Zeyno Ustun, Author at Public Seminar

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What Jeff Goldfarb Understood

July 7, 2021 • by Zeyno Ustun

_____ In the summer of 2013, I was about to start my graduate degree at The New School for Social Research. A month before I sat in Jeff Goldfarb’s contemporary sociology class, I was in Istanbul—protesting, resisting, and critically thinking with many others about our collective actions, media activism, and the ...

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Politics of the Internet

A Spring 2017 OOPS Course

May 3, 2017 • by Zeyno Ustun

The Internet is indeed a reflection of our times. Yet, a product of its social and political context, the Internet was invented in 1970s for the purpose of constructing an intelligence network that would resist a possible nuclear attack. Although initiated by the Military-Academic-Industrial complex of the era, the Internet ...

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Building a Feminism for the 99%

Mobilizing for the International Women’s Strike

April 7, 2017 • by Zeyno Ustun

Public Seminar broadcasted the open conversation with feminists, students, workers, professors and international activists, including Nancy Fraser, Cinzia Arruzza and Miriam Ticktin, live in Feb 28th at the New School. The event was announced with the following message. Enjoy the video! On March 8 more than 30 different countries went on strike. ...

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Democrats, Republicans and the Explosive Politics of Health Insurance by Theda Skocpol

Part II Q&A Session

March 16, 2017 • by Zeyno Ustun

For the Part I please visit: https://publicseminar.org/2017/02/democrats-republicans-and-the-explosive-politics-of-health-insurance/#.WLWpRhIrK2w The current debate on the repeal of the Affordable Care Act has once again highlighted healthcare as a divisive issue at the national level. In this climate, healthcare is framed in a variety of ways that escape easy categorization. This national debate cannot be addressed ...

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Everything Has a History

A Conversation between Jim Grossman and Tyler Stovall

March 6, 2017 • by Zeyno Ustun

Watch American Historical Association executive director Jim Grossman and new 2017 AHA president Tyler Stovall discuss the role of historical thinking in today's public culture. First published in the AHA Fortnightly Newsletter, February 2017. Republished with the permission.

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Democrats, Republicans and the Explosive Politics of Health Insurance

Theda Skocpol

February 8, 2017 • by Zeyno Ustun

Democrats, Republicans and the Explosive Politics of Health Insurance

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#PSLiveDebate 3

October 28, 2016 • by Zeyno Ustun

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#PSLiveDebate 2

October 17, 2016 • by Zeyno Ustun

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#PSLive 2016 Presidential Debate

October 4, 2016 • by Zeyno Ustun

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Chaos, Order & Everything In Between, Diane Vaughan

May 11, 2016 • by Zeyno Ustun

Global events such as the Syrian refugee crisis, the growing challenges to austerity and for a living wage, the protean nature of social media as a news source, and many other situations present us with scenes of chaos, order, and the transitions in between. Such phenomena can result in varying ...

Chaos, Order & Everything In Between, Diane Vaughan

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Book Presentation: Fire and Blood

April 29, 2016 • by Zeyno Ustun

Enzo Traverso presents his latest book, Fire and Blood: The European Civil War 1914-1945. with comments by professors Cinzia Arruzza, Federico Finchelstein, Andreas Kalyvas, and Eli Zaretsky. Fire and Blood (Verso Books) looks at the European crisis of the two world wars as a single historical sequence: the age of the European Civil War (1914–1945). Its ...

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PS Podcast Constitutional Crisis in Poland

April 20, 2016 • by Zeyno Ustun

Public Seminar presents the Constitutional Crisis in Poland podcast. Our Editor in Chief, Jeffrey Goldfarb, conducted an interview with Jan Smoleński and Elzbieta Matynia. They discussed the continuing crisis in Poland, its apparent transition from democracy. The discussion builds upon an earlier contribution Smoleński published on Public Seminar Jan 25th, 2016.

A Spring 2017 OOPS Course

Mobilizing for the International Women’s Strike

Part II Q&A Session

A Conversation between Jim Grossman and Tyler Stovall

Theda Skocpol

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