Global Uprising - Revolution

On April 21, 2022, the Kevorkian Center hosted “Revolution” as part of our Global Uprising conference, our two-day in-person event, with panelists Zahra Ali (Rutgers University), Fadi Bardawil (Duke University), Sara Pursley (NYU), & Max Weiss (Princeton University). Our panelists were invited to tackle questions in regard to the concept or idea of Revolution. Drawing from the content of revolution from the region and its recent past, panelists were invited to rethink them, asking how might we move beyond the use of revolution as a qualifying judgment, and instead open it up to events like the Arab revolts and their own pre-histories. Panelists also interrogated how the last decade of ongoing uprising and counter-revolution–bookended by the peaks of 2011 and 2019/20 and the shifts between them–give us different historical content that might travel under the name, revolution. That is, instead of asking whether or not these events were or are revolutions, we contemplated how they are productively changing the concept of revolution. We would like to thank our panelists for their insightful discussions, our attendees for their compelling questions and ourOn April 21, 2022, the Kevorkian Center hosted “Revolution” as part of our Global Uprising conference, our two-day in-person event, with panelists Zahra Ali (Rutgers University), Fadi Bardawil (Duke University), Sara Pursley (NYU), & Max Weiss (Princeton University). Our panelists were invited to tackle questions in regard to the concept or idea of Revolution. Drawing from the content of revolution from the region and its recent past, panelists were invited to rethink them, asking how might we move beyond the use of revolution as a qualifying judgment, and instead open it up to events like the Arab revolts and their own pre-histories. Panelists also interrogated how the last decade of ongoing uprising and counter-revolution–bookended by the peaks of 2011 and 2019/20 and the shifts between them–give us different historical content that might travel under the name, revolution. That is, instead of asking whether or not these events were or are revolutions, we contemplated how they are productively changing the concept of revolution. We would like to thank our panelists for their insightful discussions, our co-sponsors, NYU MEIS, NYU History, NYU IR, Dia Foundation, NYU GLOJO, NYU Social & Cultural Analysis, NYU Art & Public Policy, and Gallatin Human Rights Initiative.