Join NYU Washington, DC and the European Union National Institutes of Culture in welcoming acclaimed writer, and Writer in Residence at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at NYU, Salman Rushdie for a reading of an except of his most current book, Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights, followed by a discussion on the role of satire in the public sphere.
With the recent acts of violence against Charlie Hebdo, writers’ and artists’ freedom of expression, pertaining to political correctness, is once again being called into question. This controversy can result in a set of questions: Does an offensive or disrespectful portrayal of the Prophet Mohammed in a satirical cartoon realize or betray American and European values of pluralism and multiculturalism? How do we defend the freedom of secular-artistic expression against other peoples’ religiously-motivated fundamental rejection of such satire? How do we show respect towards those individuals who do not necessarily take part in or support the secular culture of their own country? How can we successfully integrate two fundamental pillars of transatlantic societies -- respect for religious belief/practice and free expression of ideas -- to create the open and pluralistic communities towards which we as Europeans and Americans have been striving for centuries?
The moderator for the speaker was Lisa Page. Lisa Page is the Director of Creative Writing at the George Washington University. Her areas of expertise are contemporary literature and cultural identity. Professor Page's work has appeared in Virginia Quarterly Review, The Crisis, Playboy, The Washington Post Book World, The Chicago Tribune, Chicago Scene, Phoebe, Society and Space and other publications. Her essays have appeared in the anthologies, Skin Deep: Black Women and White Women write about Race and Dream Me Home Safely: Writers on Growing up in America. Her short fiction has appeared in Gravity Dancers: More Writing by Washington Women.
Other speakers (in sequence):
* Michael Ulrich -- Director, NYU Washington, D.C.
* Wilfred Eckstein -- Director, Goethe-Institut
* Paul Smith -- Director, British Council in the US
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