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A Lost Utopia - Public Seminar
Göran Rosenberg dismantles myths of Zionism and traces Israel’s history from utopian ideals to nationalist violence, writes Coleson Smith.
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"In a powerful account of his growing disenchantment with his parent’s conception of Israel as a utopia for Jews, Rosenberg presents Zionism as a flawed vision with a tragic aspect."
—Coleson Smith reviews a new edition of Rosenberg's ISRAEL: A Personal History
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—Coleson Smith reviews a new edition of Rosenberg's ISRAEL: A Personal History
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“This was not the chaos of war. This was the systematic destruction of the infrastructure that keeps women alive.”
—Urgent writing from Ayotunde Giwa on the geopolitical calculations leaving Sudan's women exposed to sexual violence and genocide.
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—Urgent writing from Ayotunde Giwa on the geopolitical calculations leaving Sudan's women exposed to sexual violence and genocide.
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Attacks on Women’s Bodies Reveal the Logic of Genocide in Sudan - Public Seminar
Sudan’s genocide targets healthcare, weaponizes sexual violence, and destroys the systems designed to protect women, writes Ayotunde Giwa.
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December 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
“This was not the chaos of war. This was the systematic destruction of the infrastructure that keeps women alive.”
—Urgent writing from Ayotunde Giwa on the geopolitical calculations leaving Sudan's women exposed to sexual violence and genocide.
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—Urgent writing from Ayotunde Giwa on the geopolitical calculations leaving Sudan's women exposed to sexual violence and genocide.
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“What fascism offers is the promise of pleasure and the promise of a sense of superiority.”
—Dagmar Herzog chats w Adam Koehler Brown about her latest book, The New Fascist Body. @nssrnews.bsky.social
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—Dagmar Herzog chats w Adam Koehler Brown about her latest book, The New Fascist Body. @nssrnews.bsky.social
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Fascism's Body Politics - Public Seminar
Dagmar Herzog explains how ableism's historical legacy informs the fascisms of Donald Trump and Germany's AfD.
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December 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
“What fascism offers is the promise of pleasure and the promise of a sense of superiority.”
—Dagmar Herzog chats w Adam Koehler Brown about her latest book, The New Fascist Body. @nssrnews.bsky.social
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—Dagmar Herzog chats w Adam Koehler Brown about her latest book, The New Fascist Body. @nssrnews.bsky.social
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“Back in my teenage years, I was a terrible writer but ended up becoming a pretty good writer. So I know it can be taught.”
—Susan Cheever chats w Elizabeth Mirabelle about letting the writing “take over” in her new book
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—Susan Cheever chats w Elizabeth Mirabelle about letting the writing “take over” in her new book
@nssrnews.bsky.social @fsgbooks.bsky.social
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Susan Cheever on Her New Book, When All the Men Wore Hats - Public Seminar
In this in-depth interview, Susan Cheever discusses the origins of her new book When All the Men Wore Hats, her lifelong engagement with her father John Cheever’s work, and the magical process through...
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November 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
“Back in my teenage years, I was a terrible writer but ended up becoming a pretty good writer. So I know it can be taught.”
—Susan Cheever chats w Elizabeth Mirabelle about letting the writing “take over” in her new book
@nssrnews.bsky.social @fsgbooks.bsky.social
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—Susan Cheever chats w Elizabeth Mirabelle about letting the writing “take over” in her new book
@nssrnews.bsky.social @fsgbooks.bsky.social
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Mariam Matar reviews Naguib Mahfouz's posthumous story collection I Found Myself … The Last Dreams, which maps that liminal space where language, longing, and the city converge.
@nssrnews.bsky.social @ndbooks.bsky.social
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@nssrnews.bsky.social @ndbooks.bsky.social
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Naguib Mahfouz’s Last Dreams of Cairo - Public Seminar
Mariam Matar’s reflective essay on Naguib Mahfouz’s new posthumous collection I Found Myself … The Last Dreams, translated by Hisham Matar, with photos by Diana Matar.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Mariam Matar reviews Naguib Mahfouz's posthumous story collection I Found Myself … The Last Dreams, which maps that liminal space where language, longing, and the city converge.
@nssrnews.bsky.social @ndbooks.bsky.social
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@nssrnews.bsky.social @ndbooks.bsky.social
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"I Found Myself … The Last Dreams creates a space somewhere above and beyond the carceral structures that dominate the Egyptian sociopolitical landscape."
