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THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. Speaker: Lisa Wedeen, Mary R. Morton Professor of Political Science and the College; Co-Director, Chicago Center for Contemporary Theory, University of Chicago. In conversation with Bernard Harcourt, Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law, Columbia Law School; Founding Director, Columbia University Center for Contemporary Critical Thought. If the Arab uprisings initially heralded the end of tyrannies and a move toward liberal democratic governments, their defeat not only marked a reversal but was of a piece with emerging forms of authoritarianism worldwide. In Authoritarian Apprehensions, Wedeen offers an analysis of this extraordinary rush of events. Developing an insightful and theoretically imaginative approach to both authoritarianism and conflict, she lays bare the ideological investments that sustain ambivalent attachments to established organizations of power and contribute to the ongoing challenge of pursuing political change. This event is co-sponsored by the Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute, the Columbia University Center for Contemporary Critical Thought, Columbia University's Middle East Institute, and Columbia's Middle Eastern Law Students Association. All are welcome and lunch will be provided.