SPRING 2019 ARABIC LECTURE SERIES: BELAL FADL
Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies 255 Sullivan St., New York, NY, United StatesThe Hagop Kevorkian Center and the Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at NYU kindly invite you to attend our Spring 2019 Arabic Lecture Series. The Series is a student-led initiative to encourage academic and intellectual discussion in Arabic of history, politics and the arts. All events are open to the public, and will […]
LECTURE: ROBERT VITALIS: ENDING OILCRAFT’S SPELL OVER US
Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies 255 Sullivan St., New York, NY, United StatesABSTRACT: In his forthcoming book Robert Vitalis takes apart an ideological construction that he calls “Oilcraft,” a set of deeply-held, pervasive beliefs about the world, together with the actions these vivid truths license—op eds and classified memoranda, documentaries, classroom lectures, naval patrols and calls at port, journal articles, podcasts, press conferences, and protests, to name […]
Global Africa, Migration, Literature and the Arts
The Symposium Global Africa, Migration, Literature, and the Arts is intended to explore how Africans and people of African descent globally have been and continue to be at the center of complex histories of encounter and exchange, traversing geographic, generational, and cultural boundaries over the centuries. It will highlight the lived experiences of migration of, and its […]
CONFERENCE: BEYOND TURMOIL AND CONFLICT: IRAQ SINCE 2003
Marking the sixteenth-anniversary of the the 2003 invasion of Iraq, this event will reflect on the environmental, political, cultural, and social consequences of the 2003 war, as well as visions for Iraq’s future, and will center discussions around the implications, possibilities, and new directions in the study of modern Iraq. Through the panels and keynote […]
NYU Stern Emerging Markets Association & Stern in Africa Present: Emerging Markets: What Comes Next?
NYU Paulson Auditorium 44 West 4th Street NYCFeaturing Keynote Speaker Jagangir Aziz Global Head of Market Economics J.P. Morgan and Panelists from Goldman Sachs, Eurasia Group, Brookfield, CrossBoudnary, IFC, Ankura, Chatham House, and More!
French Decolonization in Global Perspective
5 Washington Place, Room 101Conference organized by Jessica Pearson (Macalester College) and Herrick Chapman(NYU). This conference will explore the process of French decolonization in the twentieth century in the context of broad global developments, movements, ideas, and policies. It aims to evaluate recent trends in the fields of French history and the history of decolonization and to suggest possible avenues for future […]
CWS Series | Conversation about the work of María Dueñas
CWS Series | Conversation about the work of María Dueñas Venue: KJCC Auditorium // 53 Washington Square South In Spanish Reception to Follow A conversation with the author María Dueñas accompanied by Mariela Dreyfus (NYU) and James D. Fernandez (NYU) María Dueñas is PhD in English Philology and was a full professor at the Universidad […]
RACISMS IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE: “INNOCENCE LOST”
King Juan Carlos Center, Room 324CLACS is proud to present “Innocence Lost”, by Marie Cruz Soto (NYU Gallatin) as part of the Racisms in Comparative Perspective Working Group. Abstract: “Innocent Lost” is the fifth chapter of The Life of Isla Nena: Disposability, Unruliness and the Colonial Order of Things in Vieques, Puerto Rico. The book manuscript broadly traces the makings of disposability […]
BOOK TALK: AFGHANISTAN RISING WITH FAIZ AHMED
Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies 255 Sullivan St., New York, NY, United StatesAugust 19, 2019 marks the 100th anniversary of Afghanistan’s independence from Britain. Commemorating the roots and legacies of that watershed event, Faiz Ahmed presents a vibrant account of the first Muslim-majority country to form a fully sovereign government, ratify a constitution, and promulgate an original body of national laws after the fall of the Ottoman Empire. […]
Andrés Bello Chair Professor Marisa Belausteguigotia, 2nd public lecture: PATHWAYS AND FOOTSTEPS IN DETENTION
Location: King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center Room 342E 53 Washington Square S, New York, NY, United StatesVenue: KJCC Auditorium // 53 Washington Sq. South, NYC Reception to Follow PATHWAYS AND FOOTSTEPS IN DETENTION: MIGRANTS’ AND PRISONERS’ TRANSLUCENCY - MEXICO/ U.S. BORDER How do female prisoners escape their cells in order to be seen at the borders of nations, institutions and disciplines? How do obscured migrants and prisoners leave traces within systems […]