Session “Free speech and minorities” flyer
Chair: Alexander Tsesis
Discussant: Jedrzej Skrzypczak
Session “Democracy, hate speech and (mis)information” flyer
Chair: Oscar Pérez de la Fuente
Discussant: Alexander Tsesis
Session “Legal cultures and free speech and Internet” flyer
Welcoming speech:
María del Carmen Barranco Avilés, Director of the Gregorio Peces-Barba human rights Institute, Carlos III University of Madrid
Chair: Jedrzej Skrzypczak
Discussant. Oscar Pérez de la Fuente
Video of the event:
Session “Free speech and minorities”
This session will be held online on 26 July 2021
at 12:_00h ET – 18:00h Madrid time (CEST)
David S. Han
Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law
“Disentangling ’Cancel Culture’”
William D. Araiza
Brooklyn Law School
“Government Speech and Minority Rights”
Tatiana Barandova
Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
“Representations of Migrants’ Rights in Visual and Verbal Official Discourses in Digital Contexts of Covid-19 Period in Russia”
Session “Democracy, hate speech and (mis)information”
This session will be held online on 20 July 2021
at 12:00h ET – 18:00h Madrid time (CEST)
Helen Norton
University of Colorado Law School
“Manipulation and the First Amendment”
Filimon Peonidis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
“Fake News and Free Speech Theory”
Migle Laukyte
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
“Artificial Intelligence and Hate Speech”
Irene Spigno
Interamerican Academy of human rights
Gender-based Hate Speech against Women: A Comparative Perspective
Session “Legal cultures on free speech and internet”
This session will be held online on 7 July 2021
12:00h ET – 18:00h Madrid time (CEST)
Alexander Tsesis
Loyola University Chicago
“Human Dignity and Free Speech”
Jędrzej Skrzypczak
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan
“SLAPP – between the right to a fair trial and chilling effect for Freedom of Expression”
Oscar Pérez de la Fuente
Carlos III University of Madrid
“Free speech and Internet: Is there a New Interpretation for Human rights? With a Special reference to Chinese and Russian Approaches on Internet Regulations”
Call for papers. International Webinar on the “Free speech, democracy and minorities”
In June-July 2021, a Webinar on the “Free speech, democracy and minorities” will be held online and at Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain. The Webinar boasts panels of international experts divided into the key topics. Each panel will discuss papers, which will be distributed in advance to the participants.
Participants will be connected through Carlos III’s online platform. The topics will be the following:
a) How does technology change democratic practices toward minorities?
b) Hate speech and minorities
c) Misinformation and fake news
d) On Political Correctness (PC)
If you are interested, please send an abstract (up to 300 words) to oscar.perez@uc3m.es by 15 April 2021.
Final acceptance of papers will take place on 30 April 2021.
The deadline for papers (up to 15 pages, 1.5 spacing, Harvard Quotation Style) is 15 June 2021. Papers will be released to the participants before the Webinar.
The Webinar will be held between June and July 2021 in different sessions.
It is planned to publish select webinar papers in an edited volume by a Press with an international reputation such as Routledge or Springer.
Do not hesitate to contact the Coordinator if you have any queries or would like further information.
Coordinator:Call for papers
Oscar Pérez de la Fuente, Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain oscar.perez@uc3m.es
Jedrzej Skrzypczak, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland