Manuscript Review Workshop - Calling all Authors!
The Human Rights Institute invites proposals for book manuscript workshop(s) to be held in Spring 2026.
If you are finishing or close to finishing a monograph, the workshop will provide a supportive and generative review in preparation for submission of the manuscript to presses.
The workshop will consist of the author, 2-3 faculty members, and an invited external reader. All participants will be selected by the author and will read the manuscript in advance of the half-day workshop. The workshop which may be in person -or- on Zoom, will focus on constructive feedback for the author to prepare the manuscript for publication.
The Human Rights Institute will support the costs of an in-person workshop plus an honorarium for the external reader and a research award of up to $250 each for internal readers.
We welcome submissions from faculty at all career levels!
To apply:
Please send:
- Project abstract (up to 300 words).
- Proposal (approximately 1,000 words): Overview (including the project's engagement with human rights); manuscript progress to date; and workshop goals.
- A list of 2-3 faculty participants. NOTE: Untenured faculty are advised to consult with their chair on the selection of internal readers to ensure there is no conflict with tenure review.
- A ranked list of 3 preferred external reviewers
Deadline: November 1, 2025
Email your application to Alexandra Moore at: amoore@binghamton.edu
Human Rights Institute Announces Fall 2025 Events Lineup
Annual event series promotes discussion of pressing human rights issues HRI will host
several events, including a film series, public talks, and a book launch, that will
feature work about human rights violations in the Caribbean, Africa, and Eastern Europe.
By Emily Ciarlo - October 02, 2025
3 minute read
This semester, the Human Rights Institute (HRI) will celebrate
the work of several distinguished guests and scholars on human rights issues, ranging
from genocide to labor rights. HRI will host several events, including a film series,
public talks, and a book launch, that will feature work about human rights violations
in the Caribbean, Africa, and Eastern Europe.
“Each semester, HRI fosters discussion about pressing human rights issues and innovative work that seeks to address them,” said Alexandra Moore, co-director of HRI and Professor of English, General Literature and Rhetoric. “We are thrilled to feature the work of visiting filmmakers, including a BU alum, and BU faculty on a wide range of topics from around the world.”
Filmmaker Stephanie Black
Stephanie Black is an American documentary film director and producer.
“Life and Debt”
7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 20, LH 006
The first of two films that HRI will be showing as part of its film series this semester will be “Life and Debt”, a film by Stephanie Black. Black is an American documentary film director and producer, who is also a alum. The film explores how policies of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank, as well as other aid organizations and current globalization policies, have changed the Jamaican economy. Upon its release in 2001, “Life and Debt” received widespread recognition and took home a Critics Jury Award at the Los Angeles Film Festival. Black previously released the film “H-2 Worker”, which exposed the exploitation of workers in the Florida sugar cane industry. That film tied for the Best Documentary Award and won the Best Cinematography Award at the 1990 Sundance Film Festival. Stephanie Black’s other credits include “Africa Unite”, a musical documentary on Bob Marley’s 60th birthday celebration, segments for “Sesame Street”, episodes of “Being Bobby Brown” and producing for children’s shows “U to U”, “Big Bag and Zoom”.
Lecturer in Political Science and the Human Rights Institute Chris Davey
The Banyamulenge Soldier: Genocide Between Congo and Rwanda
6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 12, in Admissions Center (AM) 189
’s own Chris Davey will be celebrating the launch of his new book, The Banyamulenge Soldier: Genocide Between Congo and Rwanda (University of Michigan Press), this November. Davey is a lecturer in Political Science and the Human Rights Institute. His research and teaching encompass a range of topics that include genocide studies, human rights, peacebuilding, peace education, climate change and conflict, and the African Great Lakes region. His work has appeared in the Journal of Genocide Research, Journal of Peace Education, Journal of Perpetrator Research, Journal of African Military History and Journal of Interpersonal Violence. His current book, The Banyamulenge Soldier: Genocide Between Congo and Rwanda, explores Congolese Tutsi combatant identities and perceptions of genocide. It is the first of its kind, telling stories of Congolese Tutsi soldiers who come from across the African Great Lakes region and the diaspora. For more information on this book, visit Davey’s personal website here. A reception will be held after the event.
Filmmaker and Professor of Global Studies Maple Razsa
Maple Razsa is an associate professor of Global Studies at Colby College.
“The Maribor Uprisings”
6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 16, in Lecture Hall (LH) 01
The second installment of the film series will feature “The Maribor Uprisings”, a film by Maple Razsa. Razsa is an associate professor of global studies at Colby College, where he uses texts, images and sound to showcase the lived experiences and political imaginations of social movements today. He will join us for a special participatory screening of “The Maribor Uprisings”, followed by a Q&A. “The Maribor Uprisings” was awarded the Best Feature Film of 2017 by The Society for Visual Anthropology. Razsa’s films have been shown at festivals around the world. He trained as a filmmaker and anthropologist at Harvard University, and has held fellowships from Stockholm University, Harvard University and Amherst College. He has received funding from the IREX, NSF, Wenner-Gren and Fulbright and Truman Foundations.
The Human Rights Institute brings a transdisciplinary human rights perspective to important social problems and contributes evidence-based policy-making, as well as critical discourses in human rights, to . HRI seeks to draw upon ’s research excellence, as well as New York State’s rich history of advocating for human rights, when developing initiatives with rights-based perspectives that impact public policy, academic research and student engagement. For more information, visit HRI’s website here.
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