2009 Archive

  •   Margarethe von Trotta is one of the foremost female directors working in Germany and a member of the New German Cinema movement. “No American woman filmmaker can rank on […] 0

    Margaret Von Trotta

      Margarethe von Trotta is one of the foremost female directors working in Germany and a member of the New German Cinema movement. “No American woman filmmaker can rank on […]

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  •   Neil Hertz is Professor Emeritus in the English Department at John Hopkins University. He also teaches classes on urban literature and on the history of photography. 0

    Neil Hertz

      Neil Hertz is Professor Emeritus in the English Department at John Hopkins University. He also teaches classes on urban literature and on the history of photography.

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  •   Khalil Shikaki is an Associate Professor of Political Science, and Director of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (Ramallah). He finished his Ph.D. from Columbia University in […] 0

    Khalil Shikaki

      Khalil Shikaki is an Associate Professor of Political Science, and Director of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (Ramallah). He finished his Ph.D. from Columbia University in […]

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  •   Orville Hickock Schell III is an activist and writer working on China, and is the Arthur Ross Director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations at the Asia Society in […] 0

    Orville Schell

      Orville Hickock Schell III is an activist and writer working on China, and is the Arthur Ross Director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations at the Asia Society in […]

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  •   Kazys Varnelis is a historian and theorist of architecture, specializing in network culture. He is Director of the Network Architecture Lab at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning […] 0

    Kazys Varnelis

      Kazys Varnelis is a historian and theorist of architecture, specializing in network culture. He is Director of the Network Architecture Lab at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning […]

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  •   Merrill Singer is a medical anthropologist with a dual appointment in the Department of Anthropology and the Center for Health, Intervention and Prevention, University of Connecticut. He is also […] 0

    Merrill Singer

      Merrill Singer is a medical anthropologist with a dual appointment in the Department of Anthropology and the Center for Health, Intervention and Prevention, University of Connecticut. He is also […]

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  •   Dr. Jagannath Adhikari has congregated colossal specialized experience from his 26 years of working practice in diverse sectors of development like agrarian change, natural resource conservation, food security and […] 0

    Jagannath Adhikari

      Dr. Jagannath Adhikari has congregated colossal specialized experience from his 26 years of working practice in diverse sectors of development like agrarian change, natural resource conservation, food security and […]

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  •   Bard Human Rights Project held a one-day conference in conjunction with the opening of, and took place at, Olafur Eliasson’s “Parliament of Reality” installation. The daylong event included lectures […] 0

    Music and Torture Event

      Bard Human Rights Project held a one-day conference in conjunction with the opening of, and took place at, Olafur Eliasson’s “Parliament of Reality” installation. The daylong event included lectures […]

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  •   Samuel Menashe was the first the Winner of the Poetry Foundation of America’s “Neglected Master’s” Award in 2004. He read from his latest collection: New and Selected Poems, which […] 0

    Samuel Menashe

      Samuel Menashe was the first the Winner of the Poetry Foundation of America’s “Neglected Master’s” Award in 2004. He read from his latest collection: New and Selected Poems, which […]

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  •   Faisal Devji is a historian who specializes in studies of Islam, globalization, violence and ethics. His multidisciplinary work grounds empirical historical issues in philosophical questions. He has taught at […] 0

    Faisal Devji

      Faisal Devji is a historian who specializes in studies of Islam, globalization, violence and ethics. His multidisciplinary work grounds empirical historical issues in philosophical questions. He has taught at […]

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