Photographs, audio, and video are now available from the October 8, 2014 event "Around 1948: Human Rights and Global Transformation." The event featured Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies, Columbia University; Lydia H. Liu, Wun Tsun Tam Professor in the Humanities, Columbia University; Samuel Moyn, Professor of Law and History, Harvard University; and … [Read more...]
Professor Lydia H. Liu on Human Rights Pioneer and Columbia alum P.C. Chang
Columbia University's list of illustrious alumni includes many graduates from China whose achievements have been widely celebrated. Columbia alumnus Peng-chun “P.C.” Chang (1892-1957), the Vice-Chair of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights and one of the architects of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, has received relatively less recognition--until … [Read more...]
