Field of Mirrors: A New Anthology of Philippine American Writers

In Celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the Ethnic Studies Department

"Field of Mirrors: A New Anthology of Philippine American Writers" - Readings by contributors to this new anthology of Philippine-American writing

March 12
6:00 -7:30 p.m.
UC Berkeley, Ethnic Studies Library, 30 Stephens Hall

Speakers: Tony Robles; Rick Barot; Barbara Jane Reyes; Benjamin Pimentel; Janet Stickmon; Oscar Penaranda; Evangeline Canonizado Buell; Anthem Salgado
Moderator: Edwin Lozada

Derrida and the Time of the Political

University Press Books & Duke University Press invite you to join

Pheng Cheah, Suzanne Guerlac, & Martin Jay

for a discussion of the new book

Derrida and the Time of the Political


THURSDAY, 12 MARCH 2009, 6:00 - 7:30 PM

An intellectual event, Derrida and the Time of the Political marks the first time since Jacques Derrida's death in 2004 that leading scholars have come together to critically assess the philosopher's political and ethical writings. Skepticism about the import of deconstruction for political thought has been widespread among American critics since Derrida's work became widely available in English in the late 1970s. While Derrida expounded political and ethical themes from the late 1980s on, there has been relatively little Anglo-American analysis of that later work or its relation to the philosopher's entire corpus. Filling a critical gap, this volume provides multiple perspectives on the political turn in Derrida's work, showing how deconstruction bears on political theory and real-world politics. The contributors include distinguished scholars of deconstruction whose thinking developed in close proximity to Derrida's, as well as leading political theorists and philosophers who engage Derrida's thought from further afield.


Pheng Cheah is Professor of Rhetoric at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of Inhuman Conditions: On Cosmopolitanism and Human Rights and Spectral Nationality: Passages of Freedom from Kant to Postcolonial Literatures of Liberation and co-editor of Cosmopolitics: Thinking and Feeling Beyond the Nation.
Suzanne Guerlac is Professor of French at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of Thinking in Time: An Introduction to Henri Bergson and Literary Polemics: Bataille, Sartre, Valéry, Breton, co-winner of the Modern Language Association's Scaglione Prize.
Martin Jay is Sidney Hellman Ehrman Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley. Among his books are Downcast Eyes: The Denigration of Vision in Twentieth-Century French Thought and, as co-editor, The Weimar Sourcebook.

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UC BERKELEY: QUEERBONDS SYMPOSIUM

QUEER BONDS: A Symposium on Sexuality and Sociability

Thursday, Friday, Saturday

February 19-21, 2009

Berkeley Art Museum

U.C. Berkeley

Jacqueline Asher, U.C. Berkeley, LGBT Studies

Leo Bersani, U. C. Berkeley, French, Emeritus

Daniel Boyarin, U.C. Berkeley, Rhetoric and Near Eastern Studies

Judith Butler, U.C. Berkeley, Rhetoric and Comparative Literature

Terry Castle, Stanford University, English

Mel Y. Chen, U.C. Berkeley, Gender and Women's Studies

Whitney Davis, U.C. Berkeley, History of Art

Tim Dean, SUNY Buffalo, English

Didier Eribon, Philosopher, Paris

Elizabeth Freeman, U.C. Davis, English

Teresa de Lauretis, U. C. Santa Cruz, History of Consciousness, Emeritus

Carla Freccero, U.C. Santa Cruz, Literature, Feminist Studies, and History of Consciousness

Jonathan M. Hall, U. C. Irvine, Comparative Literature/ Film & Media Studies

David M. Halperin, University of Michigan, History and Theory of Sexuality

Heather K. Love, University of Pennsylvania, English

Michael Lucey, U.C. Berkeley, French

Dana Luciano, Georgetown University, English

David Marriott, U.C. Santa Cruz, History of Consciousness

Robert McRuer, George Washington University, English

Stefania Pandolfo, U.C. Berkeley, Anthropology

Adam Phillips, Psychoanalyst, London

Elizabeth Povinelli, Columbia University, Anthropology

Juana Rodriguez, U. C. Berkeley, Gender and Women's Studies

Darieck Scott, U.C. Berkeley, African American Studies

Kaja Silverman, U.C. Berkeley, Rhetoric and Film Studies

Linda Williams, U.C. Berkeley, Rhetoric and Film Studies

and special affiliated event with filmmaker John Cameron Mitchell.

