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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:black">The Department of Fine Arts would like to invite you to join us for the sixth and final in our Visiting<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Speakers Series. Our<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>speaker<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>will
be Dr. Amin Alsaden, a curator, scholar and educator. Please join us for his talk (details below)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:black">When</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:black">: <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Wednesday March 31, 2021 @ 12:00 noon (EDT)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:black">Where</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:black">:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span> Register<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><u>ONLINE</u><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>-<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Webex
link</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-CA"> - </span></span><a href="https://uwaterloo.webex.com/uwaterloo/onstage/g.php?MTID=ea8354ab9567bc9086fcf6d17009c3af6"><span style="color:#0096D6;background:white">https://uwaterloo.webex.com/uwaterloo/onstage/g.php?MTID=ea8354ab9567bc9086fcf6d17009c3af6</span></a><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="color:black">In his talk Dr. Alsaden will share some of his ongoing research about the detrimental impact of warfare on the environment. Focusing on wars that rage in the Arab world, and specifically Iraq, he raises questions about
what the region has to say about the environment today—and how contemporary artists have addressed these grave issues. He brings together works by several international artists in dialogue with each other, in order to capture the far-reaching consequences
and multifaceted nature of conflict, as well as its often imperceptible but devastating impact on human lives and the landscapes we collectively inhabit.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:black">Amin Alsaden</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:black"> is a curator, scholar, and educator whose work focuses on transnational exchanges of ideas and expertise across cultural boundaries.
His curatorial practice is committed to disseminating inclusive narratives that challenge existing canons and hegemonic epistemological and power structures. He is particularly interested in how artists and architects ponder collective experiences in the public
realm, level political and institutional critique, and envision novel spatial responses to questions of belonging, displacement, and exile. His research explores modern and contemporary art and architecture in the Arab and Muslim worlds, with an emphasis on
Iraq. Alsaden holds graduate degrees from Harvard and Princeton, and has published and lectured widely.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:black">For more information on<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>this talk or questions about the Webex platform,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>please<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>contact<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Bojana
Videkanic<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:bojana.videkanic@uwaterloo">bojana.videkanic@uwaterloo</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>or<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Sharon<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Dahmer<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span> <a href="mailto:Sharon.dahmer@uwaterloo.ca">Sharon.dahmer@uwaterloo.ca</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">Sharon Dahmer<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">Administrative Manager<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">Fine Arts, UW<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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