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SUMMARY:Book talk- Night on Earth: International Humanitarianism in the Near East
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, April 20 \n6:00 pm\, Skylight Room \nThe Graduate Center\, City University of New York \n365 Fifth Avenue \nNew York\, NY 10016 \n  \nA book talk with author Davide Rodogno\, Geneva Graduate Institute \nin conversation with Rajan Menon. City College/CUNY and Joshua Craze\, writer. \n  \nCo-presented by the European Union Studies Center\, The Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies and Centro Primo Levi. \n  \nThis event is presented in person only. RSVP to eusc@gc.cuny.edu \n  \n“Western humanitarians pretended to act upon a kind of tabula rasa\, when in fact there was no tabula rasa there\, and there was a very long Ottoman humanitarian tradition.” \n  \nConstructed after Jim Jarmusch’s film and driven by profound empathy\, Davide Rodogno’s Night on Earth is a broad-ranging account of international humanitarian programs in Central and Eastern Europe\, the Balkans and the Near East from 1918 to 1930. The author shows that international ‘relief’ and ‘development’ were intertwined long before the birth of the United Nations with humanitarians operating in a region devastated by war and famine and in which state sovereignty was deficient. Influenced by colonial motivations and ideologies\, these humanitarians attempted to reshape entire communities and nations through reconstruction and rehabilitation programs. The book draws on the activities of a wide range of secular and religious organizations and philanthropic foundations in the US and Europe including the American Relief Administration\, the American Red Cross\, the Quakers\, Save the Children\, the Near East Relief\, the American Women’s Hospitals\, the League of Nations\, and the International Committee of the Red Cross. \n  \nRodogno applies the metaphor of relationship between taxi drivers and passengers\, to the givers and recipients of humanitarian aid. Inevitably\, miscommunication\, tensions and distortions take place\, especially in the Ottoman context which was linguistically\, culturally and politically removed from the mentality of the providers of relief. Both geographies and chronologies become central to these equivocations and\, in some ways\, carry on their impact well beyond that period. \n  \nThis geographical area is rich in terms of the reflection on sovereignty. The history of the mandates\, the independence of Turkey\, the processes of Sovietization or the role of the Refugee Settlement Commission all happened in Ottoman Lands. In scholarly research\, the Ottoman Lands are studied separately but in fact – as in the mental imaginaire of the Western humanitarians described in the book – these lands were considered to be one. Many of these actors found themselves in places spanning from Georgia to what would soon become the Soviet Republic of Armenia or Greece\, or Lebanon and Palestine\, because these institutions had a very broad reach parallel to that of warfare. \n  \nRodogno also repositions chronological perspectives. For instance\, the recent years’ academic focus on 1918 is meaningful for Western Europe as the end of World War I. However\, for these areas\, 1918 is not an end. If anything\, it is the beginning or the continuation of many wars. Humanitarians operating in Central and Western Europe moved down to the Balkans and to other former Ottoman Lands after 1918 precisely because they could deploy resources and extend their raison d’être to where humanitarian aid was needed by civilian populations. By delving into a specific chapter of humanitarian history\, Night on Earth offers a fruitful sounding board to re-evaluate the questions and problems we face today in this field. \n  \nDavide Rodogno is a Professor of International History and Politics and the Head of the Interdisciplinary Master Programs at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies\, the Director of the Certificate in Advanced Studies in Advocacy in International Affairs at the Geneva Graduate Institute. He specializes in researching international organizations and associations\, philanthropic foundations\, and transnational networks and movements since the 19th century. His research interests include the history of human rights\, of minorities\, of crimes against humanity and International Law\, the concept and practice of international development programs\, state-building and international administration since creation of the League of Nations. \n  \nJoshua Craze has written on art\, war\, and literature. His works have appeared in n+1\, Cabinet\, and the Guardian. His Grammar of Redaction\, which examined the strange linguistic categories of the redacted documents of the war on terror\, was exhibited at the New Museum\, New York\, and he has written catalogue essays for Jenny Holzer’s redaction paintings. He has had residencies at Dar al-Ma’mûn\, Marrakech\, where he was a UNESCO