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CSAMES Lecture: "Shadowing Empire: Rethinking Bad Feelings and the Everyday." Ghassan Moussawi

Event Type: Lecture
Sponsor: Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Location: 1080 LCLB- Lucy Ellis Lounge & Conference Center 707 S. Mathews Ave. Urbana, IL 61801
Date: Oct 13, 2025 4:00 pm
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Originating Calendar: Middle East Events; In this talk, Dr. Moussawi revisits some concepts from his book Disruptive Situations to think about the current moment we are living, particularly: queer situations, queer temporalities and affect, and everyday life disruptions. While disruptions have been tied to resistance, sudden changes, and/or as structures of dispossession, Dr. Moussawi invites readers to think of how they are all connected, through coloniality.

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