Events

Aijaz Ahmad: Islam, Islamisms and the West in a Global Context

Leading Marxist thinker and critic Aijaz Ahmad will be speaking on global Islamist jihadi groups. Aijaz Ahmad is a Professorial Fellow at the Centre of Contemporary Studies, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi and visiting Professor of Political Science at York University, Toronto. In In Theory: Nations, Classes Literatures (Verso, 1992), Ahmad discusses the role of theory and theorists in movements against colonialism and imperialism and responds to critical tendencies to homogenize "Third World" literatures and cultures. He is also the author of On Communalism and Globalization: Offensives of the Far Right (Three Essays, 2003) and Afghanistan, Iraq and the Imperialism of Our Time (LeftWord, 2004). Ahmad is a Senior News Analyst for The Real News Network and a Senior Editorial Consultant for the news magazine "Frontline".

This event is free and open to the public.