Critiques of Power (Completed)

Formed in 2017, the Critiques of Power (CoP) Working Group aims to critically engage with Arab thought and revisit and expand the archive of Arab theorizing on multiple forms of power. Through rereading seminal works, the group seeks to unearth some of the lesser known theoretical productions on power in the region, while focusing on how and when these works were produced and circulated, by whom, from where, and to what ends. The aim of the working group was to not only carry out intergenerational and interdisciplinary conversations between texts, ideas and concepts, but more importantly, to assess whether their critical tools could be put to use in critical practices in, and for, our present. 

Activities

Forum on Alternative Archival Practices  December 14-15, 2018 in Beirut, Lebanon.