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Jonathan Guyer Selected For Radcliffe Fellowship FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 4, 2017 Contact: Karla Strobel Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University karla_strobel@harvard.radcliffe.edu | 617-495-8608 JONATHAN GUYER SELECTED AS 2017–2018 RADCLIFFE INSTITUTE FELLOW Cambridge, Mass.— Institute of Current World Affairs fellow Jonathan Guyer has been awarded a 2017-18 fellowship at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study...
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The Politics of Art in the Middle East Creative provocations shaped the 2011 revolutions that rocked the Middle East and North Africa. Six years later, repression and the absence of political freedoms have stunted opportunities for change. Yet, time and again, Arab visual artists and novelists offer the boldest critiques of resurgent autocracy. ICWA Fellow and award-winning journalist Jonathan Guyer has brought together...
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Neri Zilber on Banksy’s New Hotel Banksy is one of today’s most important artists. In “Inside Banksy’s West Bank Hotel,” Zilber takes you inside Banksy’s latest project – a hotel designed in Banksy’s conception as “a place for ‘peace between people, understanding, and respect.'” Read the article here....
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Julie Barlow and Jean Benoit Nadeau on French Election One of the most important elections in French history and the world currently, French experts and former ICWA fellows Julie Barlow and Jean Benoit write their predictions in Globe and Mail. Read the story here. To read more by Barlow and Nadeau, also purchase their book available at Amazon or see their past explanations on...
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Jonathan Guyer on Egyptian Surrealism In the Los Angeles Review of Books, ICWA fellow Jonathan Guyer has published a review essay on the resurgent interest in Egypt’s little-known Surrealist movement, co-authored with American University in Cairo Professor Surti Singh. In “The Double Game of Egyptian Surrealism: How to Curate a Revolutionary Movement,” Guyer and Singh consider the legacy and enduring relevance of...
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Jessica Reilly Selected to Present at International Conference As an ICWA Fellow, Jessica Reilly sailed around Latin America collecting stories and testimony about the effect on climate change. With the knowledge gained from her fellowship, ICWA is thrilled to announce that she has been selected as to present at the Resilience 2017 conference in Stockholm, Sweeden. The Resilience conference is one of the...
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Suzy Hansen’s Piece on Turkey in The New York Times’ Magazine Former ICWA fellow Suzy Hansen’s piece on Turkey and the coup aftermath appears in The New York Times’ Magazine on Sunday April 16th and is currently available to read online. Suzy Hansen is one of the few remaining Western journalists in Turkey, and certainly one of the best. ICWA is honored to share this fantastic piece...
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Andrew Rice Interviewed on Boston Public Radio Andrew Rice, former ICWA fellow based out of Uganda, spoke on Boston Public Radio about Jared Kushner and his power in the Trump White House. This interview continues Rice’s excellent reporting on the strange dynamic and relationship between Kushner and his father-in-law....
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Nicholas Schmidle’s Breakdown of Flynn and Turkey is Necessary Reading This week’s New Yorker features former ICWA fellow Nicholas Schmidle explaining Michael Flynn and Turkey’s complicated relationship – we say it’s required reading in a time of alternative facts. ...
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Europe’s Year of Elections: Is There a Trump Effect? March 7, 2017 In early March, ICWA hosted a talk on ‘Europe’s Year of Elections: Is There a Trump Effect?’ Our expert speakers on Germany, France, and Holland were exceptionally well-informed about these three incredibly high stakes elections. Here is a description provided by the JHU SAIS video of the event: “After an earthquake of an...