"Philosophia and Anthropologia: Reading alongside Benjamin in Yazd, Derrida in Qum, Arendt in Tehran"
Department: Center for Persian Studies and Culture
Date and Time: May 9, 2014 | 7:00 PM-8:30 PMEvent Location: Humanities Gateway 135
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Michael M.J. Fischer
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Michael Fischer, is a Professor of Anthropology and Science and Technology Studies, trained in geography and philosophy at Johns Hopkins, social anthropology and philosophy at the London School of Economics, anthropology at the University of Chicago. Before joining the MIT faculty, he served as Director of the Center for Cultural Studies at Rice. He conducts fieldwork in the Caribbean, Middle East, South and Southeast Asia on the anthropology of biosciences, media circuits, and emergent forms of life.
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***Event is free and open to the public.***
Farhang Foundation Annual Distinguished Lecture Series