Events

Palestine & The Public Intellectual: Honoring Edward Said

General Programming

October 30, 2013 Wednesday, 7:00pm EDT Low Memorial Library, Columbia University
Cosponsors
  • Center for Palestine Studies
  • Institute for Research in African American Studies
  • Department of Anthropology
  • Middle East Institute
  • Institute for Research on Women and Gender
  • Center for International History
  • Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race
  • Institute for Comparative Literature and Society

The Center for Palestine Studies presents

Judith Butler & Cornel West in conversation on the topic of "Palestine & The Public Intellectual: Honoring Edward Said."

Moderator: James Schamus, Professor of Professional Practice, School of the Arts at Columbia University

With an introduction by Lila Abu Lughod, Professor of Anthropology at Columbia University

Doors open at 6pm

This event is now full but can be viewed on Livestream at this link.

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/palestine/programs/featuredevent.html#livestream

Participants
  • Cornel West Professor of Philosophy and Christian Practice Union Theological Seminary
  • Judith Butler Maxine Elliot Professor University of California, Berkeley
  • James Schamus Professor of Professional Practice, Film Division, School of the Arts Columbia University
  • Lila Abu-Lughod Joseph L. Buttenwieser Professor of Social Science Columbia University