Democracy Defenders In Exile

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

Victoria Tin-bor Hui will convene a workshop series titled "Democracy Defenders In Exile," in conjunction with a writing seminar at the Political Science Department. The workshops, open to students from all disciplines, will feature six democracy defenders, including four from Hong Kong, Tibet, Xinjiang, and China, one from Congressional staff, and one from a transnational organization like Safeguard Defenders. These workshops will be structured as question-and-answer sessions, where students will interview the speakers and gain hands-on experience writing about human rights work and democracy defense. This course will be repeated, with the best student essays posted on a website, and the top essays compiled into an edited volume.