Decolonize Now: A Conversation about Radical Imagination and Justice in Israel/Palestine
Since the signing of Oslo, or the Declaration of Principles, in 1993, the question of Palestine has been rammed into the constricting paradigms of statehood and diplomatic negotiations. The peace proc...
20 Apr 20221h 1min
Walking Through the Twilight: A Visual Exploration of Contemporary Jewish Anti-Occupation Activism
Walking Through the Twilight is a photographic exploration of American Jewish activism in solidarity with Palestinians against the Israeli military occupation. The project explores the interplay betwe...
20 Apr 20221h 1min
Your First Heart is Not in Your Chest: An African Indigenous Interrogation of the ‘Divine Feminine’
The resurgence of the “divine feminine” as a discursive concept and framework in religious studies and in popular practice in Europe and the United States, raises the question of the salience of the c...
16 Apr 20221h 27min
Healing from Extremism: How Community Members Can Help Loved Ones Exit Hate
What drives people to join hate groups? And when they decide to leave, what comes next? "Healing from Extremism" was a panel event featuring former extremists, chaplains, and current Parents for Peace...
16 Apr 20221h 52min
Ways of Knowing through the Changing Landscapes of Esoteric Art
For many years esoteric and occult practices in art have been sidelined as marginal and even taboo within art historical discourses. However, the recent cultural explosion of interest in esotericism a...
6 Apr 202257min
A Home for the Human Spirit: Cultural Activism and the Moral Imagination in the Inherit Art Project
This presentation chronicled the evolution of the collaborative art exhibition, "Ye Shall Inherit the Earth & Faces of the Divine." The exhibition, featuring works of artists from the African Diaspori...
6 Apr 20221h
Paranthropology: The Anthropology of the Paranormal
What is the paranormal? How can we make sense of out-of-the-ordinary experiences? How can we study the paranormal—anthropologically? In this talk, Dr. Jack Hunter and Dr. Giovanna Parmigiani discussed...
30 Mar 202257min
To Eat Alone Is to Die Alone: A Voyage into the Lives of Seeds and Their Communities
In this talk, Vivien Sansour shared excerpts of her upcoming autobiographical book weaving a poetic narration of people, plants, and other food stories from Palestine to South America, taking us on he...
28 Mar 202258min