—Mariam Matar on a new Naguib Mahfouz collection that maps Cairo through dreams. @ndbooks.bsky.social
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—Mariam Matar on a new Naguib Mahfouz collection that maps Cairo through dreams. @ndbooks.bsky.social
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Naguib Mahfouz’s Last Dreams of Cairo - Public Seminar
Mariam Matar’s reflective essay on Naguib Mahfouz’s new posthumous collection I Found Myself … The Last Dreams, translated by Hisham Matar, with photos by Diana Matar.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:42 PM
"I Found Myself … The Last Dreams creates a space somewhere above and beyond the carceral structures that dominate the Egyptian sociopolitical landscape."
—Mariam Matar on a new Naguib Mahfouz collection that maps Cairo through dreams. @ndbooks.bsky.social
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—Mariam Matar on a new Naguib Mahfouz collection that maps Cairo through dreams. @ndbooks.bsky.social
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“With each restaffing of the executive suite, the studios seem to arrive at the same conclusion: Better invest in a small number of blockbusters than a wider array of mid-budget movies.”
—Amelia Nonemacher on the shortcomings of the summer blockbuster system
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—Amelia Nonemacher on the shortcomings of the summer blockbuster system
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Good Versions of the Right Film - Public Seminar
Amelia Nonemacher on what the summer blockbuster accomplished (or failed to achieve) for Hollywood in 2025.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
“With each restaffing of the executive suite, the studios seem to arrive at the same conclusion: Better invest in a small number of blockbusters than a wider array of mid-budget movies.”
—Amelia Nonemacher on the shortcomings of the summer blockbuster system
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—Amelia Nonemacher on the shortcomings of the summer blockbuster system
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On the 20th anniversary of that debate, I wrote about that line from the debate for @publicseminar.bsky.social.
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Why Business Depends on Big Government - Public Seminar
Photo Credit: Joseph Sohm / Shutterstock ————— One of the most telling statements of our political era was made by...Read More
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November 4, 2025 at 8:47 PM
On the 20th anniversary of that debate, I wrote about that line from the debate for @publicseminar.bsky.social.
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"What’s changed since the days of the Holland Tunnel’s construction isn’t just the escalation of zoning wars and NIMBYism in US cities and suburbs.”
—Achilles Kallergis on Klein and Thompson's ABUNDANCE and the tug-of-war over who gets to build where in housing a crisis.
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—Achilles Kallergis on Klein and Thompson's ABUNDANCE and the tug-of-war over who gets to build where in housing a crisis.
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What Makes Cities Go BANANA? - Public Seminar
Achilles Kallergis on New York City NIMBYism, restrictive zoning, and Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson’s Abundance.
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November 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
"What’s changed since the days of the Holland Tunnel’s construction isn’t just the escalation of zoning wars and NIMBYism in US cities and suburbs.”
—Achilles Kallergis on Klein and Thompson's ABUNDANCE and the tug-of-war over who gets to build where in housing a crisis.
bit.ly/497F8RP
—Achilles Kallergis on Klein and Thompson's ABUNDANCE and the tug-of-war over who gets to build where in housing a crisis.
bit.ly/497F8RP
“I hate to canvass. My hatred of it is precisely why I chose to do it: There’s nothing meritorious in donating money if you can do something you hate as proof, if only to yourself, of your serious commitment.”
— Mitchell Abidor on how Mamdani’s big dreams drew him
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— Mitchell Abidor on how Mamdani’s big dreams drew him
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A Mayor Who Promises the Moon - Public Seminar
Mitchell Abidor on what motivates a jaded leftist to canvass for Zohran Mamdani and the political power of dreaming.
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October 31, 2025 at 6:27 PM
“I hate to canvass. My hatred of it is precisely why I chose to do it: There’s nothing meritorious in donating money if you can do something you hate as proof, if only to yourself, of your serious commitment.”
— Mitchell Abidor on how Mamdani’s big dreams drew him
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— Mitchell Abidor on how Mamdani’s big dreams drew him
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"Shakespeare, according to Voltaire, offered only an 'obscure Chaos, composed of Murders and Buffooneries.'”
—Sophia Charles charts how French critics went from treating Shakespeare as hack to revering him as a genius over the course of a century of social upheaval
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—Sophia Charles charts how French critics went from treating Shakespeare as hack to revering him as a genius over the course of a century of social upheaval
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Shakespeare Among the French Romantics - Public Seminar
What can Shakespeare's reception by France's Classicist and Romantic writers tell us about the changing values of French society?
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October 30, 2025 at 8:09 PM
"Shakespeare, according to Voltaire, offered only an 'obscure Chaos, composed of Murders and Buffooneries.'”
