Lecture series „Contemporary issues of human rights theory and practice. Global, regional and national perspectives” - a Graphix Project coordinated by Yale Law School and discuss the role of cartoons/graphics as a medium for engaging human rights activists across cultures.
The Human Rights Department (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń) and the Poznań Human Rights Centre (Institute of Law Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences) are pleased to invite you to the 10th lecture of the lecture series „Contemporary issues of human rights theory and practice. Global, regional and national perspectives”. The lecture series is organized in association with AHRI.
The guest lecture will be delivered by CHRISTIAN CLARK (Schell Center Visiting Human Rights Fellow, Yale Law School) who will provide insights into a Graphix Project coordinated by Yale Law School and discuss the role of cartoons/graphics as a medium for engaging human rights activists across cultures.
Date: 19 March 2024 (Tuesday) at 16:00 p.m. CET (Warsaw time)
Lectures are organized online via a BigBlueButton platform. A dedicated virtual room is accessible at: https://vc.umk.pl/b/jul-x4e-92m. No prior registration required.
ABOUT OUR GUEST:
Christian Clark is a cartoonist (Washington Post, Financial Times, Toronto Star, Guardian, etc.) and two-time Emmy Award-winning writer (Sesame Street) who has written and/or illustrated three graphic histories including the 2017 UNtold: The Real Story of the United Nations in Peace and War. Christian has extensive international advocacy and human rights experience working for the BBC and the United Nations in North America, Asia, Africa and the Balkans. He led the Meena project for some years, a groundbreaking UNICEF effort to advance girls’ rights using animation for social change in Asia.
He is the founder of the Graphix Project (GP) which will serve as a cartoon-based human rights support initiative. The GP will allow human rights and social activists, high school students and others — from #BLM in the U.S. to the climate justice campaign globally — to connect with, plan and learn from each other and experts through the project’s interactive online platform. The project will promote active change by using a range of mediums and products including activist toolkits, grade appropriate curriculum, graphic histories and novels, comics, animation and podcasts.