Nermeen Shaikh

Co-Host & News Producer, Democracy Now!

Nermeen Shaikh is a Co-Host and News Producer at Democracy Now! She is the author of The Present as History published by Columbia University Press. She has a B.A. (Honours) from Queen’s University in Canada, and an M.Phil. in politics from Cambridge University. She regularly speaks on issues ranging from contemporary news media and film to politics and literature. She has presented in various venues including the United Nations, TEDx Danubia (Hungary), the Toronto International Film Festival, the American Psychological Association, the New European Literature Festival, among others.

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Living in the Anthropocene

2:30pm on Saturday, April 27th, 2019

Past Event

What underlying conceptual questions prompted this new characterization of our planet’s present era? What does this imply for the distinctions we have become accustomed to: between human subjects (however varied) and the non-human realm, between nature and artifice, between agency and objectivity? These conceptual questions are not simply academic; they are asked with a view… read more »