13. März 2025, 18:00 - 20:00 Uhr
Reid Hall | 4 rue de Chevreuse 75006 Paris
"The twenty-first century is characterized by uncertainty and pressing planetary challenges: from catastrophic climate change to the accelerating pace of technological change, societies around the world are gripped by anxiety about the future.
In their new book, Anxiety Culture: The New Global State of Human Affairs (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2024), editors John Allegrante, Ulrich Hoinkes, Michael Schapira, and Karen Struve, and a distinguished group of contributing international scholars, examine the forces that increase anxiety as a cultural phenomenon that goes beyond the solely individual experiences of clinical anxiety to pervade global culture.
The trenchant essays in this book examine our culture of anxiety across five sections: disciplinary perspectives on anxiety, climate change and the environment, population health and social well-being, migration, and technology. This event will feature a select panel of the book’s distinguished authors, whose chapters focus on migration, language, and culture, in conversation about how these elements are contributing to anxiety culture."
Programme
Welcoming Remarks and Introductions
- Mae Ngai, Fellow at the Columbia Institute for Ideas and Imagination and Lung Family Professor of Asian American Studies
Overview of the Book, Anxiety Culture
- John Allegrante, Teachers College, Columbia University
Panel
- Ulrich Hoinkes, Kiel University
“Anxiety Culture as Social Reality and Object of Philosophical Consideration” - Monica van der Haagen-Wulff, University of Cologne
“Crisis, Affect, and Migration” - Bàrbara Roviró, University of Bremen
“Multilingual Anxiety in Migration Contexts” - Karen Struve, University of Bremen
“Narrative Anxiety”
Commentary
- Emmanuel Kattan, Columbia Alliance and
- Raphaël Liogier, UM6P (Morocco) and Sciences Po Aix (France)
Audience Q&A, Discussion, and Closing Remarks
- Mae Ngai, Columbia University
