Winifred Tate | Art After the Unspeakable: Reflections on Works by Doris Salcedo and Jeremy Frey
This talk examines mourning and worldmaking through community action and art in the wake of violence, dispossession, and collective loss. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork with communities in southern Colombia and rural Maine, Tate considers the intersections, possibilities and limitations of rights activism and art through an exploration of the visual repertoires and material practices of Colombian sculptor Doris Salcedo and Passamaquoddy artist Jeremy Frey. This program is free and open to all...
Visit by Andrew Freer and Screening of Go Fourth Media films + "2000 Metres to Andriivka: A UI Center for Human Rights and FilmScene Community Colaboration
A Community Collaborations Event
Presented in partnership with the University of Iowa Center for Human Rights, with a portion of ticket proceeds going to The Center to Protect Journalists
Pre-screening there will be short films produced by Go Forth Media with filmmaker Andrew Freer in conversation
Please join us for a community collaboration with FilmScene on April 1 at 6:30 p.m. Andrew Freer, founder of Chicago based Go Fourth Media, will share some of the organization's recent documentary work...
Protecting Water, Protecting Community: Short Films & Dialogue on Indigenous Land and Water Defense
Join us for an evening of short films and community conversation exploring movements to protect water, land, and community.
The program will feature a curated selection of short films highlighting water protection movements in the Midwest, and beyond. Following the screenings, Dakota elder and historian Tim Mentz Sr. and Sikowis Nobiss, Cree-Saulteaux of the George Gordon First Nation in Saskatchewan and the founder and executive director of the Great Plains Action Society, will participate in a...
Who Defends the Defenders? Exploring layers of sovereignty, legitimacy, human rights, and activism in land and environmental protection
Across the globe, Indigenous people who oppose large-scale development projects face harassment, wrongful arrest and prosecution, and, in some cases, lethal violence. In 2024 alone, more than 150 environmental defenders were reportedly killed in circumstances linked to their work against powerful commercial and government interests. Under international human rights law, many “frontline” defenders, who disproportionately come from poor, Indigenous, and rural communities, are recognized as vital...
ILS: Stand Tall for the Rule of Law Documentary and Q&A with Professor Cindy Buys
Join International Law Society in presenting the "Stand Tall for the Rule of Law" documentary followed with a Q&A session with Professor Cindy Buys who was part of the delegation and contributed to the summit.
Two years ago, a delegation of 75 members of the American Society of International Law convened in Lviv, Ukraine, alongside 75 members of the Ukrainian Association for International Law. The “Stand Tall for the Rule of Law” Summit addressed ten pressing international law concerns raised by...
Iowa Human Rights Research Conference
The annual Iowa Human Rights Research Conference takes place on Saturday, April 18, 2026, at Grinnell College. The conference is hosted by the Iowa Network of Human Rights Academics and the University of Iowa Center for Human Rights.
The call for student proposals is available at: https://iowahumanrights.org/conference/submit-proposal February 16, 2026, is the deadline for students to submit conference proposals.
Registration details and conference schedule will be updated at: https:/...