Learn about our exciting Summer 2021 Pop-Up Institute 
Meet our new Postdoctoral Fellow, Nina Ebner! 
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Events
Join us for our 2021 Fall Speaker Series, starting on September 20th with Jennifer Bair!
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Welcome to the Rapoport Center
The Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice serves as a focal point for critical, interdisciplinary analysis and practice of human rights and social justice. Our goal is to promote the economic and political enfranchisement of marginalized individuals and groups both locally and globally. We invite you to explore this site to learn more about our work at the intersection of academics and advocacy.Upcoming Events
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Jennifer Bair: “Financialization, Fissuring, and the Future of Work”
Speaker:- Jennifer Bair Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology, University of Virginia
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Yiran Zhang: “Rethinking the Global Governance of Migrant Domestic Workers: The Heterodox Case of Informal Filipina Workers in China”
Speaker:- Yiran Zhang S.J.D. Candidate at Harvard Law School
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Info Session: Human Rights Internships & Fellowships
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Carrie Freshour: “From Chicken to Broiler: Unraveling the Snarl of Centuries”
Speaker:- Carrie Freshour Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography, University of Washington
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David Kennedy: “Through a Glass Darkly: Political Economy and the Great Disparities”
Speaker:- David Kennedy Manley O. Hudson Professor of Law and Faculty Director, Institute for Global Law and Policy, Harvard Law School
Latest News
Postdoctoral Fellow Mishal Khan publishes chapter in new book on the histories of racial capitalism
Source: Columbia University Press
UT study: Politics put Texas construction workers at risk early in outbreak
Source: Austin American-Statesman
Opinion: Worker exploitation in Texas’ throwaway culture
Source: Austin American-Statesman