18
Nov
Transversal Methods and Social Choreography: Pelin Tan
Wednesday, November 18th, 6:30pm, Room C198: (Lecture) How do existing methodological structures choreograph the diverse outputs of social art practice and what tools have we [...]
19
Nov
Gulf Labor and Precarious Workers Rights
What does Bertolt Brecht have to do with workers’ rights in Abu Dhabi? Although politically engaged art and theater takes many forms, the recent [...]
08
Dec
Gabriella Coleman: Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy: The Many Faces of Anonymous
Featuring a presentation by Gabriella Coleman on her book Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy: The Many Faces of Anonymous (2015, Verso Books) and discussion with Alex Adbo and Ben Wizner [...]
17
Feb
Speaking Truth to Power: A Panel on Academic Freedoms and the War Against Kurds in Turkey
Wednesday, February 17th 6:00-8:00 pm | Room C203/C204/C205 A panel discussion featuring David Harvey (The Graduate Center, CUNY) Nazan Üstündağ (Boğaziçi University), Aslı Iğsız (New [...]
23
Feb
Policing the U.S. Empire: Race, Prison, and the War on Terror
Tuesday, February 23rd 4:30–6:30 pm Room C201 A discussion with Joshua M. Price (the State University of New York, Binghamton), Chase Madar (author and journalist), [...]
Book Launch: The American Slave Coast
Tuesday, March 8th 4:30–6:30 pm Room 9206 A book launch for The American Slave Coast by Ned and Constance Sublette, featuring David Waldstreicher (The Graduate Center, CUNY) and [...]
The Work of Settler Colonialism: An interdisciplinary symposium
To register for the symposium, visit http://www.workofsettlercolonialism.org
Book Reading — Remembering Akbar: Inside the Iranian Revolution
Thursday, April 7th 4:30 to 6:30 pm Room 5109 A reading and discussion of Remembering Akbar: Inside the Iranian Revolution by Behrooz Ghamari. “Behrooz Ghamari's extraordinary memoir is unlike [...]
Avenues of Social and Political Change: Five Years of Contention in the Middle East and North Africa
April 8, 2015 | 8:30am - 6:00pm | Room 5409 Key Note Speaker: Jillian Schwedler (Department of Political Science, Hunter College) The conference is to be followed by a [...]
Behrooz Ghamari on Foucault, Spirituality, and the Perils of Universal History: The Arab Uprisings through the Prism of the Iranian Revolution
Friday, April 8th 4:15–6:00 pm Room C415A Reception to follow in Brockway Room (6402) A discussion with Behrooz Ghamari. Part of the Anthropology Colloquium Series