Africa~Diaspora Forum- Kenda Mutongi
Location: New York University 14A Washington Mews, New York, NY 10003 14A Washington Mews, New York, NY, United StatesKenda Mutongi teaches a wide range of courses in African history, world history, and gender history. She is the author of two award-winning books: Matatu: A History of Popular Transportation in Nairobi (Chicago UP, 2017) and Worries of the Heart: Widows, Family, and Community in Kenya(Chicago UP, 2007). She has also published several articles in the major African […]
Africa Diaspora Forum Kenda Mutongi
Location: New York University 14A Washington Mews, New York, NY 10003 14A Washington Mews, New York, NY, United StatesThe Center for the Study of Africa and the African Diaspora Presents the Africa`~Diaspora Forum lecturer Kenda Mutongi About this Event Kenda Mutongi teaches a wide range of courses in African history, world history, and gender history. She is the author of two award-winning books: Matatu: A History of Popular Transportation in Nairobi (Chicago UP, […]
Our Curated Scene: DIY Publishing, Zines & Archive
Location: SCA Flex Space 20 Cooper Square 4th floor, New York, New YorkOur Curated Scene: DIY Publishing, Zines & Archive October 8 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 SCA Flex Space
Corto Circuito: The Latino Shortfest of New York
Location: King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center 53 Washington Square S, New York, NY, United StatesPANEL: THE STRUGGLE FOR MODERN TURKEY: JUSTICE, ACTIVISM AND A REVOLUTIONARY FEMALE JOURNALIST
Stronach Loung, Schermerhon Hall 8th floor Columbia University 1180 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10027Oct. 14 6:00pm-8:00pm Stronach Lounge, Schermerhon Hall (8th Floor), Columbia University 1180 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10027
FILM SCREENING AND PANEL DISCUSSION: THE FABULOUS LIFE AND THOUGHT OF AHMAD FARDID Monday
The Jerry H. Labowitz Theatre for the Performing Arts 1 Washington Pl,, New York,, NYOct. 14 6:00pm-9:00pm Jerry H. Labowitz Theatre for the Performing Arts 1 Washington Place New York, NY 10003
KJCC Poetry Series | Susana Villalba, Pedro López Adorno y Paula Jiménez España
Location: King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center 53 Washington Square S, New York, NY, United StatesVenue: KJCC Auditorium // 53 Washington Square South, NYC In Spanish Reception to Follow KJCC POETRY SERIES CURATED BY LILA ZEMBORAIN: Susana Villalba, Pedro López Adorno and Paula Jiménez España. Introduced by Lila Zemborain. Susana Villalba (1956). Poet, playwright and cultural manager. She received the Guggenheim Fellowship 2011 (in Poetry) and the 2nd Municipal Prize […]
Institute of African American Affairs New York University Celebrating 50 Years of Visionary Excellence
Location: New York University Kimmel Center for University Life 60 Washington Square South, New York, NY, United Stateswith past IAAA Directors Earl S. Davis, MSW and Manthia Diawara, PhD Dance Performance Ron K. Brown/Evidence “One Shot” and Jazz Vocalist Candice Hoyes Evening Hosted by Anna Maria Horsford The Institute of African American Affairs at NYU was established in 1969, during a period of change and awakenings of cultural, civil and artistic significance […]
Black Portraiture[s] V: Memory and the Archive Past Present and Future
Location: New York University Kimmel Center for University Life 60 Washington Square South, New York, NY, United StatesThis conference will explore the making of visual archives, the narratives they tell, and the parameters that define them as objects of study. As visual collections, photographic archives present specific concerns — especially as digital technologies change the way knowledge is classified, stored, retrieved and disseminated. Various questions about the construction, acquisition and maintenance of […]
BOOK TALK: MESSIANISM AND SOCIOPOLITICAL REVOLUTION IN THE ISLAMICATE CIVILIZATION Said Amir Arjomand Distinguished Service Professor, Sociology State University of New York, Stony Brook
Iranian Studies Initiative at NYU 255 Sullivan St., New York, NY, United StatesThe talk will highlight the forthcoming companion volume to Revolution: Structure and Meaning in History (University of Chicago Press, 2019) with regard to the motivation to revolutionary action. This approach shifts the focus of analysis from the punitively general causes of revolution to the specific motivation and consequences of revolutionary social action in historical and […]