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New Books in Human Rights

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Human Rights
Genocide
Migration
Nagorno-Karabakh
Mass Atrocities
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Russia
Psychology Of Perpetrators
Colonialism
International Criminal Justice
Ordinary People
Social Justice
Counterterrorism Strategies
China
Turkey
European Union
Soviet Union
Historical Comparisons
Societal Violence

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Dr. Eleanor Paynter
Works on asylum rights and testimony within the University of Oregon.
University of Oregon
Episode: Eleanor Paynter, "Emergency in Transit: Witnessing Migration in the Colonial Present" (U California Press, 2024)
Chitra Nagarajan
Activist, researcher, and writer focused on human rights and conflict analysis, particularly in West Africa.
Cassava Republic Press
Episode: Chitra Nagarajan, "The World Was in Our Hands: Voices from the Boko Haram Conflict" (Cassava Republic, 2025)
Mary Bosworth
Professor of Criminology at Oxford University and Co-Director of Border Criminologies
Oxford University
Episode: Mary Bosworth, "Supply Chain Justice: The Logistics of British Border Control" (Princeton UP, 2024)
Kristina Kironska
Lead of the Myanmar Studies Center, specializing in international relations and human rights focusing on Myanmar.
Palacký University Olomouc
Episode: Studying Myanmar in Times of Crises
Monika Verma
MSCA CJ postdoctoral fellow specializing in migration and forced displacement, particularly concerning Rohingya refugees.
Palacký University Olomouc
Episode: Studying Myanmar in Times of Crises
Forest Isaac Jones
Author of nonfiction and essays specializing in Irish history and the US Civil Rights Movement in Northern Ireland
Holland's University
Episode: Forest Issac Jones, "Good Trouble: The Selma, Alabama and Derry, Northern Ireland Connection 1963-1972" (First Hill Books, 2025)
Ben Davis
Assistant Professor of Africana Studies and Hispanic Studies
Texas A&M University
Episode: Benjamin P. Davis, "Choose Your Bearing: Édouard Glissant, Human Rights, and Decolonial Ethics" (Edinburgh UP, 2023)
Matthew Mahmoudi
Assistant professor at Cambridge University and author of 'Migrants in the Digital Periphery'
Cambridge University
Episode: Matt Mahmoudi, "Migrants in the Digital Periphery: New Urban Frontiers of Control" (U California Press, 2025)
Ahmed Abozaid
Political scientist from Egypt, author of 'Counterterrorism Strategies in Egypt.'
Episode: Ahmed M. Abozaid, "Counterterrorism Strategies in Egypt: Permanent Exceptions in the War on Terror" (Routledge, 2021)

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Dr. Miranda Melcher
One of the hosts of The New Books Network
Shreya Urvashi
Host of New Books in Human Rights
Dr. Jessie Cohen
Host of New Books Network
Hannah Pool
Host and Senior Researcher
Julie Yu-Wen Chen
Professor of Chinese Studies at the University of Helsinki

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Patrick Riordan, "Human Dignity and Liberal Politics: Catholic Possibilities for the Common Good" (Georgetown UP, 2023)
Q: What new projects are you currently working on?
I am working on a book titled Re-appraising Institutions, focusing on how institutions can operate effectively to secure common goods.
Patrick Riordan, "Human Dignity and Liberal Politics: Catholic Possibilities for the Common Good" (Georgetown UP, 2023)
Q: How do you confront the risk of paternalism in Catholic engagements in liberal discourse?
We must ensure there is freedom for individuals to dissent, reflecting the true nature of religious liberty.
Patrick Riordan, "Human Dignity and Liberal Politics: Catholic Possibilities for the Common Good" (Georgetown UP, 2023)
Q: What critiques of liberalism do you address in your book?
I emphasize that liberalism and the Catholic common good are compatible, and respond to critiques that suggest being a faithful Catholic excludes one from liberal stances.
Patrick Riordan, "Human Dignity and Liberal Politics: Catholic Possibilities for the Common Good" (Georgetown UP, 2023)
Q: Could you please talk about the three theological and philosophical lenses to view the common good?
The three lenses are Aristotle as the philosopher, John Rawls as a modern political thinker, and the development of Catholic Social Thought at Vatican II.
Patrick Riordan, "Human Dignity and Liberal Politics: Catholic Possibilities for the Common Good" (Georgetown UP, 2023)
Q: How did those disciplines feed into your book?
I saw it as part of my task to communicate from the Catholic intellectual heritage into the liberal political philosophical discussion and say that the liberal political philosophical discussion does need a concept of the good and of the common good.

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