Human Rights

Courses

Core courses include Human Rights 101, Introduction to Human Rights; Human Rights 120, Human Rights Law and Practice; Human Rights 213, Gay Rights, Human Rights; Human Rights 218, Free Speech; Human Rights 226, Women’s Rights, Human Rights; Human Rights 233, Problems in Human Rights; Human Rights 234, Defining the Human; Human Rights 235, Dignity and the Human Rights Tradition; Human Rights 2509, Telling Stories about Rights; Human Rights 257, Human Rights and the Economy; and Human Rights 316, History of Human Rights. Additional courses offered through other fields of study include Anthropology 261, Anthropology of Violence and Suffering; Art History 289, Rights and the Image; GIS 231, Humanitarian Military Intervention; History 2631, Capitalism and Slavery; and Spanish 240, Testimonies of Latin America.

Recent Senior Projects in Human Rights

“From Marital Chastisement to Intimate Partner Violence: Revising the Story of Domestic Violence in the United States”“In the Footsteps of Our Ancestors: Language and Legacy in the Hebron Settlements”“Property, Propertied, Propertyless: Land Retention and Cultural Renaissance in the Gullah Geechee Community”

Internships and Affiliated Programs

Students are encouraged to undertake summer internships and participate in programs off campus, including the Bard Globalization and International Affairs Program, Central European University, Smolny College, American University of Central Asia, Al-Quds Bard College for Arts and Sciences, and Bard College Berlin.