This webinar features a conversation with Rajeev Bhargava, Marieme Hélie-Lucas, and Tuğçe Kayaal on how secularism is practiced in different contexts and what lessons these various approaches offer plural societies and for promoting equal rights and dignity for all.
Secularisms: Global Perspectives Read More »
This webinar brings together Tamar Ballard and Ibtisam Ahmed with moderator Afra Sampreety to explore how subversive art reclaims the body, desire, and selfhood in Black feminist and queer contexts. Discussing Black women’s music and queer catwalk, they center practices that do not seek permission or validation but instead boldly celebrate intimacy and pageantry. Together,
Erotic Art & Fabulous Defiance: Reclaiming the Body through Art Read More »
Bangladeshi students describe their visions for a democratic, pluralistic Bangladesh and rebuilding political culture after the July Uprising of 2024.
Episode 2: Student Accounts of the 2024 Bangladesh Uprising Read More »
Private university students played a unique role: with nothing to gain, they joined the July 2024 uprising in solidarity and helped topple the authoritarian regime.
Student Accounts of the 2024 Bangladesh Uprising Read More »
Youth activists from Afghanistan and Cambodia join Shuddhashar FreeVoice and Oslo Scholars to discuss diaspora activism, student movements, and the power—and pitfalls—of social media in defending education, democracy, and freedom of expression. In this webinar, “Connected Struggles: Social Media and Youth Movements from Afghanistan to Cambodia,” youth activists Samady Ou and Friba Rezayee and our
Connected Struggles: Social Media and Youth Movements from Afghanistan to Cambodia Read More »
Bangladeshi women played a prominent role in the July mass uprising that liberated Bangladesh from the stranglehold of an authoritarian regime. Their participation in equal measure alongside men gave the movement crucial energy and moral strength, helping it succeed. In post-authoritarian Bangladesh, however, women find themselves largely excluded from the nation-remaking initiative. Their contribution to
Webinar on the joys, challenges, and responsibilities of curating queerness in art and film in Sweden and the U.S. South.
Queering Curation: Art, Film, and the Politics of Recognition Read More »
