African Studies Seminar Featuring Dr. Samar Al-Bulushi – War-Making as Worldmaking: Kenya, the United States, and the War on Terror
Address
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 100A - 170 St. George Street, Toronto
Dates
Event start date : 03/07/2025
Event end date : 03/07/2025
Event start time : 03:00 PM
Event end time : 05:00 PM
Event Description
African Studies Seminar Featuring Dr. Samar Al-Bulushi - War-Making as Worldmaking: Kenya, the United States, and the War on Terror
Join us on Friday, March 7 from 3 - 5 PM as Dr. Samar Al-Bulushi explores the entanglement of militarism, imperialism, and liberal-democratic governance in Kenya today, asking what a view from East Africa can tell us about the shifting configurations and lived realities of post 9/11 imperial warfare. Informed by ethnographic research in the cities of Nairobi and Mombasa. She will explore how Kenvan Muslim activists contend with the deaths and disappearances of their fellow citizens at the hands of U.S.-trained Kenvan police. If the Kenyan state and its security partners collect information to anticipate risk and guide decision-making, so too must the subjects of surveillance and policing gather knowledge and make calculations about their own safety as they grapple with what it means to remake a world unmade by imperial warfare.
Event Details:
When: Friday, March 7, 2025
Time: 3 - 5 PM
Where: Jackman Humanities Building, Room 100A (170 St. George Street, Toronto)
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About the Speaker:
Dr. Samar Al-Bulushi is a Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Irvine. Her book, War-Making as Worldmaking: Kenva. the United States, and the War on Terror, was published by Stanford University Press in November 2024. She is a non-resident fellow at the Ouincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and previously served as a contributing editor for Africa is a Country. She has published in a variety of public outlets on topics ranging from the International Criminal Court to the militarization of U.S. policv in Africa.
Join us on Friday, March 7 from 3 - 5 PM as Dr. Samar Al-Bulushi explores the entanglement of militarism, imperialism, and liberal-democratic governance in Kenya today, asking what a view from East Africa can tell us about the shifting configurations and lived realities of post 9/11 imperial warfare. Informed by ethnographic research in the cities of Nairobi and Mombasa. She will explore how Kenvan Muslim activists contend with the deaths and disappearances of their fellow citizens at the hands of U.S.-trained Kenvan police. If the Kenyan state and its security partners collect information to anticipate risk and guide decision-making, so too must the subjects of surveillance and policing gather knowledge and make calculations about their own safety as they grapple with what it means to remake a world unmade by imperial warfare.
Event Details:
When: Friday, March 7, 2025
Time: 3 - 5 PM
Where: Jackman Humanities Building, Room 100A (170 St. George Street, Toronto)
RSVP Today!
About the Speaker:
Dr. Samar Al-Bulushi is a Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Irvine. Her book, War-Making as Worldmaking: Kenva. the United States, and the War on Terror, was published by Stanford University Press in November 2024. She is a non-resident fellow at the Ouincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and previously served as a contributing editor for Africa is a Country. She has published in a variety of public outlets on topics ranging from the International Criminal Court to the militarization of U.S. policv in Africa.