Thursday, March 5, 9PM-11:59PM
Smart Museum of Art
Smart Talk: Borders & Human Rights: Can They be Reconciled?
According to Hannah Arendt, the ultimate test of human rights is whether a human being loses her rights when she crosses a border and leaves her home state.
Controversies over the rights of refugees and migrants have come to dominate political discourse in elections around the world. What should a just society do to protect its own citizens and residents but also help the stranger in need? Can we imagine open borders? If we can’t, what criteria should we use to decide who gets in and who doesn’t?
In the second in a series of Smart Talks presented in collaboration with the Pozen Family Center for Human Rights, University of Chicago Law Professors Tom Ginsburg and Claudia Flores discuss this highly emotional topic.
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Schedule:
9PM discussion and dialogue
10PM–midnight reception and after-hours access to the Smart's exhibitions
This event is presented by Smart Museum of Art