Deadline is 11/29, and the conference provides travel reimbursement, hotel accommodations and meals--
Apply to NUCHR 2010
"Urban Slums: The Shadow of the Humanitarian Generation"
This academic year, the conference will be held from January 21-24, 2010 at the Northwestern University campus in Evanston, Illinois. Entitled "Urban Slums: The Shadow of the Humanitarian Generation,” the topic will examine the phenomenon of urban slums both locally in the United States as well as abroad. We wish to question whether or not the inhabitants of these slums can be guaranteed human rights, and what the responsibility of the international community as well as state sovereigns are to slum populations. Discussions of the recognition of migrant populations, public health, economic development and national sovereignty will be crucial to the topic.
NUCHR 2010 is seeking 40 high-caliber undergraduate delegates who have an active interest in human rights and the issue of urban slums. Delegates will receive travel reimbursement, hotel accommodations and meals during their stay in Evanston. We expect delegates to actively engage in each activity throughout the conference. Certain events during the conference will be exclusively for delegates including private question and answer sessions with keynote speakers and discussion sections during day two that will involve in-depth exploration of current case studies.
Application Deadline: November 29, 2009
Download the application at www.nuchr.net
Email completed applications to
conferenceonhumanrights@u.northwestern.edu
Who We Are
The Northwestern University Conference on Human Rights (NUCHR) is dedicated to promoting the universality of human rights, which can only be achieved by recognizing the difficulty in consensus, issues of cultural relativism, and the potential paradoxes in implementation and practice.
Through programming events, seminars, experience trips and the culminating conference, NUCHR raises awareness of international human rights issues and fosters social activism at Northwestern and beyond. The three day undergraduate student-organized conference unites student delegates from across the country with distinguished academics, activists and policy-makers from around the globe to address a unique aspect of human rights each year. We provide a mechanism for critical discourse in order to challenge assumptions and broaden perceptions on the chosen topic.
