John Shattuck
John Shattuck | |
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President and Rector of Central European University | |
In office 2009–2016 | |
Preceded by | Yehuda Elkana |
Succeeded by | Michael Ignatieff |
Personal details | |
Born | 1943 (age 80–81) |
Alma mater | Yale University Clare College, Cambridge Yale Law School |
John Howard Francis Shattuck (born 1943)
Biography
Shattuck received a BA from
Career
His first position was National Staff Counsel at the American Civil Liberties Union 1971-76; he then served from 1976 to 1984 as Executive Director of the Washington office and national staff counsel, handling a number of prominent civil rights and liberties cases, including Halperin v. Kissinger,in which he took the deposition of former President Richard Nixon in 1976.[4]
From 1984 to 1993 he was appointed by Harvard President Derek Bok to be vice president, government, community and public affairs, at Harvard University, and beginning in 1986 was also a Lecturer at Harvard Law School, and Senior Associate, Program on Science, Technology and Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School.
From 1993 to 1998, he was United States
Shattuck served as
In 2001 he became Chief Executive Officer of the
He was elected to the Common Cause National Governing Board in 2003.
In August 2009 he became the fourth President and Rector of Central European University (CEU). He was also Professor of Legal Studies and International Relations, and taught an interdisciplinary course entitled "U.S. Foreign Policy, Human Rights and The Rule of Law."[7]
Under Shattuck's leadership, CEU continued to pursue to its mission to promote open societies that respect human rights and the rule of law, introducing new initiatives in that direction. Protecting academic freedom and the autonomy of the university during an increasingly authoritarian government in Hungary were among Shattuck's main priorities. At his initiative, CEU launched the Frontiers of Democracy Initiative in 2014, which brought together academics and practitioners from across the globe to explore what democracy means in an increasingly complex world.
Shattuck oversaw the introduction of cutting-edge interdisciplinary programs and initiatives into CEU's academic program, such as cognitive science, network science, a religious studies specialization and the Humanities Initiative. CEU also embarked on a major redevelopment project of its downtown Budapest campus, completed in 2016. CEU's academic excellence was recognized in recent university rankings, as CEU is constantly improving on its Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) rankings, with politics and international studies ranked as 29th in the world in 2015,[8] and also featured in Times Higher Education's Top 100.[9] CEU also secured the most European Research Council Grants among the Central-Eastern European member states’ universities in the 2007-2013 period.[10]
Following a seven-year tenure as CEU's President and Rector, Shattuck stepped down on July 31, 2016. In his honor CEU established the Shattuck Center on Human Rights at the University's Department of Public Policy. He became President Emeritus of CEU on August 1, and moved to Boston to become professor of practice at the
Publications
Shattuck is the author of three books: "Holding Together: The Hijacking of Rights in America and How to Reclaim Them for Everyone", co-authored with Sushma Raman and Mathias Risse and Published by The New Press in 2022, about contemporary attacks on human rights and democracy in the US, Freedom on Fire: Human Rights Wars and America’s Response, published by Harvard University Press in 2003, about the international response to genocide and other crimes against humanity in the 1990s, that, according to WorldCat, is held in 1636 libraries[12] and the textbook Rights of Privacy, published by National Textbook Co. in 1977, and held in 515 libraries.[13] He has also written many book chapters, and more than 50 articles.
Recognition
He has received honorary degrees from Kenyon College, the University of Rhode Island, the John Jay College of Criminal Justice at the City University of New York, and the University of West Bohemia. He received the Ambassador's Award from the American Bar Association Central and East European Law Initiative, the Human Rights Award from the United Nations Association of Boston, and the Yale Law School Public Service Award. In 2007, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
References
- ^ Elfstrom, Gerard, International ethics: a reference handbook, ABC-CLIO, 1998.
- ^ Biography on Harvard Kennedy School website
- ^ Official CV stt CEU
- ^ "KISSINGER v. HALPERIN, 452 U.S. 713 (1981)". Justia Law. Retrieved 2019-08-13.
- ^ "Chinese Dissident Is Back in Custody After 'New Crimes' : Rights: Wei Jingsheng's most grievous affront may have been his Feb. 27 meeting with a Clinton envoy". Los Angeles Times. 1994-04-06. Retrieved 2019-08-13.
- ^ "Kennedy Library Presents Special Forum Series: Responding to Terrorism | JFK Library". www.jfklibrary.org. Retrieved 2019-08-13.
- ^ "US Foreign Policy, Human Rights and the Rule of Law". Central European University. Archived from the original on 2 July 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- ^ "QS World University Rankings by Subject 2015 - Politics & International Studies". Top Universities. 2015-04-22. Retrieved 2019-08-13.
- ^ "Central European University". Times Higher Education (THE). 2019-03-25. Retrieved 2019-08-13.
- ^ "Kiválóan szerepelünk az ERC-pályázatokon". www.innoteka.hu. Retrieved 2019-08-13.
- ^ "Michael Ignatieff Elected 5th President and Rector of CEU | Central European University". www.ceu.edu. Retrieved 2019-08-13.
- ^ WorldCat author entry
- ^ http://www.worldcat.org/wcidentities/lccn-n84016400 [bare URL]
External links
- "John Shattuck Commences Term as New CEU President and Rector", 06/08/2009. Appointment as President of Central European University
- "Biography: John Shattuck" at the Wayback Machine (archived February 9, 2005), JFK Library and Museum
- Appearances on C-SPAN