The University of Baltimore’s Hoffberger Center for Professional Ethics will host discussions on two timely topics this May.

On Monday, May 2 and Wednesday, May 4, from 8-10 a.m. on both days, the Center will host a discussion on moral and political questions raised by issues of immigration, human rights, and displacement. This breakfast symposium is designed to foster critical engagement with these pressing areas of inquiry through interaction with five expert panelists. The agenda is as follows:

SESSION 1, Monday, May 2

• 8:00-8:15 a.m.—panelist introductions
• 8:15-8:30 a.m.—opening remarks by Steve Scalet, director, Hoffberger Center
• 8:30-9:00 a.m.—“International Borders, Immigration, and Nondomination,” Josh Kassner, director, Hoffberger Center Research Fellows Program
• 9:00-9:30 a.m.—”Internal Restrictions on Movement: A Reconsideration,” Désirée Lim,  assistant professor, Penn State University
• 9:30-10 a.m.—”The Harm of Refugee Containment,” Micah Trautmann, Ph.D. candidate, Boston University

SESSION 2, Wednesday, May 4

• 8:00-8:30 a.m.—”Reflective Inclusiveness as a Bridge between Human Rights and Nationalistic Attachment,” Tetsu Sakurai, faculty member, Kobe University
• 8:30-9:00 a.m.—”Migration, Neighborliness, and Belonging,” Steve Scalet
• 9:00-10:00 a.m.—open panel discussion

Attend both sessions by Zoom.

For questions or more information, please contact Rebeccah Leiby at rleiby@ubalt.edu.

On Thursday, May 5, from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., the Hoffberger Center presents Ravi Thakral, who will deliver a presentation titled, “How to Challenge Prejudicial Language”. Thakral is a philosophy lecturer at the University of Sussex and a Hoffberger Center Research Fellow.

To RSVP and receive the Zoom link, email Josh Kassner at jkassner@ubalt.edu.