War Remains Ruination and Resistance in Lebanon
A book talk by Yasmine Khayyat
When:
Wednesday, April 2nd at 3.00 PM
Where:
The Michigan League (911 N University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109) Koessler room (3rd floor)
This talk will walk you through the war ruins of Lebanon, spanning multiple decades of conflict, from the Lebanese Civil Wars to the Israeli Invasion and occupation. War Remains combines comparative literature, anthropology, art history, and architecture, spanning methods such as close reading, ethnography, archival studies, museum studies, and material culture. It suggests that the site of the war ruins functions not only as a witness to state violence but also as a site of collective resistance.
Yasmine Khayyat is an Associate Professor of Arabic literature in the Department of African, Middle East, South Asian Languages and Literatures (AMESALL) at Rutgers University.
Her research interests include wartime Arabic literature and cultural memory, petrofiction, domestic genealogies of empire, and human/animal relationships in Arabic fiction. Her first book, War Remains: Ruination and Resistance in Lebanon, published by Syracuse University Press in 2023, examines the figuration of the ruin as a site of protest and resistance in contemporary Lebanese cultural production. Drawing on long-term fieldwork along Lebanon’s southern border with Israel to the capital, Beirut, it shifts the focus from melancholic frames of destruction and abjection to explore creative practices of resistance forged from the forgotten ruins of ongoing war. It argues that the ruin of war can be considered a generative milieu for resistant thought and action. Khayyat’s publications have appeared in the Journal of Arabic Literature, Middle Eastern Literatures, Critical Inquiry, the Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies, and Human Organization, among others.
Agenda:
3:00 PM Arrival
3:15 PM Intro: Professor Will Stroebel and Professor
3:30 PM Main Lecture: Professor Yasmine Khayyat Renee Randall
4:30 PM Q&A Session
5:00 PM Closing Remarks
5:15 PM - 6:00 PM Reception & Networking
Registration is encouraged, though not required.
The event is free and open to the public, with a reception to follow.
A book talk by Yasmine Khayyat
When:
Wednesday, April 2nd at 3.00 PM
Where:
The Michigan League (911 N University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109) Koessler room (3rd floor)
This talk will walk you through the war ruins of Lebanon, spanning multiple decades of conflict, from the Lebanese Civil Wars to the Israeli Invasion and occupation. War Remains combines comparative literature, anthropology, art history, and architecture, spanning methods such as close reading, ethnography, archival studies, museum studies, and material culture. It suggests that the site of the war ruins functions not only as a witness to state violence but also as a site of collective resistance.
Yasmine Khayyat is an Associate Professor of Arabic literature in the Department of African, Middle East, South Asian Languages and Literatures (AMESALL) at Rutgers University.
Her research interests include wartime Arabic literature and cultural memory, petrofiction, domestic genealogies of empire, and human/animal relationships in Arabic fiction. Her first book, War Remains: Ruination and Resistance in Lebanon, published by Syracuse University Press in 2023, examines the figuration of the ruin as a site of protest and resistance in contemporary Lebanese cultural production. Drawing on long-term fieldwork along Lebanon’s southern border with Israel to the capital, Beirut, it shifts the focus from melancholic frames of destruction and abjection to explore creative practices of resistance forged from the forgotten ruins of ongoing war. It argues that the ruin of war can be considered a generative milieu for resistant thought and action. Khayyat’s publications have appeared in the Journal of Arabic Literature, Middle Eastern Literatures, Critical Inquiry, the Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies, and Human Organization, among others.
Agenda:
3:00 PM Arrival
3:15 PM Intro: Professor Will Stroebel and Professor
3:30 PM Main Lecture: Professor Yasmine Khayyat Renee Randall
4:30 PM Q&A Session
5:00 PM Closing Remarks
5:15 PM - 6:00 PM Reception & Networking
Registration is encouraged, though not required.
The event is free and open to the public, with a reception to follow.
| Building: | Michigan League |
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| Event Type: | Lecture / Discussion |
| Tags: | Activism, Amas, American Culture, arab american studies, Arab And Muslim American Studies, Art, Art History, Book, book discussion, Books, center for middle eastern and north african studies, Comparative, Complit, Culture, Food, Free, Middle East Studies, Multicultural |
| Source: | Happening @ Michigan from Comparative Literature, History of Art, Department of Middle East Studies, Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, Program in International and Comparative Studies, Arab and Muslim American Studies (AMAS) |
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