Request to co-sponsor an event: In addition to our yearly programming, the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies (CMENAS) is happy to consider requests to co-sponsor MENA related U-M lectures, events and activities that coincide with the Center's mission to promote a broad and deep understanding of the region.
Submit your request for co-sponsorship »
CMENAS Colloquium Series. Violence, Refusal, and Political (Im)possibility
Loay Al-Arab, University of Michigan
This lecture is concerned with analyzing anti-colonial struggle in the Arab world through the frameworks of refusal and structured impossibility.
Loay Alarab is a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science. His research interests center on political theory, postcolonial politics, and Arab political thought. Specifically, Loay is interested in intellectual accounts of and theories from non-normative political actors in the Middle East. In his work, he tries to articulate accounts of refusal, self-determination, and agency based on written, audiovisual, and cultural materials of these political actors. Loay is the coordinator of U-M's Political Theory Workshop for 2025-2026.
RSVP: https://myumi.ch/w9b2e
Accommodation: If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. Email: -- warsansa@umich.edu
Loay Alarab is a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science. His research interests center on political theory, postcolonial politics, and Arab political thought. Specifically, Loay is interested in intellectual accounts of and theories from non-normative political actors in the Middle East. In his work, he tries to articulate accounts of refusal, self-determination, and agency based on written, audiovisual, and cultural materials of these political actors. Loay is the coordinator of U-M's Political Theory Workshop for 2025-2026.
RSVP: https://myumi.ch/w9b2e
Accommodation: If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. Email: -- warsansa@umich.edu
| Building: | Weiser Hall |
|---|---|
| Website: | |
| Event Type: | Lecture / Discussion |
| Tags: | Arab And Muslim American Studies, Area Studies, center for middle eastern and north african studies, Cmenas Colloquium Series, Discussion, Lecture, Muslim |
| Source: | Happening @ Michigan from Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, International Institute |
