Cooper Union's Great Hall, 7 East 7th Street at Bowery.
Judith Butler:
Why Judaism is not Zionism: Religious Sources for the Critique of Violence
Jürgen Habermas:
On the Secularization of World-views, State Power, and Society
Charles Taylor:
Why We Need a Radical Redefinition of Secularism
Cornel West:
Prophetic Religion and The Future of Capitalist Civilization
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02:06 PM
Artist Yegizaw Michael's show of new works on canvas, Crossings: a visual exploration of crisis was on view at the Institute for Public Knowledge from March 24, 2009 through June 26, 2009.
Graduate student Leah T. Abraha collaborated with Muna Mohamed and Dawit Habte to develop an online video piece based on this show which features images from the opening reception, slides of Michael's paintings, and an essay written by Ms. Abraha about the show. View it on YouTube.
11:59 AM
On March 6, 2009, nine scholars of South Asia – Amrita Basu, Shah Mahmoud Hanifi, Nyla Ali Khan, David Ludden, Zia Mian, Senzil Nawid, Sahar Shafqat, Kamala Visweswaran, and Chitralekha Zutshi – met at the Institute for Public Knowledge to discuss the politics of knowledge concerning South Asia as it connects academic and policy work in the US.
The group represents a range of social science, humanities, and scientific disciplines, with research foci in India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, although some of brought broader areas of expertise. The discussions focused on these three countries because they are at the center of current U.S. Policy debate.
The group has released a policy report on South Asia, "Reframing a Regional Approach to South Asia: Demilitarization, Development, and Sustainable Peace," available for download here.
01:15 PM
On the March 16 episode of the Planet Money podcast, IPK Visiting Scholar Matthew Noah Smith complicates a common notion of "blame" that imbues the public conversation on the ongoing financial crisis.
Matthew Noah Smith is visiting from Yale University. On April 1, 2009, Professor Smith will be leading a discussion with Yale Philosophy colleague Thomas Pogge: Toward Developing Reliable Indices of Poverty and Gender Equity. This presentation is part of the Humanitarian Action Seminar.
02:42 PM
New York University’s Institute for Public Knowledge hosted a roundtable discussion on the International Criminal Court and Omar al-Bashir, the president of Sudan, on Wednesday, March 4, 4-5 p.m.
A video stream is available here.
Panelists for the roundtable included: Alex de Waal, program director at the Social Science Research Council and Peter Rosenblum, a professor of human rights law at Columbia Law School. The discussion was moderated by IPK Director Craig Calhoun
This event was co-sponsored by the Social Science Research Council.
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