Professor of Classics Shelley Haley has been invited to attend the spring session of the Oxford Round Table at Lincoln College in the University of Oxford, from March 30-April 4. The annual session of the Round Table will be devoted to the topic of human and civil rights with particular reference to women's rights and issues of gender discrimination in both the public and private sectors.
Haley is responding to two papers. One is titled, "Discrimination in the Workplace Benefits: Superannuation for Same Sex Couples" which is being presented by an Australian lawyer; the other one is "Rights Discourse in the Atlantic Community: An Exploratory Essay on Intellectual Linkages Between United States Racial Jurisprudence and the Development of Human Rights Conventions in Europe" which is being presented by the Director of the Institute for the Study of Children at Eastern Michigan State University.
The Oxford Round Table, first held in 1989, is a unique forum, an opportunity to discuss important policy question over a five-day period in a collegial, "think-tank" atmosphere. The group is expected to discuss legislation and courts decision in the US, regarding Title Vii, Title IX, the Equal Pay Act and the Equal Protection Clause. Recent developments emanating from the European Union law regarding gender equity will also be discussed.
In August 1989, the Oxford Round Table convened in Oxford, England for the first time to consider major issues in contemporary educational policy in the United States, the United Kingdom and other selected countries. The membership of this meeting was limited to Ministers of Education from several nations and a number of governors from the United States. The meeting was such a success that subsequent sessions were held. Based on these experiences and the associated initiatives, the membership of the Oxford Round Table considered further meetings to be highly desirable and even necessary to examine educational issues at both the national and international levels.
The Round Table does not set a specific agenda, but rather allows the discussions of participants to develop and flow in response to issues and concerns presented at each meeting. While avoiding topical prescription, the Round Table does seek to stimulate discussion and elicit meaningful dialogue by suggesting certain themes for discussion.