—Sophia Charles charts how French critics went from treating Shakespeare as hack to revering him as a genius over the course of a century of social upheaval
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—Sophia Charles charts how French critics went from treating Shakespeare as hack to revering him as a genius over the course of a century of social upheaval
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"To treat Mamdani’s membership in the DSA as a threat to Western civilization is absurd. New York is a city where a single chocolate chip cookie costs seven dollars! Radical change is needed here."
—Mitchell Abidor goes door-knocking for the #mamdani campaign
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—Mitchell Abidor goes door-knocking for the #mamdani campaign
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October 29, 2025 at 7:46 PM
"To treat Mamdani’s membership in the DSA as a threat to Western civilization is absurd. New York is a city where a single chocolate chip cookie costs seven dollars! Radical change is needed here."
—Mitchell Abidor goes door-knocking for the #mamdani campaign
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—Mitchell Abidor goes door-knocking for the #mamdani campaign
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"Is drawing on Romanticism’s bequest, with its emphasis on the individual and its dregs of inward spirituality, the right model for reconciliation?"
—@sarahvschweig.bsky.social on Charles Taylor's COSMIC CONNECTIONS
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—@sarahvschweig.bsky.social on Charles Taylor's COSMIC CONNECTIONS
@nssrnews.bsky.social @harvardpress.bsky.social
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Can Poetry Re-enchant the Modern World? - Public Seminar
In a review of Charles Taylor's new book, Sarah V. Schweig discusses individualism and modern re-enchament
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October 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
"Is drawing on Romanticism’s bequest, with its emphasis on the individual and its dregs of inward spirituality, the right model for reconciliation?"
—@sarahvschweig.bsky.social on Charles Taylor's COSMIC CONNECTIONS
@nssrnews.bsky.social @harvardpress.bsky.social
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—@sarahvschweig.bsky.social on Charles Taylor's COSMIC CONNECTIONS
@nssrnews.bsky.social @harvardpress.bsky.social
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Poet Wendy Xu chats with
@armando-gabriel.bsky.social
about challenging the expectations of documentary writing in her new book, YOUR HISTORICAL LOVELINESS KNOWS NO BOUNDS, out now with
@uofmpress.bsky.social
@nssrnews.bsky.social @newschoolalumni.bsky.social
publicseminar.org/2025/10/anim...
@armando-gabriel.bsky.social
about challenging the expectations of documentary writing in her new book, YOUR HISTORICAL LOVELINESS KNOWS NO BOUNDS, out now with
@uofmpress.bsky.social
@nssrnews.bsky.social @newschoolalumni.bsky.social
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Animated by Not Knowing - Public Seminar
Poet Wendy Xu asks what a document knows in her new book, Your Historical Loveliness Knows No Bounds.
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October 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Poet Wendy Xu chats with
@armando-gabriel.bsky.social
about challenging the expectations of documentary writing in her new book, YOUR HISTORICAL LOVELINESS KNOWS NO BOUNDS, out now with
@uofmpress.bsky.social
@nssrnews.bsky.social @newschoolalumni.bsky.social
publicseminar.org/2025/10/anim...
@armando-gabriel.bsky.social
about challenging the expectations of documentary writing in her new book, YOUR HISTORICAL LOVELINESS KNOWS NO BOUNDS, out now with
@uofmpress.bsky.social
@nssrnews.bsky.social @newschoolalumni.bsky.social
publicseminar.org/2025/10/anim...
"Digital 'prospecting' evokes a long history of outsiders extracting knowledge and artifacts without consent."
—Annie K. Lamar and Sarah B. McClure on an "Indiana Jones–style" treasure hunt sponsored by OpenAI.
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—Annie K. Lamar and Sarah B. McClure on an "Indiana Jones–style" treasure hunt sponsored by OpenAI.
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Data Sovereignty vs. Digital Prospecting - Public Seminar
OpenAI’s “AI to Z Challenge” invited users to hunt for archaeological sites in the Amazon using AI models—but critics say the contest blurred ethics, ignored Indigenous rights, and turned cultural her...
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October 27, 2025 at 7:33 PM
"Digital 'prospecting' evokes a long history of outsiders extracting knowledge and artifacts without consent."
—Annie K. Lamar and Sarah B. McClure on an "Indiana Jones–style" treasure hunt sponsored by OpenAI.
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—Annie K. Lamar and Sarah B. McClure on an "Indiana Jones–style" treasure hunt sponsored by OpenAI.
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A book review par moi @publicseminar.bsky.social of an important novel by Sergey Khazov-Cassia, now available in English: publicseminar.org/2025/10/the-...
