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Remembering Edward Said

  • Roone Arledge Cinema, Lerner Hall, Columbia University (map)

On the tenth anniversary of the passing of Professor Edward Said, we invite you to join us as we reflect on his legacy. We will also screen excerpts from documentaries on Edward Said. IntroductionRashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies.

Jonathan Cole, John Mitchell Mason Professor of the University and Provost Emeritus of the University

Gauri Viswanathan, Class of 1933, Professor in the Humanities

Moustafa Bayoumi, Professor of English, Brooklyn College, City University of New York

Timothy Brennan, Professor of English and Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature, University of Minnesota

This event is free and open to the public. First come, first seated. 

Sponsored by the Center for Palestine Studies with the Department of English and Comparative Literature, the Heyman Center for the Humanities, and the Middle East Institute. 

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