Latest Past Events

Borders of Biopolitics: Population and Power in Modern Russia

Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia 19 University Place, 2nd Floor, New York City

Please join us for a workshop, “Borders of Biopolitics: Population and Power in Modern Russia,” Friday, April 7th to Saturday, April 8th, 2017. The workshop is organized by the UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES) Fringe Centre and the Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia at NYU. Yanni Kotsonis, Professor of History at NYU, will…

Vital Subjects: Race and Biopolitics in Italy

Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò (NYU) 24 West 12th Street, New York City

Book presentation: Vital Subjects. Race and Biopolitics in Italy (1860-1920) (2016, Liverpool University Press) by Rhiannon Noel Welch (Rutgers University). The author in conversation with David Forgacs (NYU) and Ann Morning (NYU). Moderated by Ara Merjian (NYU) and Rebecca Falkoff (NYU) Since World War II, Italy has struggled to recast both its colonial past and its alliance with Nazi Germany. For many…

Assisted Reproductive Technologies – Cultural & Ethical Vales From a Comparative Perspective

La Maison Française (NYU) 16 Washington Mews, New York City

This two-day Franco-American workshop seeks to compare the cultural, ethical, religious, historical and policy implications of how reproductive technologies have developed and now impact our two national contexts. In both countries, advanced reproductive technologies have long been in development and are now in widespread use. France and the United States share a certain number of similar conceptions relative to kinship…

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