Spring 2006 Activities

»Saturday, April 1
SYMPOSIUM ON POLITICAL ISLAM AND THE STATE
Library Auditorium 1:00-5:00 pm
JUAN R.I. COLE University of Michigan
Well-known in the public sphere for his blog "Informed Comment" in which he comments regularly about the situation in Iraq and for his appearances on PBS' Nightly News Hour, Dr. Cole is a distinguished scholar who has written extensively about modern Islamic movements in Egypt, the Persian Gulf, and South Asia. His book Sacred Space and Holy War (2002) includes pieces on the history of the Shiite branch of Islam in modern Iraq, Iran and the Gulf.

ROBERT W. HEFNER Boston University
Dr. Hefner's research and publications reflect his longstanding interested in religion and politics in Southeast Asia and also in comparing Muslim culture. His numerous publications include Civil Islam: Muslims and Democratization in Indonesia (2000) and as editor, Remaking Muslim Politics: Pluralism, Contestation, and Democratization (2005).

MALIKA ZEGHAL University of Chicago
Professor Zeghal is a political scientist who studies religion in the context of Islam and power. Her interests include the institutionalization of Islam in the Muslim world, especially in Egypt and North Africa. Her publications include Gardiens de l'Islam: Les oulémas d'al-Azhar dans l'Egypte contemporaine (1996) and Les islamistes marocains: le défi à la monarchie (2005).

ALEC HARGREAVES Florida State University
Hargreaves' numerous publications reflect his interests in post-colonial minorities in France. They include Immigration, 'Race' and Ethnicity in Contemporary France (1995), Racism, Ethnicity and Politics in Contemporary Europe (1995), Post-Colonial Cultures in France (1997), and Memory, Empire and Postcolonialism (2005).

 

»Thursday, February 16
Business Building 124 4:00-6:00 pm
THOMAS POGGE Columbia University
World Poverty, Institutional Structures, and Historical Wrongs
Since receiving his PhD in philosophy from Harvard University, Thomas Pogge has been teaching moral and political philosophy at Columbia University. His recent publications include Freedom from Poverty as a Human Right (2005), Global Institutions and Responsibilities (2005), Real World Justice (2005), World Poverty and Human Rights (2002). Pogge is editor for social and political philosophy for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy and a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science. He is currently Professorial Fellow at the Australian National University Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics.
 

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Spring 2005 Activities

FAIR GLOBALIZATION EVENT
March 30 - April 12, 2005
A series of music and poetry performances, lectures, roundtables, and student debates.
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»Wednesday, March 30
Science Complex P117 12:00-2:00 pm
LEEZA AHMADY Hunter College
The Taste of Others: Unveiling Contemporary Art in Central Asia and the Central Asian Diaspora
As an art curator, educator, and administrator, Leeza Ahmady has designed unique gallery spaces all over New York City. Ahmady will provide a talk with slides and a video program on “The Taste of Others,” a performance and video exhibition at Apexart NY.

 

»Thursday, March 31
Science Complex P101 7:00-9:00 pm
Localities and Identities: Roundtable Discussion
Moderator: John Landreau

ALEXIETCHEUYAP The University of Calgary
Politics & Brain Waste: Emigration and Shifting Identities in African Cinema
Tcheuyap specializes in Francophone literature and film and the brain drain among African executives. He received the Calgary Institute for the Humanities Fellowship for 2003-2004 for his work on film and the Maghreb and is the author of Cinema and Social Discourse in Cameroon.

PABLO VILA Temple University
Ethnographic Accounts of Hybrids and Border Crossers in Border Studies
Pablo Vila is a Professor of Sociology at Temple University specializing in theory, social identities, border studies, and the sociology of music. He is author of Border Ethnographies: The Limits of Border Theory.

BAN WANG Rutgers University
Where Have All the Villages Gone?: Landscapes of Home and Memory
Ban Wang is a Professor of Asian Language and Cultures at Rutgers University, author of Black Holes of Globalization: Critique of the New Millennium in Taiwan Cinema and Trauma and History in Chinese Film: Reading The Blue Kite Against Melodrama.

 

»Monday, April 4
Forcina 132 12:30-2:00 pm
THEA LEE Chief International Economist AFL-CIO
Globalization As If Workers Mattered: Reforming the Rules of the Global Economy
Lee is the Chief International Economist of the AFL-CIO, managing research on international trade and investment policy. She co-authored A Field Guide to the Global Economy; her recent research concerns the North American Free Trade Agreement and the impact of international trade on steel and textile industries in the United States.

»Tuesday, April 5
Business Building Basement Lounge 5:00-7:00 pm
An Evening of Music and Poetry Performances

HUANG XIANG Chinese Poet
Huang Xiang has been described as China’s Walt Whitman. Born in 1941, Huang Xiang’s life-long advocacy of civil liberties and human rights led to six terms in jail and hard labor, where he was subject to brutal treatment. Mr. Huang’s poetry spans the full range of human interests and activities, from political commentary to nature and love poetry.

YI YANG Guzheng Player
Yi Yang has previously performed at The Boston Conservatory, the New England Conservatory, Boston University, Wellesley College, and Harvard University. Ms. Yang was the recipient of the Traditional Arts Apprenticeship given through the Massachusetts Cultural Council's Folk Arts and Heritage Program, awarded annually to support the teaching of traditional arts.

ZOHRA SAED Afghan-American Poet
Saed holds a BA in Liberal Arts with a concentration in Cross Cultural Literature; an MFA in Poetry and is a Doctoral Candidate at the City University of New York Graduate School. Her works have appeared in a number of publications in the United States and she is also the editor of an upcoming Afghan literary anthology.
 

»Wednesday, April 6
Science Complex P101 7:30-9:30 pm
SPIKE PETERSON The University of Arizona
Rethinking Globalization: Uneven Effects, Underlying Issues, and Urgent Concerns
Co-author of Global Gender Issues, the most widely used text on gender and world politics. She has published more than forty journal articles, reviews and book chapters on feminist international relations theory, global political economy, and critical postmodernist and feminist theory. Her most recent book is A Critcal Rewriting of Global Political Economy: Integrating Reproductive, Productive, and Virtual Economies.
 

»Thursday, April 7
Social Science 228 3:30-5:30 pm
UNITED FOR A FAIR ECONOMY
Out-of-the-Box Student Workshop
United for a Fair Economy is a national, independent, nonpartisan, non-profit organization. UFE raises awareness about how concentrated wealth and power undermine the economy, corrupt democracy, deepen the racial divide, and tear communities apart. UFE supports and helps build social movements for greater equality.
 

»Tuesday, April 12
Science Complex P101 7:00-9:00 pm
ALICE TEPPER MARLIN President of Social Accountability International
Corporate Codes: Are They Making a Difference?
Marlin is founder and executive director of the Council on Economic Priorities, an organization that promotes corporate social responsibility and healthy environmental practices. In 1990, Sheco-authored Shopping for a Better World, a consumer guide to socially responsible shopping. Response: Morton Winston TCNJ
 

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»Tuesday, February 15
Music Building Concert Hall 8:00 PM
DERRICK ASHONG
Derrick Ashong will present Sweet Mother: Hip Hop, Africa, and the Diaspora. The event will include a screening of a film about Ashong's Sweet Mother tour in Ghana followed by a group discussion with the director.