Join us today for Prof. Linda Hogan's public lecture on the contested relationship of religion and human rights

Prof. Linda Hogan, Professor of Ecumenics at Trinity College Dublin, is the sixth lecturer in the joint RIKK and UNU-GEST 2018 spring term lecture series. Her lecture is titled „Religion, Gender and the Politics of Human Rights: A Genealogical Perspective“ and will take place today, March 19th from 12.00-13.00 in the Aula of the University of Iceland.

The relationship between religion and human rights is controversial and contested. This is especially true in regards to the relation between human rights, gender equality and women’s human rights. Prof. Hogan’s lecture argues that religions can be an important ally in the promotion of women’s human rights, but only if a genealogical critique is brought to bare on religion. Such a critique will involve challenging essentialist understandings of culture, unitary accounts of community and static portrayals of tradition. 

Linda Hogan is Professor of Ecumenics at Trinity College Dublin and formerly Vice Provost of the College. Her teaching and research focusses on intercultural and interreligious ethics, gender and human rights. Hogan’s most recent book is titled “Keeping Faith with Human Rights” and was published by Georgetown University Press in 2016.

The UNU-GEST and RIKK lecture series in the spring semester 2018 is held in collaboration with The National Museum of Iceland.
All lectures are in English, open to everyone and admission is free. Find more information about today’s lecture here.