Department of Law of Daffodil International University organized a seminar on "Literature and the discourse of Human Rights: After William Shakespeare’s 'The Tempest' " on 25th October, 2014 at DIU Auditorium.
Renowned columnist, author and professor of Law Dr. Salimullah Khan was the keynote speaker of the seminar. The programme was divided into two sessions. In the opening session, Dr. Aminul Islam, Professor Emeritus, DIU gave the opening speech. Then Prof. Dr. M. Golam Rahman, Pro Vice- Chancellor (Acting Vice Chancellor) also delivered his valuable speech. Madam Farhana Helal Mehtab, Head, Department of Law, DIU presided over the Seminar.
Renowned columnist, author and professor of Law Dr. Salimullah Khan addressing as the keynote speaker on the seminar on "Literature and the discourse of Human Rights: After William Shakespeare’s 'The Tempest' ". held at Daffodil International University organized by Department of Law.
In the second session, the keynote Speaker presented his speech on the topic "Literature and the discourse of Human Rights: After William Shakespeare’s 'The Tempest' " set for the seminar. He focused on a range of issues related to law, human Rights, literature etc. His lecture shed light on the Eurocentric discourse of the human rights. According to the speaker, Shakespeare’s Tempest is a famous play that depicts the concepts of slavery, colonialism and the suppression of human rights of the slaves by their masters. In the modern discourse of Human Rights, slavery is prohibited and considered as a peremptory norm of International law. Dr. Khan raises some fundamental philosophical issues of human rights to address present international documents that to what extent these documents are capable to protect human rights in present political framework as these documents are the elaboration of western “gaze”. As a post modern psycho analyst of literature he shows the vacuum of the human rights doctrine as the best definition of human yet to be defined. He synthesizes that it is the unconditional equality which can establish the human rights all over the world irrespective of the dogma and reality taking human as human; not the circumstantial identity.
A partial view of the audience attended at the seminar.
The seminar was attended by the faculty members and students of three departments -- Law, Journalism and English. The question-answer session was an equally vibrant and informative one. The audience was left spellbound by the oratory and the depth of knowledge of Dr. Salimullah Khan throughout the session.
