Conference: Women, Algeria, Torture, Foucault: Advancing the Anticolonial Sociology of Marnia Lazreg
https://marnialazreg.work
September 25-26, 2025

Location: Online / The Graduate Center, CUNY and Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College, New York City

Marnia Lazreg was a pathbreaking historical sociologist who made important contributions to a wide variety of fields, including the study of women, torture, colonialism, Islam, Foucault, and her native Algeria. Much of this work was informed by an abiding belief in the emancipatory potential of a universalistic conception of the human. We convene in honor of this unique liberatory voice, who was taken from us in 2024. We will consider themes from five of Marnia’s books: The Eloquence of Silence; Torture & the Twilight of Empire; Questioning the Veil; Foucault’s Orient; and Islamic Feminism and the Discourse of Post-Liberation.

For the full program and to register to attend in person or via Zoom, visit: https://marnialazreg.work . Registration required.

Panels include:
-Feminism and Difference
-Foucault and Non-Western Thought
-Torture and Colonialism
-The Veil in Question
-Islamic Feminism from an Anticolonial Perspective

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Sponsored by The Graduate Center, CUNY, Department of Sociology, Hunter College, CUNY, Department of Sociology, Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute Human Rights Program, and the Arabic Studies Seminar of Columbia University.

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Conference: Women, Algeria, Torture, Foucault: Advancing the Anticolonial Sociology of Marnia Lazreg
https://marnialazreg.work
September 25-26, 2025

Location: Online / The Graduate Center, CUNY and Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College, New York City

Marnia Lazreg was a pathbreaking historical sociologist who made important contributions to a wide variety of fields, including the study of women, torture, colonialism, Islam, Foucault, and her native Algeria. Much of this work was informed by an abiding belief in the emancipatory potential of a universalistic conception of the human. We convene in honor of this unique liberatory voice, who was taken from us in 2024. We will consider themes from five of Marnia’s books: The Eloquence of Silence; Torture & the Twilight of Empire; Questioning the Veil; Foucault’s Orient; and Islamic Feminism and the Discourse of Post-Liberation.

For the full program and to register to attend in person or via Zoom, visit: https://marnialazreg.work . Registration required.

Panels include:
-Feminism and Difference
-Foucault and Non-Western Thought
-Torture and Colonialism
-The Veil in Question
-Islamic Feminism from an Anticolonial Perspective

Please share with your communities:

Twitter/X: https://x.com/MarniaConf/<wbr />status/1957307248654291251
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/<wbr />DNe73lvNjiQ/

Sponsored by The Graduate Center, CUNY, Department of Sociology, Hunter College, CUNY, Department of Sociology, Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute Human Rights Program, and the Arabic Studies Seminar of Columbia University.

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