecture, 6:00-7:30pm Reception to follow. This event is free and open to the public Doors open at 5:30pm Susan Meiselas, internationally recognized and award-winning Magnum photographer, will draw upon her decades of experience documenting human rights issues across the globe, including the Central American conflicts of the 1970s and 1980s, collective memory in Kurdistan, and indigenous people in Indonesia. Meiselas is currently president of the Magnum Foundation, which has recently supported a photographic project on the South Side of Chicago. This annual lecture series honors the life and work of Robert H. Kirschner, MD, 1940-2002, noted forensic pathologist and a founder of the University of Chicago Human Rights Program. This event is supported by the family and friends of Robert H. Kirschner and other donors.
This event is co-sponsored by the International House Global Voices Program | ihouse.uchicago.edu Persons with disabilities who may need assistance should contact the Office of Programs and External Relations in advance of the program at 773-753-2274 humanrights.uchicago.edu/kirschnerlecture
P O Z E N
F A M I L Y
C E N T E R
F O R
HUMAN
R I G H TS
Photo by: Alain Dejean, Meiselas with Alan Riding of the New York Times in the background during the September Insurrection, Masaya Nicaragua, 1978
International House Assembly Hall 1414 East 59th Street, Chicago, IL
PHOTOGRAPHY HUMAN RIGHTS A N D
with Susan Meiselas The University of Chicago Pozen Family Center for Human Rights Robert H. Kirschner, MD, Human Rights Memorial Lecture
THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 2015 Program and Lecture, 6:00-7:30pm Reception to follow. This event is free and open to the public Doors open at 5:30pm Susan Meiselas, internationally recognized and award-winning Magnum photographer, will draw upon her decades of experience documenting human rights issues across the globe, including the Central American conflicts of the 1970s and 1980s, collective memory in Kurdistan, and indigenous people in Indonesia. Meiselas is currently president of the Magnum Foundation, which has recently supported a photographic project on the South Side of Chicago. This annual lecture series honors the life and work of Robert H. Kirschner, MD, 1940-2002, noted forensic pathologist and a founder of the University of Chicago Human Rights Program. This event is supported by the family and friends of Robert H. Kirschner and other donors.
This event is co-sponsored by the International House Global Voices Program | ihouse.uchicago.edu Persons with disabilities who may need assistance should contact the Office of Programs and External Relations in advance of the program at 773-753-2274 humanrights.uchicago.edu/kirschnerlecture
P O Z E N
F A M I L Y
C E N T E R
F O R
HUMAN
R I G H TS
Photo by: Alain Dejean, Meiselas with Alan Riding of the New York Times in the background during the September Insurrection, Masaya Nicaragua, 1978
International House Assembly Hall 1414 East 59th Street, Chicago, IL