Queer Bonds is a three-day symposium at the University of California, Berkeley, dedicated to exploring the intersections between sexuality and sociability. While its genealogies are multiple, the field of queer studies has been shaped by two powerful trajectories: on the one hand, an attempt to account for the creative forms of social and sexual bonding that have existed around, outside of, or in the interstices of "normal" sociality; on the other, an insistence on queerness as a force of subversion, refusal, and antipathy towards the social. How do conditions in our world today make it imperative that queer theory comprehend both the adhesive and corrosive dimensions of our queer bonds?

The work we are canvassing asks in different ways how we can theorize sociability and relationality without either unilaterally embracing the positive existence of a queer social bond or insisting on its categorical refusal. Queer bonds must engage connections that span both moments of radical impersonality and of the all-too-personal. We invoke "bonds" in their multiple senses as deliberately redolent of the identity movements of the 1970s that provided much of the energy that served to define our field both academically and politically — alongside the denomination "queer" which suggests the enduring impact of the theories of subversion, resignification, and appropriation we associate with the art and theory of the 1980s and 1990s. We thus invite our speakers to pay heed to the rich traditions of queer culture, politics, and thought which have preceded our own, even as they reinvent them for the conditions of our world today.

For a full conference description and schedule details, go to www.queerbonds.com.

All events are free of charge and open to the public.

We encourage you to bring your class to this event! If you would like to do so, or have any other questions, please contact conference organizers Damon Young (damonyoung@berkeley.edu) or Josh Weiner (joshuajweiner@gmail.com) for more information.

Presented by the Center for the Study of Sexual Culture at U.C. Berkeley, with generous support from: the Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities, John F. Hotchkis Chair, Division of Arts & Humanities, Graduate Division, Arts Research Center, Student Opportunity Fund, Maxine Elliot Chair, Film Studies, Disability Studies, Graduate Assembly, Graduate Film Working Group, Beatrice Bain Research Group, and the Departments of English, Comparative Literature, French, Rhetoric, Theater Dance & Performance Studies, Italian Studies, and Gender & Women's Studies. Symposium Organizers: Damon Young (co-chair), Joshua Weiner (co-chair), Robert Alford, Chris Atwood, Michelle Baron, Zach Blas, Katie Horowitz, Zakiyyah Iman Jackson, Anastasia Kaylatos, Munira Lokhandwala, Jennifer Malkowski, Rosa Martinez, Paul Nadal, Rielle Navitski, K-Sue Park, Simon Porzak, Marques Redd, Marcelo Sousa, Joel Street, Joanne Taylor, Kris Trujillo, Zohar Weiman-Kelman, Greg Youmans

UCLA: Pilipino Scholar's Day

UCLA's Pilipino Graduate Students Association (PAGASA), Samahang
Pilipino's Campaign for Pilipino Studies (CPS) and Pilipino Alumni
Association (PAA) would like to invite you to...

PILIPINO SCHOLARS DAY 2009:
"The State of Pilipino Studies"

Thursday, April 2, 2009
12:30 to 9:00pm
James West Alumni Center
University of California Los Angeles

==EVENTS====
1:00pm to 3:00pm: Critical Pilipino Studies Plenary
3:30pm to 6:00pm: Panel Discussion/Dialogue on Pilipino Studies
6:00pm to 9:00pm: Pilipino Scholar's Celebration Mixer

==MAP & DIRECTIONS====
For maps and directions to UCLA James west Alumni Center, please click
on this link: http://www.uclalumni.net/About/JWAC/directions_info.cfm

==DETAILED EVENTS INFORMATION====

Critical Pilipino Studies Plenary (1:00pm to 3:00pm):
The Critical Pilipino Studies Collective will hold a plenary session
to discuss the formation of a collective group that will engage in an
examination of the diverse issues that touch Pilipinos ans Pilipino
Americans, inclusing Pilipino Studies. Anyone interested in joining
or finding out more about the group is invited.

