Kevorkian Center for Middle East Studies
Public programing for Spring 2021! Featuring “Digital Forays” and “Global Uprising” series, a student-organized Arabic Lecture Series co-sponsored by NYU’s Middle East and Islamic Studies department and our on-going Iranian Studies Initiative, co-sponsored by Gallatin School of Individualized Study.
January 26: GLOBAL UPRISING: Policing as Politics, Policing as War with Nadia Abu El-Haj (Columbia University), Paul Amar (UC Santa Barbara), Stuart Schrader (Johns Hopkins University) & Discussant Nikhil Pal Singh (NYU). Co-sponsored by NYU’s Gallatin Human Rights Initiative. To register please follow the link here or copy and paste the link to your browser: bit.ly/NYUKevoGU126
February 9: GLOBAL UPRISING: Insurrection and Reaction: Uprising Against the Left with Anthony Alessandrini (Kingsborough Community College & CUNY Graduate Center), Ayça Çubukçu (London School of Economics and Political Science), Alejandro Velasco (NYU), and Discussant Vijay Prashad (Tricontinental). Co-sponsored by NYU’s Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Register here: bit.ly/NYUKevoGU29.
February 22: الأزمة الاقتصادية في لبنان – The Economic Crisis in Lebanon with Kamal Hamdan (California State University Dominguez Hills & Consultation and Research Institute in Lebanon) and Discussant Jad Ghosn (Journalist). Co-sponsored by NYU’s Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies. Lecture will be conducted in Arabic. Register here: bit.ly/ArabicLectureSeries222.
February 24: GLOBAL UPRISING: Space & Time I: Crowds, Bodies, Affect with Nadje Al-Ali (Brown University), Frances Hasso (Duke University), Jasbir Puar (Rutgers University), and Discussant Gayatri Gopinath (NYU). Co-sponsored by NYU’s Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality. Register here: bit.ly/NYUKevoGU224.
Please note that the Kevorkian Center will make a good-faith effort to fulfill any accommodation related requests, please email us kevorkian.center@nyu.edu with such requests. Also be advised that our Zoom events will be recorded and made available after the event on our Youtube page.