September 2019
On Comparative Settler Colonialisms: J. Kēhaulani Kauanui and Rana Barakat
Presented by the American Studies Program in the NYU Department of Social and Cultural Analysis. Co-sponsored by the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU and NYU Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality. Globally, settler colonialism is a present reality not confined to its violent history. The continuing impact of settler colonial practices and institutions continues to shape our political, economic, social, and cultural present. J. Kēhaulani Kauanui (Wesleyan University) and Rana Barakat (via Skype from Birzeit University, Palestine) will examine…
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Women and Migration: Responses in Art and History
Presented by the NYU Institute of African American Affairs. Co-sponsored by the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU, NYU Department of Art and Public Policy, Tisch School of the Art, and NYU Center for the Study of Gender & Sexuality. Edited by Deborah Willis, Ellyn Toscano, and Kalia Nelson, Women and Migration: Responses in Art and History charts how women’s profound and turbulent experiences of migration have been articulated in writing, photography, art, and film. The essays cover enslavement, diaspora, and refugees,…
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