2016 Fall The "War on Terror," 15 Years Later Archives

August 16, 2016

Student Workshop – Lina Sergie Attar

When Conflict Hits Home: Processing Loss while Building Hope for Syria Syria is the largest humanitarian crisis of our lifetime. The unprecedented scale of destruction and displacement has created a […]

August 11, 2016

Student Only Workshop – Michael Deutsch

A Discussion with Human Rights Attorney Michael Deutsch from the People’s Law Firm Michael Deutsch is a renowned human rights attorney with the Chicago “People’s Law Office,” and a past […]

Public Lecture – Zareena Grewal

The Quran in the American Imagination The Quran is one of the most iconic objects in American debates about racial and religious tolerance. Is the Quran a “good book”? Is it […]

Tuesday Noon Academy – Sumita Pahwa

How Islamist Intellectuals, Activists and Militants Have Responded Differently to the West Islamist activists in the Middle East have been fundamentally shaped by the political, intellectual and religious challenges that […]

Public Lecture – Lisa Hajjar

Owning Up to American Torture Within days of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, some officials in the Bush administration began contemplating the notion that captured suspects might need to be tortured in order […]

Tuesday Noon Academy – Pardis Mahdavi

From Trafficking to Terror: Connecting Two Global Wars The “war on terror” and the “war on trafficking”, two seemingly separate initiatives, have become interwoven in recent years and conspire to […]

Public Lecture – Vijay Prashad

The Global War on Terror from the Standpoint of its Victims Seen from a village in Waziristan, in the upper reaches of Pakistan, the Global War on Terror (GWOT) appears […]

Public Event – Molly Crabapple

Drawing Blood: Molly Crabapple “A punk Joan Didion, a young Patti Smith with paint on her hands, a twenty-first century Sylvia Plath.” —Booklist Art, sex, politics, and survival in […]

Student Workshop – Steve Negus

Reporting Conflict in the Arab World The U.S invasion of Iraq in 2003 triggered a new era in international reporting on the Middle East, with new technologies, practices and opportunities. […]

Public Talk – Michael Deutsch

Representing and Defending Political Activists in U.S. Courts in the Age of Terrorism Mr. Deutsch will discuss the emergence of Federal and State “terrorism” laws, including sentencing enhancements, special court […]

Public Lecture- Joseph Masco

Anticipatory States and Planetary Peril What are the emerging impacts of “pre-emption” as a key policy of the post-9/11 counter-terror state in the United States? In this lecture, Joseph Masco […]