Events
Week of Events
Sunday, January 10, 2021
No events on this day.
Monday, January 11, 2021
- January 11, 2021Book Talk: Alma Heckman, The Sultan’s Communists
Book Talk: Alma Heckman, The Sultan’s Communists
Alma Rachel Heckman is the Neufeld-Levin Chair of Holocaust Studies and an Assistant Professor of History and Jewish Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She specializes in modern Jewish history of North Africa and the Middle East with an interest in citizenship, political transformations, transnationalism, and empire. Her first book is The Sultan’s […]
Tuesday, January 12, 2021
No events on this day.
Wednesday, January 13, 2021
- January 13, 2021 -Yarimar Bonilla – An Unthinkable State: Puerto Rico, the United States and the Aporias of U.S. Empire
Yarimar Bonilla – An Unthinkable State: Puerto Rico, the United States and the Aporias of U.S. Empire
In the wake of Hurricane Maria, unprecedented attention turned to the unincorporated territory of Puerto Rico and its enduring colonial relationship with the United States. This presentation will examine the rising popularity and shifting strategies of the Puerto Rican statehood movement, with a focus on how and why annexation has come to be imagined as […]
Thursday, January 14, 2021
- Featured January 14, 2021 -Featured An evening with Jennifer Brea and Megan Moodie – Talking about chronic illness, care, and Covid
- January 14, 2021Living Writers: Sofia Samatar
An evening with Jennifer Brea and Megan Moodie – Talking about chronic illness, care, and Covid
Join Sundance Award winning Filmmaker Jennifer Brea and anthropologist and writer Megan Moodie for an evening of conversation and reflection on chronic illness, the global crisis of care, and Covid-19. As the numbers of the chronically ill grow rapidly worldwide due to what is being called “long Covid,” there is much to be learned from […]
Living Writers: Sofia Samatar
Sofia Samatar is the author of the novels A Stranger in Olondria and The Winged Histories, the short story collection, Tender, and Monster Portraits, a collaboration with her brother, the artist Del Samatar. Her work has received several honors, including the World Fantasy Award. She teaches Arabic literature, African literature, and speculative fiction at James […]
Friday, January 15, 2021
- January 15, 2021 -Migrant Futures: South Asia and The Middle East (I) Sound into Form
Migrant Futures: South Asia and The Middle East (I) Sound into Form
Presented by the Center for South Asian Studies and the Center for the Middle East and North Africa. Featuring Lawrence Abu Hamdan (Artist) and Kareem Khubchandani (Mellon Bridge Assistant Professor, Tufts University).
Saturday, January 16, 2021
No events on this day.