Book Launch: Universal Politics by Ilan Kapoor and Zahi Zalloua

Join us for a book launch and panel discussion with leading authors and researchers of contemporary global politics on Ilan Kapoor and Zahi Zalloua’s new book Universal Politics (Oxford University Press, October 2021).

WHEN: Friday, November 19, 2021

TIME: 12 pm-1:30 pm EST (Toronto)

SPEAKERS:

Sheila Cavanagh, Professor, Sociology, York University
Anna Kornbluh, Professor, English, University of Illinois, Chicago
Ilan Kapoor, Professor, Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, York University
Zahi Zalloua, Cushing Eells Professor of Philosophy and Literature, Whitman College

MODERATOR:

Philip Kelly, Professor and Associate Dean, Research, Graduate Studies and Global Affairs,
Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, York University

The book examines what a universal politics might look like in the context of key current global sites of struggle, including climate change, workers’ struggles, the Palestinian question,
the refugee crisis, Black Lives Matter, #MeToo, Political Islam, the Bolivian state under Morales, the European Union, and COVID-19.

Register at: https://yorku.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYrc-Gtrz8uEtH2s3qYTSbzaqsT_aqFuPog

This event is presented by the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, York University, Toronto, Canada.