Neither Settler Nor Native The Making and Unmaking of Permanent Minorities (Harvard University Press, 2020) Mahmood Mamdani (Political Science, Columbia University) In case after case around the globe―from Israel to Sudan―the colonial state and the nation-state have been constructed through the politicization of a religious or ethnic majority at the expense of an equally manufactured minority.
Center of Global Culture and Communication (An interdisciplinary initiative of Northwestern University’s School of Communication) Department of English & Center for Transcultural Studies jointly present A Lambert Conference Berlant’s America (A Symposium on the Legacies of Lauren Berlant) October 26 & 27, 2023 9:30 am– 5:00 pm Harris 108 Northwestern University, 1881 Sheridan Rd, Evanston,
Media Aesthetics V The annual Rhetoric, Media, and Publics Summer Institute at Northwestern University is scheduled to be held on July 17-21, 2023 (with arrival July 16 and departure July 22). Institute conveners are Dilip Gaonkar (Rhetoric, Media, and Publics, Northwestern University) and James J. Hodge (English, Northwestern University). The theorization of media often begins with a story about
Midwest Media Aesthetics Workshop 2: A Graduate Student Conference A Collaborative Project between Northwestern University, the University of Chicago, and the University of Michigan On Zoom, Friday, March 11, 2022, 10:30 am to 3 pm Register https://northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUucuigqTsqEtPeWKkB-XAuPYejgfg50NNq
The Center for Global Culture and Communication (CGCC), along with Central European University (CEU) and Center for Transcultural Studies (CTS), is co-sponsoring a week-long summer school titled “Dismantling Democracy from Within.” The summer school will take place on CEU’s Budapest campus from June 27 to July 2, 2022. For more information on the program, please visit the Summer School’s website. The “Dismantling Democracy from
The Tyranny of Merit A talk by Michael J. Sandel (Professor of Government, Harvard University, United States) Respondents Charles Taylor (Philosophy, Professor Emeritus, McGill University, Canada) Nilufer Gole (Professor of Sociology, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, France) Craig Calhoun (Professor of Social Sciences, Arizona State University, United States) On Zoom Friday,
‘Rhetoric and Politics of Protest and Direct Action’ Disobedience in Black BLM and Black Politics Beyond Democratic Sacrifice Juliet Hooker (Political Science, Brown University) Respondents Alan Chavoya (Philosophy, Northwestern University) Alvin Bernard Tillery, Jr. (Political Science, Northwestern University) On Zoom, Thursday February 3, 2022, 4 P.M. C.T. Register https://northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYrdeqoqT4vG9WL0U8iHGGkR6YBInMbTTjy Please download the readings here.
‘Questioning the Present Series’ Colegio Nacional Lectures on State and Violence in Contemporary Mexico Claudio Lomnitz (Anthropology, Columbia University) Respondents: Veena Das (Anthropology, Johns Hopkins University) Fernando Escalante (Sociology, El Colegio de Mexico) ON ZOOM, Friday, December 10, 2021, 10am C.T. https://northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwkdeuprzgtHdQHN5wKFJbqDlTgryo_VPxt For the readings/ lectures please visit https://thects.org/publications/lomnitzlectures This event is organized by the
The Democratic Sublime: On Aesthetics and Popular Assembly Jason Frank (Government, Cornell University): Respondents: Robert Hariman (Program in Rhetoric & Public Culture, Northwestern University) Jessica Winegar (Anthropology, Northwestern University) November 12, 2021, 12 P.M.- 2 P.M. 1515 Kresge Hall, 1880 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL If you are unable to attend the talk in person, you can also
‘Media Aesthetics Series’ Abundance: On the Experience of Living in a World of Information Plenty (Oxford Up, 2021) Pablo Boczkowski (Communication Studies, Northwestern University) Respondents: Charlie Beckett, Media and Communications, London School of Economics Teresa Correa, School of Communication, Diego Portales University Marwan M. Kraidy, Dean and CEO, Northwestern University in Qatar Friday Nov 5,