artist laureate in creative writing; Art OMI\, New York; and\, most recently\, at the Embassy of Foreign Artists\, in Geneva\, where he began research for a new project in the archives of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees. \n  \nRajan Menon is director of the Grand Strategy program at Defense Priorities and the Anne and Bernard Spitzer Chair Emeritus in International Relations at the Powell School\, City College of New York/City University of New York. He is also a Senior Research Scholar at the Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies\, Columbia University and a Non-Resident Scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Menon has been a fellow at the Carnegie Council on Ethics in International Affairs and the New America Foundation\, academic fellow at the Carnegie Corporation\, research scholar at the Kennan Institute\, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (the Wilson Center)\, and senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. His books include Soviet Power and the Third World (Yale University Press\, 1986)\, The End of Alliances (Oxford University Press\, 2007)\, Conflict in Ukraine: The Unwinding of the Post-Cold War Order\, coauthored with Eugene Rumer (MIT Press\, 2015)\, and The Conceit of Humanitarian Intervention (Oxford University Press\, 2016). His next book\, Russia After Putin\, co-authored with Eugene B. Rumer\, is under contract to Oxford University Press. \n  \nIn addition to publications in numerous academic journals\, Menon has written for The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, Foreign Affairs\, Financial Times\, Los Angeles Times\, The Boston Globe\, The Guardian\, Chicago Tribune\, Boston Review\, Foreign Policy\, and The National Interest. He has appeared as a commentator on ABC\, CNN\, MSNBC\, the BBC\, NPR\, France 24 Television\, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation\, and Radio Australia. \n 
URL:https://ralphbuncheinstitute.org/event/book-talk-night-on-earth-international-humanitarianism-in-the-near-east/
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SUMMARY:Human Rights Workshop:  "Statelessness as a Permanent State: Deep Challenges to the Human Rights Paradigm"
DESCRIPTION:The CUNY Human Rights Workshop (HRW)is an interdisciplinary\, scholarly forum that fosters discussion and debate on emerging scholarship and policy work relating to human rights issues\, broadly defined. The workshop is open to faculty and graduate students (within and beyond CUNY) as well as human rights practitioners. Participants are expected to have read a pre-circulated work prior attendance. For further information\, please emailiirtifa@gradcenter.cuny.edu. \n  \nNergis Canefe (York University\, Canada). Title: “Statelessness as a Permanent State: Deep Challenges to the Human Rights Paradigm” \nApril 6\, 6:00-7:30 pm \nZoom \nRegister Here for Link and Passcode: https://ccny.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIkcOyrqjsuG9F7z3JY5LZ7RXaXILKHCA3v
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SUMMARY:Germany and Europe Facing the Ukraine War: German Consul-General David Gill in Conversation with John Torpey
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, April 19\, 2023\n \n7:00 pm\n \n\nReserve for in person event\n \nReserve for Zoom\n\n \n\n \nHybrid Event \n \n\nGain an in-depth perspective on German and European responses to the Russian invasion of Ukraine from German Consul-General David Gill\, as the war enters its second year. Learn more about German popular responses to the first major land war in post-1945 Europe\, as well as about the implications of Chancellor Scholz’s pivotal “Zeitenwende” speech. How has the German posture toward military conflict changed\, and how long will German\, American\, and European support for Ukraine continue? Gill discusses these important questions with Presidential Professor John Torpey\, director of the European Union Studies Center and the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center.\n\n \n\nThis event is the 2023 Otto and Fran Walter Memorial Lecture.\n\n \n\nPresented with the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies. Co-sponsored by the DAAD Alumni Association of the USA.\n\n \n\nWeekday visitors to the Graduate Center’s 365 Fifth Avenue campus no longer have to show proof of vaccination or negative PCR tests at the lobby desk. They just need to show a government-issued picture ID and sign in at the security desk. To enter the Graduate Center\, CUNY students\, faculty\, and staff are required to provide proof of their COVID-19 vaccination through the Cleared4 platform. Please see Building Entry Policy for more information.\n\nA video of this event will be posted a few days later on our YouTube Channel.\n\nPlease contact Jimmy Cok at jcok@gc.cuny.edu in advance for CART services or any additional accessibility requests or concerns for in-person events.​ This event will be livestreamed\, and closed captions will be provided.
