▁theme ▁of ▁Em ory ▁University ’ s ▁Lan ey ▁Gr adu ate ▁School . ▁The ▁In iti ative ▁was ▁initially ▁supported ▁by ▁joint ▁contributions ▁from ▁Em ory ' s ▁Race ▁and ▁D ifference ▁In iti ative ▁and ▁the ▁Fem in ism ▁and ▁Leg al ▁Theory ▁Project ▁( which ▁Fin eman ▁established ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 4 ▁while ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Wisconsin ). ▁The ▁V HC ▁In iti ative ’ s ▁web pages ▁set ▁forth ▁its ▁amb ition ▁to ▁‘ car ve ▁out ▁academic ▁space ▁within ▁which ▁sch ol ars ▁can ▁imagine ▁models ▁of ▁state ▁support ▁and ▁legal ▁protection ▁that ▁focus ▁on ▁the ▁common al ities ▁of ▁the ▁human ▁condition ▁– ▁most ▁cent r ally ▁the ▁universal ▁vulner ability ▁of ▁human ▁be ings ▁and ▁the ▁imper fection ▁of ▁the ▁soci etal ▁institutions ▁created ▁to ▁address ▁that ▁vulner ability ’ . ▁The ▁V HC ▁initi ative ▁first ▁public ▁session ▁took ▁the ▁form ▁of ▁a ▁round table ▁discussion ▁with ▁Bry an ▁S . ▁Turner ▁and ▁P ead ar ▁Kir by ▁( both ▁of ▁whom ▁were ▁already ▁working ▁on ▁concepts ▁of ▁vulner ability ▁in ▁relation ▁to ▁a ▁soci ology ▁of ▁human ▁rights ▁and ▁a ▁critical ▁account ▁of ▁global isation ▁respectively ). ▁It ▁was ▁at ▁this ▁event ▁that ▁Fin eman ▁distributed ▁her ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁paper , ▁‘ The ▁V ul ner able ▁Sub ject ’ ▁for ▁early ▁discussion . ▁Vari ous ▁work sh ops , ▁programs ▁and ▁publications ▁have ▁followed . ▁V ul ner ability : ▁Ref lections ▁on ▁a ▁New ▁Eth ical