Nancy Fraser, “Can society be commodities all the way down? Polanyian reflections on capitalist crisis” Henry A. and Louise Loeb Professor of Political and Social Science, The New School for Social Research Discussant: Jini Kim Watson, Assistant Professor, Depts. of … Continue reading →

Mahmood Mamdani, “Beyond
 Nuremberg: 
The 
Historical 
Significance
 of 
the 
Post­ Apartheid
 Transition 
in 
South
 Africa
” Herbert Lehman Professor of Government and Professor of Anthropology, Columbia University Discussant: Ahilan Kadirgamar, doctoral student, anthropology, CUNY Graduate Center 12 – 2pm, Room 7395 … Continue reading →

Discussion of Karl Marx’s, “On the Jewish Question” Discussants: Mark Drury and Neil Agarwal, doctoral students, anthropology,                         CUNY Graduate Center 12 – 2pm, Room 7395 (Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue) * All seminar readings are available here. If you are … Continue reading →

For our last session of the semester, we will celebrate and reflect upon the seminar over the past year, and brainstorm ideas for 2011-2012. New participants are encouraged to attend. 2 – 4pm, Room C415A (Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue)

Uday Singh Mehta, “Gandhi on Fear, Sacrifice and the Forging of a People” Distinguished Professor, Ph.D. Program in Political Science, CUNY Graduate Center Discussant: Anjuli Raza Kolb, PhD student in English and Comparative Literature,                       Columbia University 2 – 4pm, Room … Continue reading →

Nathaniel Berman, “‘The Sacred Conspiracy’: Religion, Nationalism, and the Crisis of Internationalism” Rahel Varnhagen Professor of International Affairs, Law, and Modern Culture, Brown University Discussant: Ayça Çubukçu, Lecturer on Social Studies, Harvard University 2 – 4pm, Room 3212 (Graduate Center, … Continue reading →