Co-sponsors:
Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies (MESAAS)
Columbia University Armenian Center
Institute for the Study of Human Rights (ISHR)
Alliance for Historical Dialogue and Accountability (AHDA)
Research Institute on Turkey (RIT)
National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR)
Armenian Society of Columbia University
A World Divided: The Global Struggle for Human Rights in the Age of Nation-States (Princeton University Press, 2019) Once dominated by vast empires, the world is now divided into close to 200 independent countries with laws and constitutions proclaiming human rights—a transformation that suggests that nations and human rights inevitably developed together. But the reality is far more problematic, as Eric Weitz shows in this compelling global history of the fate of human rights in a world of nation-states.
Eric D. Weitz is Distinguished Professor of History and the former Dean of Humanities and Arts at The City College of New York (CCNY). Trained in modern German and European history, Weitz has also worked in international and global history.
