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The Arab Uprisings: Politics and Ethics in the Present

Building/Room: Various. Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s). Other Sponsor(s): The Chicago Center for Contemporary Theory. Conference Title: The Arab Uprisings: Politics and Ethics in the Present. Presenter(s): Hussein Ali Agrama Nadia Abu El-Haj Aslı Ü. Bâli Fadi Bardawil Cecile Boex Jean Comaroff John Comaroff Yazan Doughan Osama Esber Samera Esmeir Rohit Goel Bassam Haddad Angie Heo Kheder Khaddour Claudio Lomnitz Emma Mackinnon Bob Meister Orwa Nyrabia Moishe Postone Aziz Rana Fawwaz Traboulsi Lisa Wedeen. Open to the Public: Yes. Cost: None. Contact Name: Anwen Tormey. Contact E-mail: amtormey@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-702-0230. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Protests in Tunisia in December 2010 provided inspiration for the subsequent uprisings in Egypt, Yemen, Bahrain, Libya, and Syria. Theoretically motivated, this conference focuses on the political and ethical issues emanating from the “Arab spring” in the two years since efforts at transformation got underway. Scholars from the Middle East, Europe, and the United States will discuss the problems with “humanitarian” intervention; the role of global capital in managing change; the various epistemological comm… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Saturday, May 18, 2013, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM. All sessions, except for the keynote: The Franke Institute for the Humanities 1100 East 57th St. JRL S-118 Chicago, IL 60637 The keynote: Cobb Hall, Room 307 5811 S. Ellis Avenue  Chicago, IL 60637. For more info visit ccct.uchicago.edu.

Languages and Cultures of the Caucasus Series | Why the Saakashvili System Failed

Building/Room: JRL S-118. Primary Sponsor: CEERES. Other Sponsor(s): Franke Institute for the Humanities, the Center for International Studies Norman Wait Harris Fund, and the Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures. Presenter: Stephen Jones (Mount Holyoke College). Lecture Title: Why the Saakashvili System Failed. Contact Name: Meredith Clason. Contact E-mail: mclason@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-702-0866. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Part of our Languages and Cultures of the Caucasus Series. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Tuesday, May 21, 2013, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM. The Franke Institute for the Humanities 1100 East 57th St. JRL S-118 Chicago, IL 60637. For more info visit ceeres.uchicago.edu.

Final Form

Building/Room: Dorchester Projects. Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s). Other Sponsor(s): The Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry co-sponsored by The Franke Institute for the Humanities, and the Department of Visual Arts, The University of Chicago. Conference Title: Final Form. Presenter(s): Kenneth Goldsmith, Matthew Jesse Jackson, Jessica Stockholder, Justin Lieberman, Rochelle Feinstein. Open to the Public: Yes. Cost: None. Contact Name: Anais Daly. Contact E-mail: anais@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 917-224-5663. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Final Form is a symposium dedicated to the various ways in which material presents and re-presents itself in art, culture & the archive. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, May 24, 2013, 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM. Dorchester Projects 6916 and 6901 S. Dorchester Ave. Chicago IL.

Mobility, Memory, and Material Worlds: Crossroads and Convergences

Building/Room: Various. Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s). Other Sponsor(s): Partner University Fund (PUF) and French American Cultural Exchange (FACE), Department of Anthropology (University of Chicago), Maison René Ginouvès, Université Paris Ouest (Nanterre-La Défense), France Chicago Center, The Franke Institute for the Humanities. Conference Title: Mobility, Memory, and Material Worlds: Crossroads and Convergences. Presenter(s): Ahmed, Omer Bahloul, Joëlle Baussant, Michèle Benarrosh-Orsoni Norah Bonni, Joe Champy, Muriel Chu, Julie Cleuziou, Juliette Dessertine, Anna Dietler, Michael Dingwall, Chris Doppelt, Martin Dos Santos, Irene Doublier, Alice Hadad, Rémi Hickman, Kristin Jennings, Rob Le Mentec, Katiana Mason, Kaley Mulla, Ayesha Murphy, Tessa Perlès, Catherine Ribert, Evelyne Ricci, Giovanni Rivera, Eleanor Rivoal, Isabelle Rossé Elisabeth Shankar, Shalini Sherwood, A… Open to the Public: Yes. Cost: None. Contact Name: Michael Dietler. Contact E-mail: mdietler@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-477-3362. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Migration, memory, and material culture studies are three domains of research that have generated large bodies of specialized, and largely independent, theoretical and empirical literature in the social sciences and humanities in recent years. This conference, however, targets specifically the complex interrelationships among mobility, memory, and material worlds. The goal of this conference is to transgress a number of boundaries that have limited understanding of this set of relations. The terms "crossroa… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Thursday, May 30, 2013, 12:00 PM – 9:00 PM. May 30: Divinity School May 31: Haskell Hall, Room 315 June 1: Franke Institute, JRL S-118.

