November 22 | 1:00pm – 2:00 pm GST | Register here

Open to the NYU Abu Dhabi community and by invitation.

Professor Françoise Vergès shares insight on the recent translation of A Feminist Theory of Violence (Pluto Press, 2022). Vergès’ work interrogates the language of “violence” and “gender” in contemporary legal discourse and seeks new models of justice that offer alternatives to globalized norms of punitive carcerality. Working at the intersections of feminism and anti-racism, her interdisciplinary and intercultural scholarship provides an opportunity to explore the specific role of translation in articulating and disseminating political debates.

Preceded by a light lunch at 12:30pm and followed by a book signing with copies of A Feminist Theory of Violence and A Decolonial Feminism (Pluto Press, 2021) available for purchase.

Moderated by:

Sam Anderson, Senior Lecturer, NYUAD

Katia Arfara, Assistant Professor of Theater and Performance Studies, NYUAD

In conversation with:

Hannah Elsisi, Visiting Assistant Professor of Gender, Governance, and Society, NYUAD

Sheetal Majithia, Assistant Professor of Literature; Global Network Assistant Professor of Literature, NYUAD

Sponsored by The Culture, Rights, and Representation in/for the 21st Century Research Kitchen