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International Student and Scholar Services is posting this announcement as a public service. Please contact the UNESCO chair,
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if you have any questions.
Thank you.
Bob Chudy
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On Thursday, April 24th from
12:30 PM to 1:45 PM, the UNESCO Chair & Institute of Comparative Human Rights will host a lecture by
Anabella Maria Giracca de Castellanos entitled “Human Rights and Indigenous Populations in Latin America.” The public lecture will be held in
Konover Auditorium (Dodd Center).
Anabella Giracca is currently working as the Director of the Institute of Linguistics and Interculturality at the University Rafael Landivar, where she is also Director of the UNESCO Chair Office
of Communication for the Strengthening of Cultural Diversity. She is an international lecturer, accomplished author, and columnist at Prensa Libre (Free Press), El Periodico (The Newspaper), and other magazines. Giracca is also an advocate for collective
human rights with an emphasis on indigenous and children’s rights. She serves as a consultant on topics of education, interculturality, and communication, and she is a member of numerous counsels, commissions, and associations on education, justice, and multiculturalism.
UNESCO Chair & Institute of Comparative Human Rights
University of Connecticut
233 Glenbrook Road, Unit 4124
Storrs, CT 06269-4124
Telephone: 860.486.0647
Facsimile: 860.486.2545
Website:
www.unescochair.uconn.edu