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On April 3rd, 2019, we gathered at the Heyman Center for the Humanities to celebrate the publication of three outstanding books by Jordanna Bailkin (Unsettled), Ilana Feldman (Life Lived in Relief), and Murad Idris (War for Peace). There were a few commentaries and responses. I was in charge of responding

Voici un petit reportage photographique de la manifestation d'hier, Mars 22, 2018, à Paris. J'ai suivi une des branches de la manifestation, celle des cheminots, surtout avec le syndicat Sud Rail. Les différentes branches se sont rencontrées à la place de la Bastille, où il y a eu plus de 35.000

Do all American citizens receive their copy of The Citizen’s Almanac? In their mail? Perhaps you receive it along with your birth certificate? I received mine, along with other fascinating reading materials during the ceremony that marked my becoming a citizen of this country last month. If you don’t have yours

Click here for the original article with links, images, and references Cervantes published his Segvnda parte del ingenioso cavallero don Qvixote de la Mancha in 1615, ten years after the same printer, Juan de la Cuesta, stamped the first one for the first time, under the title

The following are my opening remarks for the Conference Displaying Human Rights, held on April, 25-26, 2014, at the Department of Latin American and Iberian Cultures, Columbia University. Al leer el modo en que este congreso se anuncia al mundo, sentí de inmediato una enorme sed. La frase que más sed

I was invited to give a presentation for a panel on "Satire in Medieval Law" for the 2014 Conference of the American Society of Legal History[ref]The Association was founded in 1956, and the purpose of its yearly conference is to create "an opportunity for historians, law professors, graduate students, lawyers,

Sand to land is the title of the panel I organized for the Babel Working Group Biennale, at the University of California, Santa Barbara [ref]The encounter took place on October 16-18, 2014. You can find more information at the Babel Working Group website.[/ref]. My fellow co-panelists were Simone Pinet (Cornell

Este artículo fue publicado por primera vez en "La Sombra del Ciprés", suplemento cultural de El Norte de Castilla, 3.05.2014. El día que un dolor punzante le impidió abandonar la horizontal, Elena Climent descubrió que tenía que volver a aprender a pintar. Hasta entonces, la artista se había enfrentado al mundo

Este artículo fue publicado por primera vez en "La Sombra del Ciprés", suplemento cultural de El Norte de Castilla, 29.03.2014. Lupito Kantún, licenciado en Antropología por la Universidad de Valladolid y en idiomas por la de Mérida, cree que don Herbé, también conocido por "el Coyote", es una especie de chamán.

This presentation took place on April 16, 2014, at Book Culture, New York. ^I did not come here to tell you about Alessandra's book, The Untranslatable Image. Both Serge Gruzinski and Alexander Nagel are more informed and have so much more to say. You came