Against the backdrop of war and conflict, the rise of authoritarian regimes, displacement and diaspora mobilization, Islamophobia, ongoing orientalist depictions, and challenges linked to the COVID-19 pandemic, this series explores the ways in which artists are informed by and/or contribute to anti-racist, transnational feminist, and queer praxis.
The Brown University Center for Middle East Studies (CMES) and the Columbia University Middle East Institute (MEI) joint series feature artists online and hosted in-person events. Exhibitions and performances complement the series in locations around New York City and Providence.
Center for Middle East Studies
Gender and Body Politics: Arts in the Middle East and its Diasporas
In conversation with artists from the Middle East and North Africa as well as its diasporas, the Gender and Body Politics: Arts in the Middle East and its Diasporas series examines intersecting inequalities and body politics expressed, represented and transgressed in both visual and performance art.
Gender and Body Politics: Arts in the Middle East and its Diasporas
In conversation with artists from the Middle East and North Africa as well as its diasporas, the Gender and Body Politics: Arts in the Middle East and its Diasporas series examines intersecting inequalities and body politics expressed, represented and transgressed in both visual and performance art.