Honors Humanities Lecture: Laura K. Donohue, "Technology and Transgression: Resurrecting Hester Prynne"
Honors Humanities Lecture: Laura K. Donohue, "Technology and Transgression: Resurrecting Hester Prynne"
The Honors Humanities program presents law professor and historian Laura K. Donohue on Technology and Transgression.
Laura K. Donohue is a Professor of Law at Georgetown Law and a Faculty Affiliate of Georgetown’s Center on National Security and the Law. Her most recent book, The Cost of Counterterrorism: Power, Politics, and Liberty (Cambridge University Press, April 2008) analyzes the impact of American and British counterterrorist law on life, liberty, property, privacy, and free speech. Her articles focus on a range of issues, including biometric identification; state secrets; and surveillance, data collection, and analysis.
Professor Donohue has held fellowships at Stanford Law School’s Center for Constitutional Law, Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation, and Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, where she was a Fellow in the International Security Program as well as the Executive Session for Domestic Preparedness. Professor Donohue holds a JD (with Distinction) from Stanford Law School, and a PhD in History from the University of Cambridge, England.
This event is part of Honors Humanities' Humans 2.0 event series and of its Sixth Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium.
The Honors Humanities program presents law professor and historian Laura K. Donohue on Technology and Transgression.
Laura K. Donohue is a Professor of Law at Georgetown Law and a Faculty Affiliate of Georgetown’s Center on National Security and the Law. Her most recent book, The Cost of Counterterrorism: Power, Politics, and Liberty (Cambridge University Press, April 2008) analyzes the impact of American and British counterterrorist law on life, liberty, property, privacy, and free speech. Her articles focus on a range of issues, including biometric identification; state secrets; and surveillance, data collection, and analysis.
Professor Donohue has held fellowships at Stanford Law School’s Center for Constitutional Law, Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation, and Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, where she was a Fellow in the International Security Program as well as the Executive Session for Domestic Preparedness. Professor Donohue holds a JD (with Distinction) from Stanford Law School, and a PhD in History from the University of Cambridge, England.
This event is part of Honors Humanities' Humans 2.0 event series and of its Sixth Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium.