boundary2, in association with its Legacies of the Future conference, is privileged to present a reading and discussion led by Nuruddin Farah. Language from his novels Crossbones and Maps.
Footage of the b2 lectures, readings, panels and discussions surrounding the life and work of Edward Said.
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The Life and Work of Edward Said: lectures by Wlad Godzich and Stathis Gourgouris
As a part of b2‘s series on Legacies of the Future: The Life and Work of Edward Said, Wlad Godzich presents “The Stateless and the Proper,” and Stathis Gourgouris on “The Epistemology of Edward Said.”
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"What Can We Learn From Uniqueness?" and "Said's Melville"
Another addition to b2‘s Legacies of the Future: Jonathan Arac‘s “What Can We Learn From Uniqueness?” and Don Pease‘s “Said’s Melville.”
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Cover Photo: “In memoriam Edward Wadie Said, on the Israeli West Bank wall,” taken by Justin McIntosh.
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Some of My Best Friends Are Zionists
A film by Bruce Robbins, Some of My Best Friends Are Zionists, featured here in continuation of b2‘s Legacies of the Future: On the Life and Work of Edward Said.
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A Closing Discussion to 'Legacies of the Future'
Only to put a pin in b2‘s Legacies of the Future: The Life and Work of Edward Said, and the question: what is criticism? And: what is ‘its relationship, among other things, to specifically–but not exclusively–literary form and the function of imagination?’ Here, the scope found in Said.
Trace the entirety of the conference here. (The volume is better with earphones.)
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Joseph Cleary, "The History of the Novel and Empire in the Work of Edward Said and Georg Lukács"
Joe Cleary opens b2‘s Legacies of the Future: The Life and Work of Edward Said. Turn up the volume.
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cover photo: Map of Robinson Crusoe Island
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Aamir Mufti, "The Late Style of Bandung Humanism"
Aamir Mufti brings the historic Bandung Conference into the scope of the conversation. A part of b2‘s series on The Life and Work of Edward Said.
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cover photo: Gedung Merdeka in Bandung