The Gospel According to Queer Russians - Public Seminar
Sergey Khazov-Cassia’s The Gospel According to…reimagines the story of Christ to expose Russia’s persecution of queer people and the complicity of Western spectators in Putin’s “family values” crusade...
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October 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
A book review par moi @publicseminar.bsky.social of an important novel by Sergey Khazov-Cassia, now available in English: publicseminar.org/2025/10/the-...
"Of all the ways Frantz Fanon has been misinterpreted, none is more persistent or consequential than the misunderstanding of his theory of violence."
—Kwach Abonyo on intimate acts of defiance as a form of inward combat in African uprisings.
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—Kwach Abonyo on intimate acts of defiance as a form of inward combat in African uprisings.
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Frantz Fanon and Africa’s Postcolonial Predicament - Public Seminar
Frantz Fanon believed decolonization required the destruction of colonial psychology, not just colonial regimes. In Africa, that work remains unfinished, writes Kwach Abonyo.
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October 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
"Of all the ways Frantz Fanon has been misinterpreted, none is more persistent or consequential than the misunderstanding of his theory of violence."
—Kwach Abonyo on intimate acts of defiance as a form of inward combat in African uprisings.
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—Kwach Abonyo on intimate acts of defiance as a form of inward combat in African uprisings.
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"It’s almost as if the selection committee for the recently ended sixty-third New York Film Festival (NYFF) was acknowledging that giants no longer walk the cinematic earth."
—Mitchell Abidor on the highs and lows of this year's New York Film Festival
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—Mitchell Abidor on the highs and lows of this year's New York Film Festival
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Revelations and Reservations at the 2025 New York Film Festival - Public Seminar
Mitchell Abidor reviews the troubled family films at 2025 New York Film Festival and the tributes paid to Bergman and Godard.
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October 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
"It’s almost as if the selection committee for the recently ended sixty-third New York Film Festival (NYFF) was acknowledging that giants no longer walk the cinematic earth."
—Mitchell Abidor on the highs and lows of this year's New York Film Festival
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—Mitchell Abidor on the highs and lows of this year's New York Film Festival
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"Thiel gestures toward Christianity, founder heroism, and technological disruption as some form of civilizational CPR.
But what does he, Peter Thiel, offer, really? Salvation? Liberation?"
—Ahmed Bouzid on Silicon Valley hubris and the faith of the future.
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But what does he, Peter Thiel, offer, really? Salvation? Liberation?"
—Ahmed Bouzid on Silicon Valley hubris and the faith of the future.
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Peter Thiel and the Decline of the West - Public Seminar
Ahmed Bouzid critiques tech entrepreneur Peter Thiel's idea that Christianity can redeem Western civilization from moral decline.
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October 14, 2025 at 12:59 PM
"Thiel gestures toward Christianity, founder heroism, and technological disruption as some form of civilizational CPR.
But what does he, Peter Thiel, offer, really? Salvation? Liberation?"
—Ahmed Bouzid on Silicon Valley hubris and the faith of the future.
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But what does he, Peter Thiel, offer, really? Salvation? Liberation?"
—Ahmed Bouzid on Silicon Valley hubris and the faith of the future.
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"Even as they adopted a movement uniform that obscured individual identity, these communities of resistance wanted to be seen."
—Mike Harrington on the revolutionary style shared by the Zapatistas and the Black Panther Party.
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—Mike Harrington on the revolutionary style shared by the Zapatistas and the Black Panther Party.
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Looking Back on the Zapatistas’ Revolutionary Fashion - Public Seminar
Mike Harrington reflects on the revolutionary fashion of the Zapatistas and the Black Panther Party—and the political power of self-expression.›
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October 8, 2025 at 2:14 PM
"Even as they adopted a movement uniform that obscured individual identity, these communities of resistance wanted to be seen."
—Mike Harrington on the revolutionary style shared by the Zapatistas and the Black Panther Party.
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—Mike Harrington on the revolutionary style shared by the Zapatistas and the Black Panther Party.
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"In a powerful account of his growing disenchantment with his parent’s conception of Israel as a utopia for Jews, Rosenberg presents Zionism as a flawed vision with a tragic aspect."
—Coleson Smith reviews a new edition of Rosenberg's ISRAEL: A Personal History
publicseminar.org/2025/10/a-lo...
—Coleson Smith reviews a new edition of Rosenberg's ISRAEL: A Personal History
publicseminar.org/2025/10/a-lo...
