Book Launch / Reception
Date: Thursday 11 November 2010
Time: 6.30-8:30 PM
Venue: Room 3.21, Old Building, LSE
Speakers: Joseph Massad, Denise deCaires Narain, Ghada Karmi, Dina Matar, Adel Iskandar, Hakem Rustom
Chair: Professor Martha Mundy, LSE
This event marks the launch of the recently published book 'Edward Said: A Legacy of Emancipation and Representation'. The event is followed by a reception where the editors and three of the authors featured in the volume will be present.
Joseph Massad, Associate Professor of Modern Arab Politics and Intellectual History, Columbia University.
Denise deCaires Narain, Senior Lecturer in English and the Centre for the Study of Sexual Dissidence, University of Sussex.
Ghada Karmi, Research Fellow at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter.
Adel Iskandar, Adjunct Professor, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University.
Hakem Rustom, PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology, LSE.
Discussant: Dina Matar, Lecturer in Arab Media and Political Communication, Centre for Media and Film Studies, SOAS.
Copies of the book will be available for purchase.
This event is free and open to all with no ticket required. Entry is on a first come, first served basis. For any queries contact Hakem Rustom H.A.Al-Rustom@lse.ac.uk|
If you are planning to attend this event and would like details on how to get here and what time to arrive, please refer to LSE event directions|
Book details
Edward Said: A Legacy of Emancipation and Representation
(University of California Press, 2010)
Edward W. Said (1935–2003) ranks as one of the most preeminent public intellectuals of our time. Through his literary criticism, his advocacy for the Palestinian cause, and his groundbreaking book Orientalism, Said elegantly enriched public discourse by unsettling the status quo. This indispensable volume, the most comprehensive and wide-ranging resource on Edward Said's life and work, spans his broad legacy both within and beyond the academy. The book brings together contributions from thirty-one luminaries—leading scholars, critics, writers, and activists—to engage Said's provocative ideas. Their essays and interviews explore the key themes of emancipation and representation through the prisms of postcolonial theory, literature, music, philosophy, and cultural studies.
Further details|