On October 5th, the Clough Center launches our year-long exploration of “Attachment to Place in a World of Nations” with a four-part colloquium, featuring an exceptional cast of contributors from a diverse array of disciplines. The colloquium begins with an opening keynote address by renowned sociologist of religion Karen Barkey (Bard), who will speak on “The Vicissitudes of ‘Attachment to Place.” It continues with a panel discussion between Charles Maier (Harvard), an international political historian, and Mohammed Hashas, a historian of Islamic thought, who will offer insight into the past and present role of “place” in the politics of Europe and the Middle East. A dialogue with Nobel prize-winning economist Paul Romer (Boston College) follows, on the nature of citizenship and its connection to place. Finally, the colloquium concludes with a keynote address by the eminent political theorist Danielle Allen (Harvard), on democratic citizenship in the contemporary U.S. Clough Center Faculty Affiliates will preside during each session as discussants and moderators. 

Please join us for the major event of the Clough Center’s fall program, and a worthwhile kickoff to our annual theme.