AUDIO: Amnesty Lecture 2005: Michael Ignatieff speaks at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

dublin | rights, freedoms and repression | feature Monday January 17, 2005 20:36 by kevin - imc éire

Listen to the MP3 recordings of the lecture, and the Q + A session afterwards.

A recording of the 2005 Amnesty Lecture at Trinity College Dublin which took place on Thursday January 13th, is now available for download. The lecture was entitled "American Exceptionalism & Human Rights" and was given by Professor Michael Ignatieff. Lecture MP3 Here. Q&A MP3 Here

A comprehensive biography of Michael Ignatieff is available here.

In this lecture in the Edmund Burke Theatre in Trinity College Dublin, Ignatieff deals with what he terms "American Exceptionalism" and Human Rights in todays world. He talks about the many contradictions that the current US administration operates under. Controversially, he describes the US as both a leader and an outlier of human rights, and talks about this in relation to the US "project" of democracy in the Middle East. He also brings into question the concept of our own neutrality, among many other topics and values that the liberal communties and human rights advocates tried to achieve in the run up to the war in Iraq.

You can download and listen to this lecture. There are two MP3 files to download.

The first audio download is 41 minutes long, and the filesize is 39 Megabytes. This contains the introduction to the talk by Ron Hill, professor of political science at Trinity College Dublin, and then the Amnesty Lecture by Michael Ignatieff.

The second audio download is 29 minutes long, and the filesize is 27 Megabytes. This is an edited recording of the Questions & Answers session afterwards, which was chaired by Olivia O'Leary, a well known Irish radio & TV journalist.

If you would like a CD copy of this lecture, please contact Indymedia Éire.

Download the Lecture by right-clicking (Mac Users Ctrl-Click) here and saving the MP3 to your computer

Download the Questions and Answers session by right-clicking (Mac Users Ctrl-Click) here and saving the MP3 to your computer

Thanks to Amnesty Ireland for facilitating the recording of this lecture. Amnesty Ireland is part of Amnesty International, an international organisation fighting for human rights worldwide. You can find out more information at their website at www.amnesty.ie

Michael Ignatieff with Olivia O'Leary