Asma Abbas teaches Politics and Philosophy at Bard College at Simon’s Rock in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. She received her doctorate in Political Theory and Social Thought from the Pennsylvania State University, on the heels of an M.A. in liberal studies at the New School for Social Research, and an MBA at the Institute of Business Administration, University of Karachi. Her work inhabits the intersections of politics, ethics, and aesthetics in various philosophical and cultural traditions. She has worked on issues of suffering, memory, labour, voice, and representation, and has of late become captive to questions of love, terror, and life on the margins of times and spaces. Her first book, Liberalism and Human Suffering, is being released this autumn by Palgrave Macmillan.
What: TEDxBerkeley (invite-only)
When: Saturday, April 3rd 2010
Who: 700 passionate thinkers & doers
Where: UC Berkeley
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TEDxBerkeley is curated by UC Berkeley and the executive team from the Berkeley Computer Science Undergraduate Association (CSUA). Thanks to our sponsors, Dorsey & Whitney.
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our event is called TEDxBerkeley, where x = independently organized TED event. At our TEDxBerkeley event, TEDTalks video and live speakers will combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events, including ours, are self-organized.
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