Rhoda E Howard-Hassmann

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Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Member of the Order of Canada Member of the Order of Ontario Professor Emeritus Faculty of Arts Waterloo, Ontario hassmann@wlu.ca Office: (905) 529-9995

Bio/Research

Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann, Professor Emeritus: Member of the Order of Canada, Member of the Order of Ontario, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Dr. Howard-Hassmann held the Canada Research Chair in International Human Rights from 2003 to 2016, jointly appointed to the Department of Political ...

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Bio/Research

Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann, Professor Emeritus: Member of the Order of Canada, Member of the Order of Ontario, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Dr. Howard-Hassmann held the Canada Research Chair in International Human Rights from 2003 to 2016, jointly appointed to the Department of Political Science and the School of International Policy and Governance (Balsillie School of International Affairs).

Her most recent books include In Defense of Universal Human Rights (2018); State Food Crimes (2016); Can Globalization Promote Human Rights? (2010), and Reparations to Africa (2008), as well as her co-edited The Human Right to Citizenship: A Slippery Concept (2015) and The Age of Apology (2008). She maintains a blog, Rights & Rightlessness, which can be accessed at rhodahassmann.blogspot.com.

Professor Howard-Hassmann’s scholarly expertise encompasses international human rights in general; reparations and political apologies; comparative genocide studies; state-induced famines; globalization and human rights; colonialism and underdevelopment in Africa; human rights in Africa; human rights in Canada; and women’s rights.


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