EGYPT: The First Revolution of the 21st Century

A talk and open discussion led by Professor Paul Amar
Associate Professor of Global and International Studies, UC Santa Barbara

February 22, 2011

SKYLIGHT ROOM, 9TH FLOOR, 4- 5.30 pm
GRADUATE CENTER, CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK. 365 Fifth Avenue at 34th Street

Prof. Amar has spent years studying the geopolitics, sexual politics, and global policing apparatuses of Cairo and other global cities. As demonstrated in his important recent articles, “Empowering Egypt’s New Pluralism,” “Mubarak’s Phantom Presidency,” and “Why Egypt’s Progressives Win” which appeared first in Jadaliyya Ezine and subsequently on Aljazeera.net, his knowledge of the history and internal divisions of Egypt’s power structure, particularly the military and police, is intricate, as is his understanding of the counter-forces of dissent now exploding throughout the Middle East. His books include Cairo Cosmopolitan (co-edited with Diane Singerman); The New Racial Missions of Policing; and the forthcoming Security Archipelago: Human-Security States, Sexuality Politics and the End of Neoliberalism.

Read Paul’s recent article here: http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/586/why-egypts-progressives-win