2010 Archive

  •   “Human Rights in the History of Global Cosmopolitanisms”   Samuel Moyn is a Professor of History at Columbia University. His research interests are in Modern European intellectual history, with […] 0

    Samuel Moyn

      “Human Rights in the History of Global Cosmopolitanisms”   Samuel Moyn is a Professor of History at Columbia University. His research interests are in Modern European intellectual history, with […]

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  •   Jeremy Scahill is the National Security Correspondent for The Nation magazine and author of the international bestseller Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army, which won […] 0

    Jeremy Scahill

      Jeremy Scahill is the National Security Correspondent for The Nation magazine and author of the international bestseller Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army, which won […]

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  •   “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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  •   Winter Schneider, a Bard senior, organized an all-day multi-disciplinary conference on Haiti and history. Caught in the Haitian earthquake over intersession, she gained a new sense of urgency around […] 0

    Beyond Silence: meaning and memory in the noise of Haiti’s present

      Winter Schneider, a Bard senior, organized an all-day multi-disciplinary conference on Haiti and history. Caught in the Haitian earthquake over intersession, she gained a new sense of urgency around […]

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