Human Rights Lecture April 1

"What Must Be in Place for Someone to Believe in Human Rights?" is the topic of a lecture by  University of Illinois at Chicago Associate Professor Ralph Cintrón that will take place at 7 p.m., Thursday, April 1 in 101 Stevenson Hall.  

Cintrón holds a joint appointment in the Latino and Latin American Studies Program and English Department at the University of Illinois at Chicago. His research and teaching interests are in rhetorical studies, ethnography, particularly urban ethnography; urban theory, theories of globalization, political theory, particularly the anthropology of democracy; and social theory. Cintrón earned his Ph.D. in English from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1990.

This event is sponsored by the Illinois State University English Department's Pro Growth Committee. It is free and open to the public.