On Performance, Poetics, and Authoritarianism
Prof. Christine Balance, the 2024 CUNY Thomas Tam Visiting Professor at the CUNY Graduate Center, will present ongoing research and writing from her book project, Making Sense of Martial Law.
Philippines
TULOY ANG LABAN! People’s Lawyering in the Philippines
Please join us on Tuesday, September 17th from 6 – 8 PM in Furman Hall 326 for TULOY ANG LABAN! People’s Lawyering in the Philippines! This event is co-sponsored by APALSA, EPIC, and LSJP at NYU School of Law. This past summer, a group of NYU Law students went on a solidarity trip to the … Read more
The “War on Drugs” and Accountability in the Philippines featuring former Senator Leila de Lima
A discussion featuring former Senator Leila de Lima on the prospects of getting justice for the thousands of victims of the “War on Drugs” in the Philippines, and developing alternatives to punitive, stigmatizing drug policies.
In the Wake of Empires: Critical Reflections on 1898 and Its Afterlives
This symposium invites scholars of Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Guam, and Cuba to critically reflect upon several historical events and discuss the impacts and legacies that both Spanish and US empires have left and continue to leave in their wake.
Black Henry: Charting New Ways Forward in Filipino History
In her CUNY FORUM essay, writer Vina Orden discusses quincentennial commemoration of the Magellan-Elcano circumnavigation across the Pacific to South America, and presents a critique of colonial Spanish and Filipino history, utilizing Luis H. Francia’s play, “Black Henry,” as a radical work of imagination and jumping off point to deconstruct colonial history.
Instruments of Empire: Filipino Musicians, Black Soldiers, and Military Band Music during U.S. Colonization of the Philippines
The untold story of the Philippine Constabulary Band offers a unique opportunity to examine the limits and porousness of America’s racial ideologies, exploring musical pleasure at the intersection of Euro-American cultural hegemony, racialization, and U.S. colonization of the Philippines.