Human Rights Program Faculty Board: June 2010 Human Rights Program Individual Donors University of Chicago Human Rights Program 5720 S. Woodlawn Avenue • Chicago, IL 60637 773-834-0957 • http://humanrights.uchicago.edu Mark Bradley Co-Chair John Schumann Co-Chair Daniel Brudney Elizabeth Chandler James Chandler Bradin Cormack Jane Dailey Rosalind Dixon Norma Field Michael Geyer Tom Ginsburg Ramon Gutierrez Susan Gzesh Judy Hoffman John Kelly Emilio Kouri Lyonette Louis-Jacques Marvin Makinen Jeanne Marsh Martha Nussbaum Robert Perlman Jennifer Pitts Moishe Postone Julie Saville Eric Slauter James Sparrow Amy Stanley Christine Stansell The University of Chicago Women’s Board, The Office of the Provost, The College, School of Social Service Administration, Pritzker School of Medicine, The Center for International Studies Norman Wait Harris Fund, The Teagle Foundation, The Robert H. Kirschner, M.D., Memorial Fund Kristin Love David Nirenberg Louis Olom Michael Pareles Andrea Parker Florence Patti Caryle Perlman Robert Perlman Ann Pozen Richard Pozen Ellen Rosendale Kathryn Sangillo Julie Saville John Schumann Michael Shen Patrick Spain Katherine Ward Bernice Weissbourd Andrea Wenzel Aizik Wolf Malika Anand Maya Barron Eric Berndt Quinn Bernier Jane Bernstein Mark Bradley Daniel Brudney Wing Chan Elizabeth Chandler James Chandler Brian Chelcun Nan Chen Catherine Coburn John Coburn Judith Cottle William Cottle Jane Dailey Robert Ellis Deborah Epstein Alan Exelrod Vivienne Exelrod Aaron Foss Julie Fry Michael Geyer David Goldenberg Oleksandra Golenyshchenko Gerald Greenwald Win Greenwald Miriam Hansen Warren Huang Veena Iyer Patti Kameya Barbara Kirschner Jerry Knoll Susan Kreisman Angelina Li Maureen Loughnane Rebecca Louie Human Rights Program Support Michael Geyer, Faculty Director Susan Gzesh, Executive Director Noa Vaisman, Lecturer Antonio Pele, Visiting Scholar Sarah Patton Moberg, Program Assistant Jacob Lesniewski, Intern Coordinator HRP Student Staff: Jasmine Heiss, Tsion Gurmu, Samantha Wishnak Human Rights Program Staff A special thanks to Paul Seeley and Maureen Loughnane of The University of Chicago Alumni Relations and Development Office. Thursday, June 3, 2010 at 7 p.m. Social Science Research Building, Room 122 1126 East 59th Street Robert H. Kirschner, M.D., Memorial Human Rights Lecture “Literature and Individual Sovereignty” Aleksandar Hemon Robert H. Kirschner, M.D., 1940-2002 This lecture series honors the life and work of Robert H. Kirschner, MD. Dr. Kirschner was a clinical associate in the Department of Pathology and Pediatrics and a founding member of the faculty board of the Human Rights Program at the University of Chicago. He was an internationally recognized authority on forensic pathology, human rights violations, police brutality, torture and child abuse and an outspoken opponent of the death penalty.