Lila Abu-Lughod cited by the New York Times Book Review
The former Reframing Gendered Violence co-director’s Do Muslim Women Need Saving? was referenced in a review of a new book on 21 Women Across the History of Islam.
Lila Abu-Lughod, former co-director of the Reframing Gendered Violence working group, had her work Do Muslim Women Need Saving cited in a New York Times book review of Hossein Kamaly’s new book A History of Islam in 21 Women.
Christia Mercer is interviewed in The Harvard Crimson
In the article, the Pedagogies of Dignity co-director discusses the need for university divestment from the private prison industry.
Christia Mercer, Columbia University Philosphy professor and former co-director of the CSSD Pedagogies of Dignity working group, argues for Harvard’s divestment from the private prison industry in The Harvard Crimson article “Harvard and Divestment Advocates Disagree Over How Much the University Puts Into Private Prisons. Here’s Why.”
Pedagogies of Dignity was an interdisciplinary initiative that brought together formerly incarcerated people, activists, faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates from the Humanities and Social Sciences.
Geographies of Injustice co-director pens piece in The Conversation.
Ana Paulina Lee writes about an upcoming Dread Scott documentary on the 1811 German Coast Uprising.
Ana Paulina Lee, co-director of the Geographies of Injustice: Gender and the City working group, writes about a modern day reenactment of the 1811 German Coast uprising slave rebellion and the new Dread Scott documentary on this historical moment for the The Conversation. Her article has been republished in numerous forums including, the San Francisco Chronicle/SF Gate, San Antonio Express-News (TX), The Telegraph (Alton, IL), The Raw Story, among others.
Farah Jasmine Griffin, Toward an Intellectual History of Black Women co-director, interviewed for Ms Magazine
The Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies chair discusses the new department and Black feminism in the article.
Farah Jasmine Griffin, former co-director of the Toward an Intellectual History of Black Women working group and inaugural chair of the new Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies was recently interviewed in Ms Magazine. In the article she elaborates on the new department, Black Feminism and her own work.
You can find the full article here.
Visit the Toward an Intellectual History of Black Women page here.
Pedagogies of Dignity Director Featured in The Genius of Women: From Overlooked to Changing in the World
Christia Mercer is one of a number of women Janice Kaplan has included in her recently published book.
Christia Mercer, former director of the Pedagogies of Dignity working group, is one of a number of women included in Janice Kaplan’s recently published book The Genius of Women: From Overlooked to Changing in the World.
A description and audio excerpt of the book can be found here.