Organized by the Connecticut/Baden-Württemberg Human Rights Consortium (HRRC) and co-sponsored by the Human Rights Institute, the University of Connecticut Humanities Institute, University of Connecticut Global Affairs, and the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Science, Research and Art, and the German Studies Colloquium, Prof. Köhler, Chair of German Literature at the University of Tübingen in Gremany will present two talks:

“Die Abolition auf der Bühne. Deutschsprachige Theaterstücke im Kampf gegen Sklavenhandel und Sklaverei (1770-1800)” (in German)

and, on Tuesday, April 5, 2022 | 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm, ” Human Rights and the Knowledge of the World in German Journal Debates and Popular Literature (1770-1800) (in English).”

Prof. Köhler is part of the Human Rights Research Consortium under the directorship of Profs. Sebastian Wogenstein and Katharina von Hammerstein.