A Lost Utopia - Public Seminar
Göran Rosenberg dismantles myths of Zionism and traces Israel’s history from utopian ideals to nationalist violence, writes Coleson Smith.
publicseminar.org
October 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM
"In a powerful account of his growing disenchantment with his parent’s conception of Israel as a utopia for Jews, Rosenberg presents Zionism as a flawed vision with a tragic aspect."
—Coleson Smith reviews a new edition of Rosenberg's ISRAEL: A Personal History
publicseminar.org/2025/10/a-lo...
—Coleson Smith reviews a new edition of Rosenberg's ISRAEL: A Personal History
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"Gym selfies flex as credentials. Biceps stand in for character. Even the now-ubiquitous 'golden retriever energy' makes clear that softness is only welcome when housed in the right body."
Yann Phesans on gender readability and the price of admission to public life
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Yann Phesans on gender readability and the price of admission to public life
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October 6, 2025 at 9:22 PM
"Gym selfies flex as credentials. Biceps stand in for character. Even the now-ubiquitous 'golden retriever energy' makes clear that softness is only welcome when housed in the right body."
Yann Phesans on gender readability and the price of admission to public life
publicseminar.org/2025/09/masc...
Yann Phesans on gender readability and the price of admission to public life
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"I would photograph my mom as a challenge to myself, to be able to earn my right to photograph someone else’s mom."
—Sohrab Hura on the existential crisis of photography, his MoMA PS1 show, and the delights of drawing.
By Alexandra Chaves @nssrnews.bsky.social
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—Sohrab Hura on the existential crisis of photography, his MoMA PS1 show, and the delights of drawing.
By Alexandra Chaves @nssrnews.bsky.social
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Imperfect Images - Public Seminar
Photographer Sohrab Hura chats with Alexandra Chaves about image-making in times of social division and digital manipulation.
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October 6, 2025 at 2:21 PM
"I would photograph my mom as a challenge to myself, to be able to earn my right to photograph someone else’s mom."
—Sohrab Hura on the existential crisis of photography, his MoMA PS1 show, and the delights of drawing.
By Alexandra Chaves @nssrnews.bsky.social
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—Sohrab Hura on the existential crisis of photography, his MoMA PS1 show, and the delights of drawing.
By Alexandra Chaves @nssrnews.bsky.social
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"It was young people’s contributions that managed to escape the monitoring of the government—spreading online on screens, then spilling offline onto concrete."
—Rayna Salam peels back the palimpsest of political change on Dhaka's city walls
@nssrnews.bsky.social
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—Rayna Salam peels back the palimpsest of political change on Dhaka's city walls
@nssrnews.bsky.social
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The Revolutionary Street Art of Bangladesh’s 2024 Uprising - Public Seminar
Rayna Salam traces the history of the 2024 July Revolution in Bangladesh through protestors' use of graffiti and street art.
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October 1, 2025 at 5:52 PM
"It was young people’s contributions that managed to escape the monitoring of the government—spreading online on screens, then spilling offline onto concrete."
—Rayna Salam peels back the palimpsest of political change on Dhaka's city walls
@nssrnews.bsky.social
publicseminar.org/2025/09/the-...
—Rayna Salam peels back the palimpsest of political change on Dhaka's city walls
@nssrnews.bsky.social
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Purushottam Bhandare and Katerina Canyon test MAGA's anti-immigrant rhetoric about laziness and crime against the facts: "The average new immigrant reduces the federal budget deficit by over ten thousand dollars during their lifetime."
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Immigration Is Imperative - Public Seminar
Purushottam Bhandare and Katerina Canyon discuss how restrictive immigration policies threaten long-term prosperity in the United States.
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September 29, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Purushottam Bhandare and Katerina Canyon test MAGA's anti-immigrant rhetoric about laziness and crime against the facts: "The average new immigrant reduces the federal budget deficit by over ten thousand dollars during their lifetime."
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Sad to hear of Jonathan Lear's passing. A wonderful philosopher, his work inspired me greatly. Early on in the COVID pandemic, I wrote a piece for @publicseminar.bsky.social drawing on Radical Hope to contemplate how we ought to live when a way of life collapses: publicseminar.org/2020/05/radi...
Radical Hope Amid Catastrophe - Public Seminar
Christian Dior exhibit at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, 2017. Photo credit: Joe deSousa. At a Christian Dior...Read More
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September 23, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Sad to hear of Jonathan Lear's passing. A wonderful philosopher, his work inspired me greatly. Early on in the COVID pandemic, I wrote a piece for @publicseminar.bsky.social drawing on Radical Hope to contemplate how we ought to live when a way of life collapses: publicseminar.org/2020/05/radi...