"The Question of Reform" | Society of Fellows Working Group, with Amna Akbar

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February 22, 2024
12:00PM - 1:30PM
Denney Hall 311

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2024-02-22 12:00:00 2024-02-22 13:30:00 "The Question of Reform" | Society of Fellows Working Group, with Amna Akbar In this workshop, Amna Akbar will discuss her article “Non-Reformist Reforms and Struggles over Life, Death, and Democracy” as part of a larger discussion of the role of reform in today's emancipatory movements. Akbar is the Charles W. Ebersold and Florence Whitcomb Ebersold Professor at the Moritz College of Law. The article, published in The Yale Law Journal, theorizes non-reformist reforms and identifies key currents in today's struggles: abolition and decarceration; decolonization and decommodification; and democratization.For this workshop, participants will be invited to think about how their work engages these issues and frameworks that aim to democratize relations of power.This event is full. Registration has been closed Denney Hall 311 America/New_York public

In this workshop, Amna Akbar will discuss her article “Non-Reformist Reforms and Struggles over Life, Death, and Democracy” as part of a larger discussion of the role of reform in today's emancipatory movements. Akbar is the Charles W. Ebersold and Florence Whitcomb Ebersold Professor at the Moritz College of Law. 

The article, published in The Yale Law Journal, theorizes non-reformist reforms and identifies key currents in today's struggles: abolition and decarceration; decolonization and decommodification; and democratization.

For this workshop, participants will be invited to think about how their work engages these issues and frameworks that aim to democratize relations of power.


This event is full. Registration has been closed