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Roundtable Discussion On Suicide Bombings by Talal Asad (CUNY Graduate Center) In his recent book Asad scrutinizes the idea of “clash of civilizations,” and explores suicide terrorism. Discussion with Gil Anidjar (Columbia) and Harry Harootunian (NYU). Moderated by Michael Gilsenan (NYU). Kevorkian New Book Series Distinguished Lecture Purnima Mankekar (UCLA) How have the semiotics of recognition and misrecognition of minoritized subjects changed since 9/11? This talk draws on interviews with Sikh and Muslim South Asians and media representations of the 9/11 attacks to trace how religious affiliations have mutated into racial identities. Screenings/Roundtable The Cross & The Camera: the films of Gan Xiao’er In the post-Mao era, religious life rarely appears in China’s new independent films. Gan's Raised From Dust portrays the troubles of a rural Christian family whose father is dying. The documentary Church Cinema shows Christian audiences’ reactions to his feature. 1:00-2:45 pm: Raised from Dust / Juzi chentu (2007, 102 min) Co-sponsored with East Asian Studies, Cinema Studies and Religious Studies Lecture Chris Pinney (Northwestern University) Anthropology Department Colloquium Series. Roundtable Discussion Impossible Archives Based on their collaborative project, Index of the Disappeared, artists Mariam Ghani and Chitra Ganesh discuss legal, historical, and artistic strategies for archiving secret, undocumented, and censored materials. With Ramzi Kassem (Yale Law School), Martha Wilson (performance artist, director of Franklin Furnace Archive), and Orit and Tal Halpern (new media artists). Kevorkian Visual Culture Series Screening/Discussion The Reunion of All My Babies (George Stoney, 1953/2007, 55 min.) Lecture Steve Feld (University of New Mexico) Annette B. Weiner Memorial Lecture, Anthropology Department Colloquium Series. Artist’s Talk Silence is Silver by Huda Lutfi (American University of Cairo) One of Egypt’s most notable contemporary image makers with a feminist sensibility and a broad knowledge of Arab Muslim culture, in this work seeks to problematize censorship. Kevorkian Visual Culture Series Screening/Discussion Super, Girls! (Jian Yi, 2007, 123 min) Jian Yi followed the second season of “Supergirls” China’s wildly popular response to “American Idol”. This intimate documentary shows young women changing their “destinies” as 400 million cell-phones hummed with votes. The government cancelled the show, citing its “vulgarity.” Colloquium Objects of Affection: The Jewish Wedding in Media and Material Culture As the most elaborately celebrated of Jewish life cycle events, weddings provide rich opportunities to consider the intersection of media and Jewish religious life. Scholars, artists, curators discuss the visual and material culture of weddings including photography, videography, music and their portrayal on stage and in film, literature, art, and museum display. For more information please contact Jeffrey Shandler at JAShandler@aol.com Co-sponsored by The Working Group on Jews, Media, and Religion of NYU’s Center for Religion and Media; and The Center for Jewish History. Screenings and Discussion Scholars and filmmakers discuss controversial and insightful independent feature and documentary films, spotlighting Asian/Pacific/American diasporic filmmaking and issues. Organized by the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU ________________________________________________________
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| background images: Processional Projections Melissa Shiff (2003), Another Road Home Danae Elon (2004), Waiting for Miracles Ulla Dalum Berg (2003), Brian Larkin (1995). | ||