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Director of the Center for Media, Communication, and Global Change Jayson Harsin Associate Professor, Communication, Media, and Culture Affiliated Researcher, Northwestern University Center for Global Culture and Communication Research focus; Political t ...
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About the Words that Kill Conference
Words that Kill Conference Please note, registration for participants will open in February, registration for visitors opens in March. There is a continuum linking symbolic violence (in images, signs, stories) and physical violence. Social violence is bre ...
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Words That Kill Conference Abstracts and Program
Downloads Words That Kill Conference Program Download the Conference Abstracts For more information on the panels and participants of the Words That Kill Conference please download the Conference Abstracts (pdf) and the full Conference Program (pdf) in th ...
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Queering the Quai: Paris’ Magic City
Patrick Preston, in conversation with Robert Payne, ‘Queering the Quai: Paris’s Magic City.' There were drag balls at the Magic City, a pleasure space on the Quai d’Orsay and the Rue de l’Université (right near where AUP is now), from 1900-1934. How ...
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Cabaret and Collaboration: A Symposium Honoring the Rich Life of Josephine Baker
A roaring brass section, limbs gliding effortlessly across the stage to the beat, shining costumes, or sometimes lack thereof, capturing the audience’s regard-- this was cabaret in the 20’s and the backdrop for the performances of one of the most memorabl ...
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2015- Narratives and Fictions of Terrorism
This conference is co-hosted by AUP and the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle. The conference takes place at Université Paris 1- Panthéon Sorbonne on November 15, La Maison de la Recherche- Sorbonne Nouvelle on November 16 and at AUP on November 17. Full detai ...
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Journée d'Etudes sur Le discours philosophique de Michel Foucault
In the summer of 1966 Foucault prepared to take on his much anticipated first position as a professor of philosophy, but unlike Kafka’s hapless countryman, Foucault did not patiently wait for the institution of philosophy to finally open its door! He cus ...
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Rory Brennan Poetry Reading
Rory Brennan has published half a dozen collections of poetry and numerous reviews and articles. His work has appeared in The Irish Times, The Times Literary Supplement, Poetry Ireland Review and other periodicals and anthologies. He was born and raised i ...
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Entre Nous: Possible Lives with Maria Stepanova and Daniel Medin
Step into the poetic universe of renowned Russian poet Maria Stepanova as she explores her perspectives on memory, language, and politics. This event is a collaboration between The Center for Writers and Translators, Columbia Global Centers, The Institute ...
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A Conversation with Author Juan Gabriel Vásquez
Colombian author Juan Gabriel Vásquez - "one of the most impressive novelists currently writing in Latin America" (TLS)- will participate in a conversation with students about his latest novel, The Retrospective. Juan Gabriel Vásquez's b ...