Professor Julie Greene, University of Maryland, delivered the 1^st Annual Human Rights & History Lecture: “Diaspora, Race, and the Canal Builders: Afro-Caribbeans and African Americans in the Construction of the Panama Canal” on Oct. 21, 2020. This event was sponsored by the History Department, the College of Liberal Arts Dean's Office, and the Organization of American Historians. 

Noura Erakat, human rights attorney and assistant professor of Africana studies and the program in criminal justice at Rutgers University, delivered the 2^nd Annual Human Rights & History Lecture: “Contemporary Renewals of Black-Palestinian Solidarity: Geographies of Intimacy” on Nov. 12, 2021.

Professor Erakat served as legal counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives and as legal advocate for Palestinian Refugee Rights at the U.N. She is author of “Justice for Some: Law as Politics in the Question of Palestine” (Stanford UP, 2019) and a frequent commentator on Palestine/Israel in the national media. 

Lynn Ramey, professor of French at Vanderbilt University, delivered the 3^rd Annual Human Rights & History Lecture: “Rights for Women of Color in Medieval Europe.” Lynn Ramey is professor of French at Vanderbilt University. She is the author of “Christian, Saracen and Genre in Medieval French Literature: Imagination and Cultural Interaction in the French Middle Ages” and coeditor of “Race, Class, and Gender in “Medieval” Cinema.”

Professor Ken MacLean delivered the 4^th annual human rights and history lecture: “Crimes Against Humanity and Their Archives in Myanmar.” MacLean is professor of International Development and Social Change at the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies. He is Senior Advisor at Fortify Rights on issues related to human rights violations in Southeast Asia. You can view a recording of the lecture here.

Professor Brianna Theobald is an associate professor of history and affiliate faculty in the Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies at the University of Rochester. She delivered the 5^th Annual Human Rights & History Lecture: "Native Reproductive Justice: Grassroots and Global Genealogies" on April 3, 2024. You can view a recording of the lecture here. 

Mustafa Aksu, Program Manager at the Uyghur Human Rights Project, delivered the 1^st Annual Human Rights in the Field Lecture on April 7, 2022, titled "Human Rights in China: the Uyghur Situation."

Krish O'Mara Vignarajah, President and CEO of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, delivered the 2^nd Annual Human Rights in the Field Lecture, addressing challenges and solutions to climate displacement on February 16, 2023. You can view a recording of the lecture, "Climate Displacement: Understanding the Challenges and Generating the Solution"  here.

Curt Luthye, Executive Director of American Red Cross - Montgomery, Howard, Frederick Counties, delivered the 3^rd Annual Human Rights in the Field Lecture, addressing disaster relief and human rights on October 18, 2023. You can view a recording of the lecture, "Ensuring Human Rights and Providing Disaster Relief: The Mission of the Red Cross"  here. 

Omar Shakir, Israel/ Palestine Director at Human Rights Watch, delivered the 4^th Annual Human Rights in the Field Lecture, addressing human rights in Gaza, Palestine, and Israel on November, 4, 2024. You can view a recording of the lecture, "Gaza, Palestine, and Israel: Do Human Rights Matter?" here.