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… Turning to her own work, Alimia offered an anecdote about Rahimullah, an Afghan refugee in Peshawar who she … refugee engineer who told Alimia, “We built this city” about Peshawar. Alimia summed up her initial presentation … question of their position in Afghanistan raises questions about citizenship and belonging that may play out differently …

… Vishwanathan, caught up with Professor Amrith to ask him about his vision for the Council, the role he imagines … are very close to my own interests, in areas that I care about. In terms of my goals for the council — I admired the … that the Council plays are intangible. Is there a buzz about the place? Do we all feel a sense of intellectual …

… Gallery. The exhibition is a synthesis of travel research about post-trauma recovery of urban landscapes. Living in a … we are inevitably entering a new round of discussion about post-war reconstruction. Are we, the future builders of … and recovery of Bosnia and Rwanda. This exhibition is about violence, destruction, and the incomprehensibility of …

… Iniciativa Proxima scholars and mentees. They got to hear about stories of success in both non-academic and academic … It was precisely during one of these events that she heard about the role of scientific editor and about the Cell journal specifically, quickly realizing that …

… Asia Fellow Ram Vishwanathan caught up with Alex to find about his academic interests, his journey so far, and his plans for the future. RV: Tell me about your academic journey so far – what brought you to … Serendipitously, my topic of research ended up being about the political economy of the Mughal Empire, which …

… and into the 18th, Europe remained far more concerned about the Ottomans and Islam than about the lands across the Atlantic. Remarkable, in fact, is … enormous expansion in the New World—uttered not a word about the Americas in his memoirs. What obsessed him were the …

… surrounding Confederate monuments and the many comments about the Civil War coming from top White House officials. … represent, what they stand for in American history.” About counter-protestors in Boston, we are not so sure. “Do … body politic and what their preferences are on issues about status and how they manifest themselves in symbolic …

… Mexican-Puerto Rican film director Sonia Fritz spoke about her career path and goals, the challenges she has faced as a woman in the film industry, as well as about some of her works, especially about her most recent documentary La Planificación en Puerto …

… Algeria’s struggle for freedom to get students thinking about how colonization has shaped the world we live in and … Assistant Professor Beth Derderian, got students thinking about the politics and culture that influence how museum curators choose and use objects to tell a story about the past. Using the Louvre Abu Dhabi museum as an …

… of Yale. I went to Yale to study Brazil. I’d been writing about Brazilian music, culture, and theater. I received a … an audience, and people in other countries started knowing about the work, and became very interested, because at that … time, people in Europe and the US knew next to nothing about theater from the Arab world. The two of you teach at …

… of Chicago in fall 2024. Can you tell me a little bit about your background and how you came to your research … Daulatabad in the 14th century—somehow not a lot is known about the city itself. For example, not a single structure in … architecture could be analyzed to say something meaningful about medieval political discourse, the environment, and, …

… Initiative on Innovation and Scale (Y-RISE), Rahman talked about the process of making the film, his own emotional and … who “were describing a killing like they were talking about breakfast, like they [were] talking about usual things.” Horrified by his experience and …