Cities and the New Wars

Cities and the New Wars Friday, 9/25, 1 - 6PM + Saturday. 9/26, 11AM - 7PM Wood Auditorium, Avery Hall Arjun Appadurai, Claire Cutler, Environmentalists Against War, Eyal Weizman, Florian Schneider, Gediminas Urbonas, James Der Derian, Jennifer S. Light, Jessica Stern, Partha Chatterjee, Peter Marcuse, Richard Sennett, Rosalind C. Morris, Sudhir Venkatesh, Suketu Mehta, Susanne Lang, Ted Byfield This conference will examine the multiple meanings of the new urban wars and the limits of power and war. The expanding list of speakers include: Arjun Appadurai, Ted Byfield, Partha Chatterjee, Claire Cutler, James Der Derian, Environmentalists Against War, Jennifer S. Light, Peter Marcuse, Suketu Mehta, Rosalind C. Morris, Saskia Sassen, Richard Sennett, Jessica Stern, Gediminas Urbonas, Sudhir Venkatesh and Eyal Weizman. Presentation of The Dictionary of War Project by Florian Schneider and Susanne Lang Organized by Saskia Sassen and The Committee on Global Thought. Co-sponsors: GSAPP, Institute for Religion, Culture and Public Life, Mailman School of Public Health, New York Theological Seminary, Center for the Study of Human Rights, Department of Sociology, ISERP. http://www.arch.columbia.edu/event/gsapp-event/conference-cities-and-new-wars http://cgt.columbia.edu/events/cities_and_new_wars