Symposium: Thinking Through Tradition, Politics, and Violence

When

April 24, 2015    
1:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Where

CUNY Graduate Center, Skylight Room
365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, 10016

Event Type

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Friday, April 24th | 1–7pm | Skylight Room

Featuring Talal Asad (The Graduate Center, CUNY) in conversation with Veena Das (Johns Hopkins University) and Wael Hallaq (Columbia University) about Asad’s essay “Thinking about Tradition, Religion and Politics in Egypt Today” and a talk by Judith Butler (University of California, Berkeley and Columbia University): “Interpreting Non-Violence.”  Reception to Follow.

This event is co-sponsored with the Department of Anthropology.

Tentative Event Schedule

Part I: 1 – 3:30 pm

Opening remarks from Gary Wilder

Judith Butler “Interpreting Non-Violence”

Break: 3:30 – 4:15

Part II: 4:15 – 6:30 pm

Talal Asad in conversation with Veena Das and Wael Hallaq about the essay “Thinking about Tradition, Religion and Politics in Egypt Today”

Reception to follow in Room 5109

live streaming available here:

http://videostreaming.gc.cuny.edu/videos/

Symposium: Thinking Through Tradition, Politics, and Violence
Date: April 24, 2015
Time: 1:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Location: CUNY Graduate Center, Skylight Room
Address: 365 Fifth Avenue, New York 10016 (View Map)