Panel Discussion/Dialogue on Pilipino Studies (3:30pm to 6:00pm):
The Panel Discussion/Dialogue on Pilipino Studies will focus on the
current state of Pilipino Studies. It will examine models from other
universities, the possible fields of studies within Pilipino Studies,
the value of Pilipino studies within the working world as well as look
at the current and historical campaign for Pilipino Studies at UCLA.
Panels will include representatives from faculty, outside community,
undergraduates, and graduate students; more information about specific
panelists will be released as the date approaches. Professor Victor
Viscarra will moderate the panel and Professor Joy Barios will seerve
as keynote speaker. The panel will also launch the vision statement
for the Samahang Pilipino's Campaign for Pilipino Studies.

Pilipino Scholars' Celebration Mixer: (6:00pm to 9:00pm)
The famed annual mixer is an opportunity for Pilipino scholars in
academia and the community to engage in conversation and fun! Dinner
provided, entertainment expected! Food, music, culture and frivolity
will be had.

==MORE INFORMATION====
You are invited to attend any or all parts of Pilipino Scholars' Day.
Special invitations are extended to community members, faculty
members, undergradautes and gradaute groups, UCLA Pilipino Alumni, and
support staff. Admission is FREE.

For more information, please contact John U. Aquino (john@uclapaa.net
or alumni@uclapaa.net) or visit www.uclapaa.net.
Please RSVP by e-mail or EVITE. More information will follow..

Raquel A.G. Reyes, Sexuality and the Philippine Propaganda Movement

The Institute of East Asian Studies and the Center for Southeast Asia Studies, UC Berkeley
present a book discussion and book signing,

with Dr. Raquel A.G. Reyes
on her new book, "Love, Passion and Patriotism: Sexuality and the Philippine Propaganda Movement, 1882-1892"

This book is an intimate account of the lives and experiences of the renowned group of Filipino patriots whose propaganda campaign was a catalyst for the country's revolt against Spain in the late nineteenth century. Dr. Reyes uses paintings, photographs, novels and letters to show the moral contradictions inherent in their actions and philosophy, and their struggle to come to terms with the relative sexual freedom of European women, as contrasted with sexual mores of the Philippines at that time. Provoked by racism and allegations of effeminacy, the young men asserted their manliness and urbanity through fashionable European dress, careful grooming and refined deportment, and demonstrated their virility through fencing, pistol shooting and dueling.

The talk will be introduced by Prof. Penny Edwards, Chair, Center for Southeast Asia Studies.

Dr. Reyes is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.

Wednesday, February 25, 2009
5:00 p.m.
IEAS Conference Room, 6th floor
2223 Fulton St., Berkeley CA

This event is free and open to the public.
It is part of the regular IEAS Book Series: New Perspectives on Asia.

BETERANO: A Tribute to our WWII Heroes

Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Photo Exhibit Launch "BETERANO: A Tribute to our WWII Heroes"

6:00 PM
Rizal Hall, Philippine Consulate General
3600 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 500
Los Angeles, CA 90010
R.S.V.P. to (213) 637-3031 or .

Join us for the unveiling of the memorable collection of images of Filipino World War II veterans to bring awareness and the urgency for support of the passage of the Filipino Veterans Equity Bill (S.B.1315) now in the U.S. House of Representatives. The exhibit will run from 8 to 11 July 2008.

Sponsored by the Consulate General of the Philippines and The Filipino American Services Group, Inc. (FASGI).

2008 East of California Conference: A Movement to Look Back to

2008 East of California Conference: A Movement to Look Back to

2008 East of California Conference: A Movement to Look Back To
October 31, 2008 - November 1, 2008
The University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut

In 1993, the East of California Conference was hosted by the recently formed Asian American Studies Institute at the University of Connecticut. Fifteen years later, the EOC conference returns to UConn. As the Asian American Studies Institute celebrates its fifteenth anniversary, the field of Asian American Studies also celebrates a significant moment in 2008. The title for this year's conference, "A Movement to Look Back To," signals the fortieth anniversary of the San Francisco State strike, which facilitated the emergence of Ethnic Studies and Asian American Studies on the higher education landscape. The nature and tenor of Asian American Studies has altered dramatically, and the field is increasingly marked by multidisciplinary methodologies and interdisciplinary collaborations between ! Ethnic Studies programs and departments.

