Week One: Conceptual and Definitional Issues
Monday, July 4, 2016
National holiday in the United States. Students will have the opportunity to tour the campus and attend the fireworks display on the Charles River. See here for more information.
Tuesday, July 5, 2016
Starting on July 5th until July 22nd: All classes will be held in the Bowie Vernon Room (Room K262) in the CGIS Knafel building at 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
9:00 – 9:30 am Check-in
9:30 – 9:45 am Welcome and Opening Remarks
Stephen P. Marks
9:45 – 10:15 am Introduction and Course Overview
Melanie Adrian
10:15 – 10:30 am Refreshment Break
10:30 – 12:30 am Understanding Human Rights Across Disciplines
Melanie Adrian
12:30 – 2:00 pm Lunch
2:00 – 4:00 pm Basic Concepts of Human Rights and Development
Stephen P. Marks
4:00 – 4:15 pm Refreshment Break
4:15 – 5:15 pm Group discussion to topics covered during the day
5:30 pm Return to Tufts
Wednesday, July 6, 2016
9:00 – 11:00 am Human Rights and the International System
Hurst Hannum
11:15 – 11:30 am Refreshment Break
11:30 – 12:00 am Expectations
12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch and small group discussion about human rights and the
international system
1:00 – 2:00 pm Research – what is expected
2:15 pm Harvard tour
Thursday, July 7, 2016
9:00 – 10:00 am Readings
10.00 – 10.30 am Refreshment Break
10.30 – 12.30 pm Development Theories, Old and New and their Implications for Human Rights
Balakrishnan Rajagopal
12:30 – 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 – 3:00 pm Tutorial
3:00 – 3:15 pm Refreshment Break
3:15 – 4:30 pm Small Group Sessions
Friday, July 8, 2016
9:00 – 11:00 am Human Rights from Below: The Importance of Social Mobilization
Balakrishnan Rajagopal
11:00 – 11:30 am Refreshment Break
11:30 –12:30 pm Small Group Discussion
12:30 – 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 – 3:00 pm Review of the week’s core messages, tutorial plans for next week,
discussion of essay outlines
Summer school teaching staff
Week Two: Social and Economic Issues
Monday, July 11, 2016
9:00 – 11:00 am Urbanization and Human Rights: Case Discussion of Kumbh Mela
Richard Cash
11:00 – 11:30 am Refreshment Break
11:30 –12:30 pm Small Group Discussion
12:30 – 2:00 pm Lunch
2:00 – 4:00 pm Transitioning from Relief to Development in Complex
Humanitarian Emergencies
Jennifer Leaning
Tuesday, July 12, 2016
9:00 – 11:00 am Measuring the World’s Poor and Designing Policies for Poverty Reduction
Stéphane Verguet
11:00 – 11:30 am Refreshment Break
11:30 –12:30 pm Small Group Discussion
12:30 – 2:00 pm Lunch
2:00 – 4:00 pm Education in the Context of the Sustainable Development Goals and
Human Rights
Fernando M. Reimers
Wednesday, July 13, 2016
9:00 – 11:00 am The Sustainable Development Goals: An Analysis from the Perspective of the
Human Rights to Water and Sanitation.
Sharmila Murthy
11:00 – 11:30 am Refreshment Break
11:30 –12:30 pm Small Group Discussion
12:30 – 2:00 pm Lunch
2:00 – 4:00 pm Making Human Rights Work for People Living in Extreme Poverty
Cristina Diez Sagüillo
Thursday, July 14, 2016
9:00 – 11:00 am Right of Persons with Disabilities in the Context of Development
Michael Stein
11:00 – 11:30 am Refreshment Break
11:30 –12:30 pm Small Group Discussion
12:30 – 2:00 pm Lunch
2:00 – 3:00 pm The Emergence and Scope of the Right to Health in International Law
Stephen P. Marks
3:00 – 4:00 pm Ebola and the Right to Health: An Acute-on-Chronic Crisis
Cameron T. Nutt
Friday, July 15, 2016
11:00 – 12:00 pm Rights of the Child
Theresa S. Betancourt
12:00 – 1:00 pm Case Discussion on Readiness Intervention in Sierra Leone
Tia McGill Rogers
1:00 – 2:00 pm Lunch
2:00 – 3:00 pm Small Group Discussion
3:00 – 4:00 pm Review of the week’s core messages
Summer school teaching staff
Saturday, July 16, 2016
Day trip to New York City. Departure from Tufts University (time to be confirmed) in the early morning, and return late at night. Students will receive money to spend on three meals during the day in Manhattan.
Week Three: Conceptual and Definitional Issues
Monday, July 18, 2016
9:00 – 11:00 am International Finance and Investment
Joel Trachman
11:00 – 11:30 am Refreshment Break
11:30 –12:30 pm Small Group Discussion
12:30 – 2:00 pm Lunch
Tuesday, July 19, 2016
9:00 – 11:00 am Study and reading time
11:00 – 1:00 pm Gender in Development
Jeni Klugman
1:00 – 2:00 pm Lunch
2:00 – 4:00 pm Tutorials
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
9:00 – 11:00 am Business and Human Rights
Malcolm Rogge
11:00 – 11:30 am Refreshment Break
11:30 –12:30 pm Tutorial on business and human rights
Malcolm Rogge and Stephen P. Marks
12:30 – 2:00 pm Lunch
2:00 – 6:00 pm Final Student Presentations
Thursday, July 21, 2016
9:00 – 12:00 pm Final Student Presentations
1:00 – 6:00 pm Final Student Presentations
Evening Writing Time
Friday, July 22, 2016
Morning Writing/Study Time
10:00 am Submission of Final Essay
10:30 – 12:00 pm Human Rights Indicators in Development: Definitions, Relevance and
Application
Siobhán McInerney-Lankford
12:00 – 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 – 3:00 pm Right to Development
Stephen P. Marks
3:30 – 4:00 pm Closing discussion
Stephen P. Marks
4:00 – 4:30 pm Keynote Address
David Wilkins
6:30 pm Reception held at Harvard Faculty Club
7:00 – 10:00 pm Banquet and Certificate Ceremony (at Harvard Faculty Club)
Welcome remarks by Stephen P. Marks
Address by Vesselin Popovski
Keynote by Leonardo Castilho
For more information: Closing Dinner Program
Saturday July 23, 2016
Departure from Logan International Airport after breakfast at Tufts University. No other meals are included for this day and students are responsible for their own transportation to the airport.
