Lectures Archive

  •   “Epics and Empires:  Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh in Comparative Context” and “The Moral Crisis of an Islamic Republic”   Hamid Dabashi, Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at […] 0

    Hamid Dabashi

      “Epics and Empires:  Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh in Comparative Context” and “The Moral Crisis of an Islamic Republic”   Hamid Dabashi, Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at […]

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  •   Raúl Zurita Canessa (born 1950) is a Chilean poet. He won the Chilean National Prize for Literature in 2000. In 1984 Raúl Zurita was awarded a scholarship by the […] 0

    Raul Zurita Canessa

      Raúl Zurita Canessa (born 1950) is a Chilean poet. He won the Chilean National Prize for Literature in 2000. In 1984 Raúl Zurita was awarded a scholarship by the […]

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  •   Colonel Matthew Bogdanos is an Assistant District Attorney in Manhattan (since 1988), author, and a colonel in the United States Marine Corps Reserves. In 2003, while on active duty […] 0

    Matthew Bogdanos

      Colonel Matthew Bogdanos is an Assistant District Attorney in Manhattan (since 1988), author, and a colonel in the United States Marine Corps Reserves. In 2003, while on active duty […]

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  •   “Territories & Language Under Stress: New Orleans to Palestine”   Tonya Foster is the author of Swarms of Bees in High Court, from Belladonna Press and Futurepoem Books. Her […] 0

    Tonya Foster and Rachel Zolf

      “Territories & Language Under Stress: New Orleans to Palestine”   Tonya Foster is the author of Swarms of Bees in High Court, from Belladonna Press and Futurepoem Books. Her […]

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  •   Philippe Nonet was born and raised in Belgium, where he earned his law degree (Doctorat en Droit) in 1961. He studied and taught in the sociology department at UC […] 0

    Philippe Nonet

      Philippe Nonet was born and raised in Belgium, where he earned his law degree (Doctorat en Droit) in 1961. He studied and taught in the sociology department at UC […]

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  •   “On memory, disappearance, and human rights”   Marcelo Brodsky is an internationally renowned artist and human rights activist now based in Buenos Aires after many years in exile in […] 0

    Marcelo Brodsky

      “On memory, disappearance, and human rights”   Marcelo Brodsky is an internationally renowned artist and human rights activist now based in Buenos Aires after many years in exile in […]

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  •   An avid adventurer, Sean left college early to travel the world with an entrepreneur and with every step wanted to see more.  In 2008 he went to South Africa […] 0

    Sean Carasso

      An avid adventurer, Sean left college early to travel the world with an entrepreneur and with every step wanted to see more.  In 2008 he went to South Africa […]

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  •   “Unconcerned but not Indifferent”    Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin are artists living and working in London. Together they have had numerous international exhibitions. Chanarin and Broomberg presented an […] 0

    Oliver Chanarin and Adam Broomberg

      “Unconcerned but not Indifferent”    Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin are artists living and working in London. Together they have had numerous international exhibitions. Chanarin and Broomberg presented an […]

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  •   Lucy Nusseibeh lives and works in East Jerusalem. She is founder-director of Middle East Nonviolence and Democracy (MEND) and director of the Institute of Modern Media at Al-Quds University. […] 0

    Lucy Nusseibeh

      Lucy Nusseibeh lives and works in East Jerusalem. She is founder-director of Middle East Nonviolence and Democracy (MEND) and director of the Institute of Modern Media at Al-Quds University. […]

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  •   “Decolonizing Architecture: The Future Archeology of Israel’s Colonization”   Alessandro Petti teaches Urban Studies in the al-Quds-Bard Honors College in Abu Dis, and is one of the founders of […] 0

    Alessandro Petti

      “Decolonizing Architecture: The Future Archeology of Israel’s Colonization”   Alessandro Petti teaches Urban Studies in the al-Quds-Bard Honors College in Abu Dis, and is one of the founders of […]

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