Mindful that Asian American Studies emerged out of an atmosphere of social justice and founded on both theory and practice, the conference organizers encourage individual papers, panel submissions and roundtable proposals that acknowledge the extent to which the field continues to grow and expand, both within and outside the institution of the academy and particularly East of California. Concomitantly, given the variegated nature of Asian American Studies, the conference organizers welcome proposals that actively engage contemporary considerations of Asian American cultural production, identity formation, aesthetics, and politics. The conference will be hosted by the Asian American Studies Institute at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, and will take place October 31 - November 1, 2008.

Possible topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

* Transnationalism & Cosmopolitanism
* Demographic Shifts
* Border studies
* Cross-ethnic/racial collaborations and coalitions
* Multi-disciplinary/inter-disciplinary collaborations and coalitions
* Scholar-activist work, within and outside the academy
* Civil Liberties and Civil Rights, before and after 9/11
* Teaching in the 21st century
* The state of "Asian America"
* Asian American methodologies and epistemologies
* Asian American visual cultures
* The Asian American archive: what is it and where is it?

Requirements for Submission:

* Roundtable: 1 page curriculum vitae; 1 page outline for 5-7 minute remarks
* Panel: 1 page curriculum vitae per participant; 1 page panel abstract
(500 words) * Individual paper: 1 page curriculum vitae; 1 page panel abstract (250 words)

Please send electronic copies of all materials to both Cathy Schlund-Vials (schlundvials@gmail.com) and Jennifer Ho (hojennifer@earthlink.net) by May 1, 2008.

DIWA: Illuminating Pilipina Voices

CALLING OUT TO ALL WRITERS, ARTISTS, PROFESSIONALS

AND SERVICE PROVIDERS IN THE COMMUNITY!


DIWA: Illuminating Pilipina Voices

would like your contributions!

Diwa [Tagalog]: "essence," or intrinsic nature of things; "soul," or cause of inspiration and energy; "spirit" or a human being's moral, religious or emotional nature; "thread" or main thought that connects different parts; "sense"; "consciousness"; "gist"; "meaning"; "idea". (Leo James English, Tagalog-English Dictionary)


Through the written word, artistic endeavors, and scholarly research, Diwa: Illuminating Pilipina Voices is a multidisciplinary publication that aims to augment the visibility of the Pilipina by providing an avenue to explore diversity amongst Filipino women; highlight Pilipina achievements in the community; create dialogues on Pinayism or Pilipina feminist paradigms; educate and provoke critical thought and discussion; bridge issues about the Pilipina in the Philippines, the U.S., and the larger global scene; and bring awareness about the Pilipina community to youth and adults within general and professional audiences.



Issue #1: "INVISIBILITY"

DEADLINE: August 4, 2008

Filipinos have long been known as the "invisible minority" within the Asian/Pacific Islander community as well as the greater community at large. Diwa's first issue will explore any aspect of the Filipino woman's experiences regarding this "invisible" status. We strongly encourage contributors to think beyond cultural representation and also highlight subpopulations, issues, and people or artists in the community that have been stigmatized and/or given little exposure. Some topics could explore issues pertaining to older Pilipina adults, "mail-order brides," domestic violence between Pinays and Pinoys, the LGBT community and definitions of femininity/masculinity, experiences of Filipino women overseas, indigenous forms of spirituality, Filipino women who are biracial, etc.


Although the subject of Diwa focuses on Filipino women, we welcome contributions from any individual regardless of race, ethnic or national origin, gender, or religious affiliation.




Written Submissions (Word.doc files only)

* Academic articles that are written for both general and professional audiences (1000-1800 words)
* Interviews (800-1000 words)
* Reporting on events in the community (800-1000 words)
* Book, movie, music reviews (800-1000 words)
* Personal stories, short fiction, opinions (800-1000 words)
* Poetry (500-800 words)
* Email submissions/questions to: dp_writtensubmissions@yahoo.com


Artistic Submissions (JPG, JPEG files only)

* Paintings, illustration, photography
* Collages, multi-media
* Email submissions/questions to: dp_artsubmissions@yahoo.com


Advertising (FREE for first issue!!)

