Ieva Jusionyte, DHRC's Juan E. Méndez Book Award recipient, speaks at Duke about Exit Wounds in March.

News at the Center

Adam Rosenblatt Appointed Director of the Duke Human Rights Center

About Adam Rosenblatt

Incoming Director of the Duke Human Rights Center

"As an ethnographer interested in human rights, Rosenblatt’s research intersects with grassroots activism, care, and the politics of memory. His scholarly work examines how the dead and their burial grounds matter to living people who are seeking justice–especially in the aftermath of disappearance, erasure, and racial violence, from Latin America to Uganda to the U.S. South."

Ieva Jusionyte Speaks at Duke

Upon being awarded the Juan E. Méndez Book Award for Exit Wounds, Ieva Jusionyte joined the Duke Human Rights Center to discuss how American gun laws contribute to violence in Mexico. Watch the whole event above.

She also spoke with us about her book and research in a recent interview. Read the interview below.

Read the Interview Here

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