Combining Art and Scholarship: A Creative Approach to the Migration Crisis
Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Online Event
11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
11 am New York l 5 pm Vienna11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Bard College Berlin and OSUN welcome Hakim Abderrezak, who will discuss his scholarship and creative work, centered on the so-called “refugee crisis.” In his talk, he will ask, “How do modes of creative expression—such as fine art, literature and cinema—address misnomers, misunderstandings, and misconceptions and redress our biased visions of this global human migratory phenomenon? Are scholars and artists able to impact issues that affect real people? How can our work make a contribution and a difference?”
Abderrezak will share his experience and work as a Franco-American scholar of North African ancestry teaching in the United States, who has published and painted about the current implications of the criminalization of forced migration, the militarization of seas, the persecution of those fleeing wars, the prevention of maritime crossings, the fortification of borders, and the demonization of dreams of a better life for individuals hailing from the Global South.
Hakim Abderrezak is an associate professor of French and Francophone studies at the University of Minnesota. He is currently the Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in the Humanities at the American Academy in Berlin. His research focuses on migration which he connects with artistic production.
The SHORE (Students Helping to Organize for the Refugees of Europe) project will contribute a student and activist perspective to the event.
This event is organized in cooperation with the American Academy in Berlin and the U.S. Embassy Berlin and moderated by Prof. Kerry Bystrom and Director of Civic Engagement Xenia Muth.
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Time: 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Location: Online Event