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The Transnational Studies Initiative bids farewell
January 2 2020
Levitt receives Hans-Robert Roemer Fellowship from the Oriental Institute of Beirut
January 2 2020
Transnational Studies Initiative: Upcoming workshop speakers and venues for the spring semester
January 27 2012
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(Please note: Most sessions will be held on the third Tuesday of the month, from 4-6 PM. Titles, abstracts and papers are forthcoming.)
February 21 (4-6 PM)
TSI Workshop
• Deborah Matzner (Wellesley College)
• Aisha Beliso-De Jesús (Harvard Divinity School)
Venue: Center for Government and International Studies, Harvard University, 1737 Cambridge St. (Knafel Building), Room K262
March 27 (4-6 PM)
TSI Workshop
• Tamar Barzel (Wellesley College)
• Elizabeth Ferry (Brandeis University)
Venue: Center for Government and International Studies, Harvard University, 1730 Cambridge St. (South Building), Room S153
April 24 (4-6 PM)
TSI Workshop
• Valentine Moghadam (Northeastern University)
• Balakrishnan Rajagopal (MIT)
Venue: Center for Government and International Studies, Harvard University, 1730 Cambridge St. (South Building), Room K262
Information for attendees. For any newcomers, we distribute materials to be read before we meet (anything from a published work to a very rough outline of a new project). Then each speaker has about 15 minutes to talk about how his or her work addresses our collective questions (listed below). We invite researchers working on a range of topics from a variety of disciplines. The only requirement is that they be working on something transnational or using a transnational perspective. We hope that at the end of this year, some of the speakers from last year and this will participate in some sort of collective writing project.
Collective Questions
a. What is moving and what is blocked? What counts as motion?
b. What are characteristics of the landscapes through which things move and how do they influence movement (including channels, pathways, spaces, place s, scales)
c. How do we study culture in motion? What are the problems in your field that you would like to resolve?
d. What kind of social change happens when things move?
e. What kind of citizens or memberships are created?
f. How does motion affect the way sovereignty and development are thought of and practiced?
For further information contact Deepak Lamba-Nieves or visit the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs website. Follow the TSI on Facebook.