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SUMMARY:Repositioning and Democratizing the Study of China: The Role of the Public University
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT HERE: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=s_BgbwZfCU6XFZiduozH2Gq5zP7z2H1BjWCtmRAYkxJUNlVCUjdDUk81R1ZFRlVPNlNKSlA1UlNGWi4u \nCUNY event flyer \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://ralphbuncheinstitute.org/event/repositioning-and-democratizing-the-study-of-china-the-role-of-the-public-university/
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SUMMARY:Human Rights Workshop: “The Role of Context in Artistic Representations of Human Rights Violations of a Sexual Nature”
DESCRIPTION:CUNY HUMAN RIGHTS WORKSHOP \nThe CUNY Human Rights Workshop (HRW)is an interdisciplinary\, scholarly forum that fosters discussion and debate on emerging scholarship and policy work relating to human rights issues\, broadly defined. The workshop is open to faculty and graduate students (within and beyond CUNY) as well as human rights practitioners. Participants are expected to have read a pre-circulated work prior attendance. For further information\, please emailiirtifa@gradcenter.cuny.edu. \n  \nMaria Barberan-Reinares (Bronx Community College).Title: “The Role of Context in Artistic Representations of Human Rights Violations of a Sexual Nature” \nApril 27\, 6:00-7:30 pm \nIn-person: CUNY Graduate Center \nRegister Here: https://forms.gle/vuYfYz7LXKQ1F9XNA \n 
URL:https://ralphbuncheinstitute.org/event/human-rights-workshop-the-role-of-context-in-artistic-representations-of-human-rights-violations-of-a-sexual-nature/
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SUMMARY:Beyond the Settler State: Anticolonial Pasts and Futures in Palestine/Israel
DESCRIPTION:Born in the Bronx or Berlin\, Jews of a certain age remember the justificatory slogan for the establishment of Israel\, “A land without a people for a people without a land.” Persuasive as this may have been at the time\, it spoke and continues to speak today to a settler colonial policy of violent erasure. Erasure that the November 2022 Israeli election and subsequent ministerial choices promise to intensify. Looking forward\, what possible futures beyond the settler state might there be? Please join sociocultural anthropologist and Feminist Studies scholar Sarah Ihmoud (College of the Holy Cross) and cultural historian Alon Confino (University of Massachusetts\, Amherst) as they discuss their work on Palestine/Israel\, considering possible paths toward anticolonial futures\, particularly in light of anticolonial pasts in the land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea. Chair and moderator: Raz Segal\, Associate Professor and Director of the Master of Arts in Holocaust and Genocide Studies\, Stockton University. \nThis event is hosted in association with: \nThe Center for Jewish Studies\, The Graduate Center—City University of New York \nCUNY Academy for the Humanities and Sciences\, The Graduate Center–CUNY \nThe School of General Studies and the Master of Arts in Holocaust and Genocide Studies\, Stockton University \nThe Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies\, New York University \n  \nREGISTER HERE: https://gc-cuny-edu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_u8Z9T44TTzCBmXHq4JQMdQ
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SUMMARY:“Beyond the Settler State: Anticolonial Pasts and Futures in Palestine/Israel”
DESCRIPTION:The historical record is marked by voids: elided events; disappeared people; erased accounts; marginalized communities. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Center for the Study of the Holocaust\, Genocide\, and Crimes Against Humanity (GC—CUNY)\, in association with the School of General Studies and the Master of Arts in Holocaust and Genocide Studies (Stockton University) and the Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies (New York University)\, offers a year-long  virtual series\, The Marginalized and the Erased\, to tackle a number of those blank spots.  Please join us for for the last of the series: \nThursday 27 April 2023            12:00-1:00 pm (EDT) VIRTUAL“Beyond the Settler State:Anticolonial Pasts and Futures in Palestine/Israel” \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBorn in the Bronx or Berlin\, Jews of a certain age remember the justificatory slogan for the establishment of Israel\, “A land without a people for a people without a land.” Persuasive as this may have been at the time\, it spoke and continues to speak today to a settler colonial policy of violent erasure. Erasure that the November 2022 Israeli election and subsequent ministerial choices promise to intensify. Looking forward\, what futures beyond the settler state might there be? Please join us for a conversation about possible paths toward anticolonial futures\, particularly in light of anticolonial pasts\, in the land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.  The discussion will feature Sarah Ihmoud\, a scholar of militarism\, occupation\, borderlands\, and Palestine\, and Holocaust and Genocide Studies scholar\, Raz Segal. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnthropologist and Feminist Studies scholar Sarah Ihmoud is a professor in the Sociology and Anthropology Department at the College of the Holy Cross. Her forthcoming book\,  Almaqdasiyya: Palestinian Feminism and the Decolonial Imaginary\, centers Palestinian women’s resistance to colonial and patriarchal violence in occupied East Jerusalem. Raz Segal holds the position of Endowed Professor in the Study of Modern Genocide and he serves as the Director of the Master of Arts in Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Stockton University. Prof Segal is the author of Genocide in the Carpathians: War\, Social Breakdown\, and Mass Violence\, 1914-1945\, and is now writing a book on Holocaust Bystanders: A History of the Modern State. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTER 27 APRIL | BEYOND THE SETTLER STATE: ANTICOLONIAL PASTS AND FUTURES IN PALESTINE/ISRAEL \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHosted by the Center for the Study of the Holocaust\, Genocide\, and Crimes Against Humanity (GC—CUNY) in association also: The Center for Jewish Studies\, The Graduate Center—City University of New York CUNY Academy for the Humanities and Sciences\, The Graduate Center—CUNY
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