* Services (ie. independent practice)
* Events in the community (ie. cultural conferences, festivals)
* Specify if you would like a quarter-, half-, or full page to display your ad
* First priority given to services/events emphasizing the Filipina population and/or their issues (ie. lawyers specializing in immigration, events geared towards the general API community)
* Email submissions/questions to: dp_adsubmissions@yahoo.com


What information to include with submission(s):

· Name you would like to appear in publication (ie. pseudonym, penname)

· Best way to contact you (for our information, will not published)

· Brief author bio, 30 words max

· References for professional articles, 6 max (if there are more, we will list them on website and refer readers to the appropriate webpage)

· Optional: Your professional website, blog (inform us if websites require mature audiences)




IMPORTANT:

Informed Consent: Diwa Publications requires that all contributors accompany their submissions with a brief informed consent form read and signed by any individual(s) who actively participated as the main subject of the contributor's submission(s) (ie. interviewees, people who participate in surveys, models/subjects for photography). We will not accept or print any submissions that are not accompanied by this form. Email the appropriate subcommittee for the form if your submission requires it. For more information, please email questions to diwapublications@yahoo.com

Quotations: For written submissions, free-standing quotations from another author are limited to 40 words. For quotations over 40 words in length, indent the whole block. Always provide author, year, and page citation (APA Publication Manual, 5th Edition, 2003).


LIMITATIONS: We can only accept 3 submissions per contributor. Depending on the number of submissions we get, we will not be able to print every submission. However, these submissions may have the opportunity to be featured in future issues.



If you have any other ideas for submissions or have general questions, please email diwapublications@yahoo.com.

UCLA EthnoCommunications Screening

The Center for EthnoCommunications is happy to announce its Spring film screening! Please join us for the premier of current student films, new works by Ethno alumni, food, and fun!

With special screenings and presentations by our beloved AASGSArs, Mark Villegas and Preeti Sharma!

"EthnoCommunications: Past, Present & Future"

Thursday, June 12
5:00- 7:00 pm
Young Research Library
1st floor presentation room

Reception to follow

Synopses:

ETHNO ALUMNI FILMS

Home of the Immigrant

Jason Yap

Dir.: Marta Amaya, Wendy Diaz, Michael Gavidia, Ana Hernandez, and Ivette Martinez,

A look at housing issues that effect immigrants in Los Angeles. Seen from the perspective of organizers who went through the process of attaining housing as immigrants and a landlord who offers housing for immigrants.

Legend

Dir./Wtr.: Mark Villegas

LEGEND highlights the DJ career of Isaiah Dacio (aka DJ Icy Ice), from his beginnings as a member of the legendary DJ crew The World famous Beat Junkies through his recent notoriety as proprietor of his DJ business Stacks Records. Navigating through cultural history of Filipino youth in Los Angeles during the 1980s and '90s, Ice tells the story of a rich Filipino youth expression that continues to this day.

Status... Pending

Preeti Sharma

Dir.: Sameen Haque & Sumana Tumpa, South Asian Network

"Status... Pending" is an exploration about what people in the Bangladeshi Koreatown community think about citizenship, as seen by Bangladeshi youth. As a young community, with some coming as early as 1970s, some as recent as last year, there are over 10,000 Bangladeshis living in K-town and Los Angeles. Given the anti-immigrant sentiment on people of color, youth first found it important to ask people in the community "what citizenship means to you?" After many interviews, however, the youth began to realize that there is no easy question to ask when thinking about a heavy topic like "citizenship" as the experiences by community members challenge the very idea of being a citizen.

STUDENT FILMS

Troqueros: The Life of an L.A. Port Driver

Directed by: Dan Aquino, Gloria Chou, Jessica Chou, Joanna Steele

Troqueros offers a glimpse into the daily life and struggles of the Latino immigrant truck drivers who work the port of Los Angeles. Experience their world through the eyes of Lorenzo Modesto, a seasoned trucker and active member of the community.

