Goldstein Center Program Series
Human Rights Forum
Human Rights Week
A series of events every fall is intended to educate the community about human rights concerns and highlight the work of scholars, students, and community organizations that promote human rights.
Human Rights Week is sponsored by the Goldstein Family Community Chair in Human Rights.
Educational Videos
Special educational videos intended to provide both introductions and deep dives on human rights topics, featuring GCHR-affiliated faculty and community figures.
They are encouraged to use in the classroom or at community events and meetings.
Landscapes of Belonging: Refugee Experiences In Nebraska and Beyond
Past Events
| DATE | EVENT RECORDING | SERIES |
|---|---|---|
| APR 2025 | Freedom of Movement as a Human Right: Refugee Communities and Transportation Needs in Omaha and Beyond | Human Rights Forum |
| FEB 2025 | Refugees in Nebraska: Somalia, Sudan, and Congo | Landscapes of Belonging |
| FEB 2025 | 2024 Health Disparities and Human Rights | Human Rights Forum |
| OCT 2024 | Displaced Storytellers from the Places They Carry: Voices from Iraq and Syria |
Landscapes of Belonging Human Rights Forum |
| SEP 2024 | Humanitarian Law: Reducing Brutality in War Since the War on Terror |
Goldstein Lecture on Human Rights |
| SEP 2024 | Latin American Contributions to Human Rights Law, from 1948 to Now |
Human Rights Forum |
| SEP 2024 | Human Rights Institutions in the Middle East and North Africa: Promises and Perils |
Human Rights Week |
| DATE | EVENT RECORDING | SERIES |
|---|---|---|
| APR 2024 | Book Talk by Dr. Rawan Arar | The Refugee System: A Sociological Approach | Landscapes of Belonging |
| MAR 2024 | Human Rights and Borders: Events and Context at the U.S. Border | Human Rights Forum |
| MAR 2024 | Refugees in Nebraska: The Afghan Community | Landscapes of Belonging |
| FEB 2024 | Shared Society in a Time of War: Interreligious Voices from Israel |
Human Rights Forum |
| FEB 2024 | Refugees in Nebraska: The Karen Community |
Landscapes of Belonging |
| NOV 2023 | Racial Justice and the Right to Protest |
Human Rights Forum |
| OCT 2023 | What is Happening in Israel/Palestine? The War and its Implications |
Human Rights Forum |
| OCT 2023 | Technology and its Impact on Human Rights |
Goldstein Lecture on Human Rights |
| OCT 2023 | Human Rights, Technologies, and the Digital Divide |
Human Rights Forum |
| DATE | EVENT RECORDING | SERIES |
|---|---|---|
| APR 2023 | A Special Goldstein Lecture on Human Rights | Cosmic Justice: Desacralizing Human Rights in the Holy Land | Goldstein Lecture on Human Rights |
| FEB 2023 | Human Rights of LGBTQ+ Communities in the United States | Human Rights Forum |
| NOV 2022 | Human Rights Forum | |
| SEP 2022 | Religion, Race, and Ideologies of Whiteness: Immigration in the U.S., Then and Now |
Human Rights Week |
| SEP 2022 | Immigration in the Midwest: What's Happening and How are Communities Affected |
Human Rights Week |
| SEP 2022 | Immigration and Economic Life Conversatorio: A Human Rights Forum and CHARLA |
Human Rights Forum |
| AUG 2022 | Religious Freedom, Immigration & Humanitarian Aid Coversatorio: A Human Rights Forum and CHARLA |
Human Rights Forum |
| DATE | EVENT RECORDING | SERIES |
|---|---|---|
| APR 2022 | The War in Ukraine and Refugee Movements | Human Rights Forum |
| MAR 2022 | Drones, Spyware, and Refugees: Human Rights in the Middle East - An Update | Human Rights Forum |
| MAR 2022 | Is Religion Bad News for Human Rights
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Goldstein Lecture on Human Rights |
| MAR 2022 | Women, Literature, and Human Rights: A Conversation with Sharmila Seyyid |
Human Rights Forum |
| MAR 2022 | A Special Human Rights Forum - The Russian Invasion of Ukraine |
Human Rights Forum |
| NOV 2021 | Human Rights, Vaccinations, and Religious Exemptions |
Human Rights Forum |
| OCT 2021 | COVID-19 and Human Rights: Narratives of Latinos During the Pandemic |
Human Rights Week |
| SEP 2021 | Human Rights Week Watch Party: Latin American Migration and Human Rights |
Human Rights Week |
| SEP 2021 | Refugee and New Immigrant App Launch |
Human Rights Week |
| SEP 2021 | The Right to Health, Equity and the Pursuit of Justice |
Goldstein Lecture on Human Rights |
| DATE | EVENT RECORDING | SERIES |
|---|---|---|
| MAY 2021 | Stories of Survival | - |
| MAR 2021 | Human Rights and Religious Nationalism in the Middle East and the United States | Human Rights Forum |
| SEP 2020 | Pandemic and Human Rights in Latin America | Human Rights Forum |
| SEP 2020 | Watch Party: Careers in Human Rights |
Human Rights Week |
| SEP 2020 | Watch Party: Social Media and Human Rights |
Human Rights Week |
| SEP 2020 | Pandemic, Ecology, and Public Health |
Human Rights Week |
| SEP 2020 | Watch Party: Religion and Human Rights |
Human Rights Week |