Latest Past Events

20/20 Vision in a Time of Crisis

A conversation with Etienne Balibar, Adam Tooze, Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Emmanuelle Saada, moderated by Bernard Harcourt To sign up for this virtual transatlantic event, RSVP here. The Covid-19 pandemic and public health crisis; economic collapse; waves of anti-racist protests; threats to democracy and rising authoritarianism in the U.S. and elsewhere, all against a backdrop of an ever-worsening climate crisis... how…

DIGITAL FORAYS: Mediating the News: Digital Platforms & Publics

Zoom signup Many dynamic “alternative” news portals & collaboratives have developed during/since the Arab Spring.  How do they spread information and create publics beyond the traditional news cycle? Most often this happens through websites, social media and by creating dynamic content across various digital entanglements. Yet how do they mobilize their messages across different platforms specifically? Why one platform over…

Nordic Book Club Presents: Miss Iceland by Audur Ava

Online

Read and discuss Scandinavian literature in translation as part of our Nordic Book Club, now online. This bi-weekly online meeting will feature novels from the best Nordic literary voices.