Mobility, Memory, and Material Worlds: Crossroads and Convergences

Building/Room: Various. Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s). Other Sponsor(s): Partner University Fund (PUF) and French American Cultural Exchange (FACE), Department of Anthropology (University of Chicago), Maison René Ginouvès, Université Paris Ouest (Nanterre-La Défense), France Chicago Center, The Franke Institute for the Humanities. Conference Title: Mobility, Memory, and Material Worlds: Crossroads and Convergences. Presenter(s): Ahmed, Omer Bahloul, Joëlle Baussant, Michèle Benarrosh-Orsoni Norah Bonni, Joe Champy, Muriel Chu, Julie Cleuziou, Juliette Dessertine, Anna Dietler, Michael Dingwall, Chris Doppelt, Martin Dos Santos, Irene Doublier, Alice Hadad, Rémi Hickman, Kristin Jennings, Rob Le Mentec, Katiana Mason, Kaley Mulla, Ayesha Murphy, Tessa Perlès, Catherine Ribert, Evelyne Ricci, Giovanni Rivera, Eleanor Rivoal, Isabelle Rossé Elisabeth Shankar, Shalini Sherwood, A… Open to the Public: Yes. Cost: None. Contact Name: Michael Dietler. Contact E-mail: mdietler@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-477-3362. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Migration, memory, and material culture studies are three domains of research that have generated large bodies of specialized, and largely independent, theoretical and empirical literature in the social sciences and humanities in recent years. This conference, however, targets specifically the complex interrelationships among mobility, memory, and material worlds. The goal of this conference is to transgress a number of boundaries that have limited understanding of this set of relations. The terms "crossroa… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, May 31, 2013, 9:45 AM – 6:00 PM. May 30: Divinity School May 31: Haskell Hall, Room 315 June 1: Franke Institute, JRL S-118.

Mobility, Memory, and Material Worlds: Crossroads and Convergences

Building/Room: Various. Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s). Other Sponsor(s): Partner University Fund (PUF) and French American Cultural Exchange (FACE), Department of Anthropology (University of Chicago), Maison René Ginouvès, Université Paris Ouest (Nanterre-La Défense), France Chicago Center, The Franke Institute for the Humanities. Conference Title: Mobility, Memory, and Material Worlds: Crossroads and Convergences. Presenter(s): Ahmed, Omer Bahloul, Joëlle Baussant, Michèle Benarrosh-Orsoni Norah Bonni, Joe Champy, Muriel Chu, Julie Cleuziou, Juliette Dessertine, Anna Dietler, Michael Dingwall, Chris Doppelt, Martin Dos Santos, Irene Doublier, Alice Hadad, Rémi Hickman, Kristin Jennings, Rob Le Mentec, Katiana Mason, Kaley Mulla, Ayesha Murphy, Tessa Perlès, Catherine Ribert, Evelyne Ricci, Giovanni Rivera, Eleanor Rivoal, Isabelle Rossé Elisabeth Shankar, Shalini Sherwood, A… Open to the Public: Yes. Cost: None. Contact Name: Michael Dietler. Contact E-mail: mdietler@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-477-3362. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Migration, memory, and material culture studies are three domains of research that have generated large bodies of specialized, and largely independent, theoretical and empirical literature in the social sciences and humanities in recent years. This conference, however, targets specifically the complex interrelationships among mobility, memory, and material worlds. The goal of this conference is to transgress a number of boundaries that have limited understanding of this set of relations. The terms "crossroa… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Saturday, June 1, 2013, 9:45 AM – 6:00 PM. May 30: Divinity School May 31: Haskell Hall, Room 315 June 1: Franke Institute, JRL S-118.