Session Details

Wednesday, 28 December

244. Humanitarianism and Human Rights I

1:45–3:00 p.m., Kalorama, Washington Hilton

Program arranged by the Division on Comparative Studies in Romanticism and the Nineteenth Century

Presiding: Sarah E. Winter, Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs

1. “The Two Abolitions: Slavery, the Death Penalty, and Romantic Liberalism,” Mark E. Canuel, Univ. of Illinois, Chicago

2. “Early Modern Warfare: Slaughter, Slavery, or Redemption?” Susan B. Iwanisziw, Philadelphia, PA

3. “‘Losing It or Ruling It’: War and the Mission Project in Bechuanaland, 1859–69,” Eleni Eva Coundouriotis, Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs

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