The Ethics of Weeping: The Case of Islam
Weeping is a way to express commitment to a community and what it holds to be sacred, but not all weeping is the same, even in a single religious tradition.
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Reading Race in Medieval Arabic Literature a talk by Rachel Schine
Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies at New York University
How might we pursue comparative, critical study of premodern processes of racialization? This talk will cover main methods, meanings, and sources that the author engages in examining racialization in the Islamic Middle Ages, as well as some past and present problematics of doing so within the Euro-American academy.
Images of Etel Adnan
Literatures of Annihilation, Exile, and Resistance
This event is taking place in remembrance of Etel Adnan, the beloved Lebanese-American poet, essayist, and visual artist, who passed away in November 2021. She is survived by her longtime partner, renowned Syrian Lebanese artist Simone Fattal.