Thursday, 16 June, 2022
9:00-10:30 a.m. EDT
Join us for a discussion that focuses on activities that counter hate speech on university campuses and beyond, and the contribution of the global academic community to create awareness and inform policymaking.
The discussion, marking the first International Day for Countering Hate Speech, is jointly organized by the Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme, the Outreach Programme on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, the United Nations Academic Impact, and the United Nations Outreach Programme on the Transatlantic Slave Trade and Slavery. The discussion is Episode 7 of the "Beyond the long shadow: engaging with difficult histories" live discussion series.
Moderator
Jayashri Wyatt, Chief, Education Outreach Section, United Nations Department of Global Communications
Keynote
Alice Wairimu Nderitu, United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide
Speakers
- Caitlin Carlson, Associate Professor, Department of Communication, Seattle University
- Iginio Gagliardone, Associate Professor, Department of Media Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
- Tarlach McGonagle, Professor, Leiden Law School, University of Leiden and Co-Rapporteur, Committee of Experts on Combating Hate Speech, Council of Europe
- Ahmed Shaheed, Deputy Director, Essex Human Rights Centre, University of Essex and Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, United Nations Human Rights Council
- Apryl Williams, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication and Media, University of Michigan