Global Café Series:

African Kingship and New World Slavery: Genealogies of Political Modernity

October 21, 2009, 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
IPK, 5th Floor Conference Room
Open to: Public with photo ID
http://www.nyu.edu/ipk/

Herman L. Bennett has served as Associate Professor of History at Rutgers, and he is joining the CUNY Graduate Center this fall. Professor Bennett received his doctorate from Duke University, and his research interests include Colonial Latin America, early modern Iberia, precolonial and African diaspora.

Rethinking Secularism

Rethinking Secularism: the Power of Religion in the Public Sphere

October 22, 2009, 5:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Cooper Union's Great Hall, 7 East 7th Street at Bowery
Co-sponsors: Social Science Research Council & Stony Brook University
Open to: The public with photo ID and RSVP.
http://www.nyu.edu/ipk/

Judith Butler, Jurgen Habermas, Cornel West, and Charles Taylor will meet to discuss secularism. Each speaker is an intellectual leader within their respective fields and well beyond. We anticipate a great deal of interest; please RSVP early to ensure your seat.