Jeremiah Lim

Directed by: Julie Kang

This is the story of a 20-year-old Korean American living with a white family as a result of his broken biological family

Inside

Directed by: Richard Manirath

Inside wants to bring awareness to human trafficking in our own backyard of Los Angeles. This film follows Rotchana Sussman, a survivor of human trafficking in El Monte, as she shares her experiences with the audience. Gloria Chou, co-director of the Polaris project at UCLA, and Chancee Martorell, founder of the Thai Community Development Center in Los Angeles, provide their insight to the case and human trafficking.

Reverse Discri-mission

Directed by: Christina Aujean Lee

Reverse Discri-mission explores the question of race and religion through the eyes of Chris Spearman, a Caucasian pastor at a local Korean American church.

UCLA: TransNations, 5/30-31 2008

TransNations

May 30-31, 2008

UCLA

Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Humanities “Cultures in Transnational Perspective”

Second Annual Conference



Thursday, May 29, 2008, Royce Hall 314



6:30 pm Opening Reception



7:00 pm Introduction, Alessandra Di Maio, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow



7:05 pm Reading by Nuruddin Farah



8:00 pm Audience Q&A



Nuruddin Farah, one of the world’s most eminent writers, has been exiled from his native Somalia since 1976. His works have investigated questions of social justice, subalternity, racism, neo-imperialistic power, gender relations and the subjugation of women in patriarchal society. A prolific author, he has lived in various nations across many continents, remaining faithful to his lifelong literary project: keeping his country alive by writing about it. The recipient of the 1998 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, his latest novel, Knots, was published in 2007.



Friday, May 30, 2008, Royce Hall 306



9:00 am Welcome, Françoise Lionnet and Shu-mei Shih, Co-directors, UCLA Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Humanities



9:15 am Introduction, Babli Sinha, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow



9:30 am to 12:00 pm — PANEL I: Translating Blackness



Robin Kelley, (USC)

“The African Invasion: Musical Encounters in the Age of Decolonization”



Fatima El-Tayeb, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow (UCLA)

“Black Europe: Queering the Diaspora from the Margins?”



Alessandra Di Maio, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow (UCLA)

“Global Somali Literature”



Discussant: Dominic Thomas (UCLA, Departments of French and Italian)



12:00 pm to 1:30 pm Lunch break



1:30 pm to 4:00 pm — PANEL II: Vernacularism and Colonial Modernity



Dilip Gaonkar, (Northwestern University)

"The Rushdie Apology: Six Texts in Search of a Character"



Kris Manjapra, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow (UCLA)

“Crossroads of Crisis: Bengali and German discourses of secular redemption in the 1920s”



Babli Sinha, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow (UCLA)

“ ‘Who was that masked woman?’ ”: Modernist tropes of female agency in G.P. Pawar’s Gallant Hearts and Shyam Agarwal’s Fall of Slavery”



Discussant: Aamir Mufti (UCLA, Department of Comparative Literature)



4:00 pm to 4:30 pm Coffee Break



4:30 pm to 6:00 pm: Keynote Speech, Royce Hall 306

Nuruddin Farah, “Catching up with Tomorrow”

Introduction: Alessandra Di Maio



Saturday, May 31, 2008, Royce Hall 306



9:30 am to 12:00 pm — PANEL III: Transnational Feminisms


Inderpal Grewal, (UC Irvine)

“Culture, Nations, Transnations”



Elsa Chen, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow (UCLA)

“Transnational Feminist Relations in Contemporary Art: Global Feminisms Considered”



Eulàlia Moles, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow (UCLA)

"Histories of Gendered Colonized Women Subjectivities in a Transnational Perspective"



Discussant: Grace Hong (UCLA, Departments of Asian American Studies and Women’s Studies)

12:00 pm -1:30 pm Lunch break



1:30 pm to 4:00 pm — PANEL IV: Translation, Migration, and the Avant-Garde



Jeffrey Sacks, (UC Riverside)

"Idioms in Translation: Literature, Language, and the Colonial Situation"



Sarah Valentine, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow (UCLA)

“Unlikely Lineage: Translation and Recognition in Contemporary Avant-Garde Poetry”



Sonali Pahwa, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow (UCLA)

“Claiming Recognition: Translation and Feminist Narrative in Egypt’s Avant-Garde Theatre”



Discussant: Ali Behdad (UCLA, Departments of English and Comparative Literature)



4:00 pm Closing Reception