Julia Elyachar on Austerity, Coloniality and the Semi-Civilized

When and Where

Monday, November 13, 2023 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
BF200B
Bancroft Building
4 Bancroft Ave, Toronto, ON M5S 1C1

Description

The Department of Anthropology is co-sponsoring this upcoming talk by Julia Elyachar on Austerity, Coloniality and the Semi-Civilized on November 13, 2023 (3:00 to 5:00pm).

Julia Elyachar is Associate Professor at Princeton in the Department of Anthropology and the Institute for International and Regional Studies. She is co-editor of Cultural Anthropology and member of the editorial collective of Comparative Studies in SouthAsia, Africa, and Middle Eastern Studies. Among her books are On the Semi-Civilized: Channels of Mobility and Finance in Cairo and Beyond (forthcoming) and forthcoming Turkish and Arabic translations of her award-winning book, Markets of Dispossession:NGOs, Economic Development, and the State in Cairo.

Drop-in on campus: Bancroft Building BF200B or register through zoom.

Sponsors

Department of Anthropology, Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations