Stefano Chessa Altieri

PhD candidate
History of the United States, Sino-American Relations, Human Rights Advocacy

My research seeks to study the role that the human rights language has played in the making of U.S. foreign policy towards the People’s Republic of China in the aftermath of the June 1989’s Tiananmen crackdown. Perceived both as an obstacle to economic integration and as a moral imperative in the post-Cold War new global order, human rights ended up complicating not only Sino-American relations, but also the domestic dynamics between the administration, the Congress, and ever more influential stakeholders such as NGOs and lobbyist groups. Therefore, the research seeks to navigate the complexity of human rights advocacy, as a multifaceted project that had multiple representations and its limits.

Teaching

  • Sciences Po, Reims Campus: "Winter School - Transatlantic Relations from 1945 to Present" (conférence de méthode, 2022)
  • Sciences Po, Le Havre Campus : "History of the Modern World, XX-XXI Century" (conférence de méthode, 2022)

Supervision of PhD Thesis

"Rethinking Beijing. What Role for U.S. Sponsored Human Rights? (1989-1994)"

Direction (en cotutelle): Mario Del Pero (Sciences Po), Antonella Salomoni (Scuola Superiore Meridionale, Napoli)

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