The History of Human Rights
HSTY7001
What are Human Rights? This unit surveys the historiography of human rights to ask whether it is a product of a European past, particularly the Enlightenment. How did European human rights activists reconcile these rights with colonialism and slavery? How is the history of human rights related to humanitarianism and liberalism? The unit investigates human rights not only as theories embodied in texts, but as practices embedded in specific historical contexts. It will work toward a genealogy of human rights.
Unit of study details
Unit of study level: Postgraduate
Credit points: 6
Commencing semesters: 2, 1
Further unit of study information
Unit of study handbook: HSTY7001
Costs and scholarships information: Costs and Scholarships
Final dates to withdraw from units of study: Census Dates
Available for study abroad and exchange: Yes