Human Rights as the Last Utopia? Migration and Jewish History
Digital Lecture Series
Are human rights a “last utopia”, as the historian Samuel Moyn claimed?
Our new Digital Lecture Series reflects on the history, present, and future of human rights as a political promise that must be upheld. Against the backdrop of Jewish migration history, five scholars, together with journalist Dinah Riese (taz), examine the development of international refugee protection from diverse perspectives.
Where
online
We aim to uncover historical achievements – achievements that are increasingly being called into question today. Can historical experiences, and new perspectives in legal philosophy and political theory help overcome our limited perspective on migration politics? And where can we find ways to build a more open future right here and now?
Lectures
- Wed 27 May 2026, 7 pm | The 1951 Refugee Convention and the Collapse of the International Order post 1945: Seyla Benhabib in Conversation with Dinah Riese
- Tue 9 Jun 2026, 7 pm | Humanity at the Sea: Itamar Mann in Conversation with Dinah Riese
- Tue 21 Jul 2026, 7 pm | Shifting Borders and the Right to Asylum: Ayelet Shachar in Conversation with Dinah Riese
- Wed 9 Sep 2026, 7 pm | Statelessness and Visions of Belonging: Miriam Rürup in Conversation with Dinah Riese
- Wed 23 Sep 2026, 7 pm | N.N. in Conversation with Dinah Riese
Digital Lecture Series
Human Rights as the Last Utopia? Migration and Jewish History
Human Rights as the Last Utopia? Migration and Jewish History
- Current page: Digital Lecture Series Human Rights as the Last Utopia? Migration and Jewish History: The event series at a glance
- The 1951 Refugee Convention and the Collapse of the International Order post 1945: Seyla Benhabib in Conversation with Dinah Riese: Wed, 27 May 2026, 7 pm
- Humanity at the Sea: Itamar Mann in Conversation with Dinah Riese: Tue, 9 Jun 2026, 7 pm
- Shifting Borders and the Right to Asylum: Ayelet Shachar in Conversation with Dinah Riese: Tue, 21 Jul 2026, 7 pm
- Current page: Migration Control and Authoritarian Transformation in Europe: Maximilian Pichl in Conversation with Dinah Riese Tue, 1 Sep 2026, 7 pm
- Current page: Statelessness and Visions of Belonging: Miriam Rürup in Conversation with Dinah Riese: Tue, 29 Sep 2026, 7 pm
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Updated on 14 April 2025
Funded by the Berthold Leibinger Foundation
In media cooperation with taz
