“Birthright” citizenship explored in lecture

Date of Event: October 31, 2011

Posted: October 21, 2011

Seyla Benhabib

GRANVILLE, Ohio—Immigration and birthright citizenship are the topics of a lecture by Seyla Benhabib, the Eugene Meyer Professor of Political Science and Philosophy at Yale University. The lecture, “The Great Immigration Debate: United States Birthright Citizenship,” takes place at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 31, in the lecture hall of the Burton D. Morgan Center (150 Ridge Road). The presentation, co-sponsored by the Department of Philosophy and the Laura C. Harris Symposium in collaboration with the Spectrum Series’ Migrations theme, is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Marlaine Browning at 740-587-6206 or visit www.denison.edu.

Benhabib is author of several books, including most recently “The Rights of Others, Aliens, Citizens and Residents,” which won the Ralph Bunche award of the American Political Science Association (2005) and the North American Society for Social Philosophy award (2004) and “Another Cosmopolitanism, Hospitality, Sovereignty and Democratic Iterations.” Her work has been translated into several languages.

Calendar Listing:

CALENDAR LISTING: Denison University, Granville— Lecture, “United States ‘Birthright’ Citizenship,” at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 31, in the lecture hall of the Burton D. Morgan Center (150 Ridge Road). Free and open to the public. For more information, contact Marlaine Browning at 740-587-6206 or visit www.denison.edu.

About Denison:

Denison University, founded in 1831, is an independent, residential liberal arts institution located in Granville, Ohio. A highly selective college enrolling 2,100 full-time undergraduate students from all 50 states and dozens of foreign countries, Denison is a place where innovative faculty and motivated students collaborate in rigorous scholarship, civic engagement and the cultivation of independent thinking.

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