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“2012 Lecture Series: 25 Years of the CEI: Janusz Korczak” at the “1st Biennial of Arts Education – Maldonado 2012”

September 24, 2012
Universidad ORT Uruguay CTC Maldonado organized the “2012 Lecture Series: 25 Years of the CEI: Janusz Korczak: Education and Human Rights” as part of the “1st Biennial of Arts Education – Maldonado 2012,” which took place from September 17 to 23, 2012, in Maldonado. The biennial was organized by the Maldonado Departmental Government and the Ministry of Education and Culture. The lectures took place at the CEI premises.

Activities:

- Thursday, September 13 -
Opening and presentation of the exhibition “Janusz Korczak: Educator and Humanist” by David Telias, Coordinator of the Department of Jewish Studies. Screening of the documentary “Korczak of the Children,” which accompanies the exhibition. The exhibition will remain open until Friday, September 21, 2012, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

- Wednesday, September 19.
Screening of the feature film “Korczak” by Andrzej Wajda (Poland, 1990).

- Thursday, the 20th. Roundtable discussion “Education and Human Rights” led by Dr. Ricardo Pérez Manrique, Justice of the Supreme Court of Justice, and Fernando Willat, Coordinator of the Human Rights Knowledge and Education Division of the National Directorate of Human Rights at the Ministry of Education and Culture.

Participants in the roundtable included Dr. Ricardo Pérez Manrique, Justice of the Supreme Court of Justice; Prof. Leandro Scasso, Director of CTC Maldonado; David Telias, Coordinator of the Department of Jewish Studies at the university; and Fernando Willat, Coordinator of the Education and Human Rights Division of the National Directorate of Human Rights at the Ministry of Education and Culture.

The event was attended by Mario Fernández, Dean of the School of Engineering; Dr. Javier Miranda, National Director of Human Rights; and various municipal officials.

More information and images of the activities (pdf)