Panel Discussion: Arts and Media in the Arab Uprisings
Friday, November 1, 4 pm
Psychology 105
This event is open to the public.
The popular uprisings across the Middle East and North Africa over the past several years have made innovative use of new media and the creative arts as tools of struggle and modes of representing present sufferings and future visions to various publics. The panel of anthropologists and art historians will explore these new arts and media landscapes in the context of violence and upheaval. Focusing on Egypt, Iraq, Palestine, and the Gulf, panelists will share their research and reflections on the future of creative expression and media representation in a region in tumult. Panelists include Nada Shabout (art history, University of North Texas), Jeannie Sowers (political science, University of New Hampshire), and Jessica Winegar (anthropology, Northwestern). Kris Cohen (art history, Reed) will serve as a discussant. Cosponsored by the departments of anthropology, art, and political science.
A lecture by Lisa Hajjar, "Classified Memories: Trying to Try Terror Suspects Who Were Tortured by the CIA," will take place Saturday, November 2, at 2 p.m., in Vollum lecture hall. Lisa Hajjar, a professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, focuses her research and writing on law and legality, war and conflict, human rights, and torture.
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For more information, contact Paul Silverstein.
Submitted by Brittney Corrigan-McElroy.
Posted on Oct 1, 2013