CRITICAL REFUGE: SCULPTURES BY MOHAMAD HAFEZ 

Critical Refuge: Engaging the Art of Mohamad Hafez

 

On this page, we present a space for students and visitors to continue reflecting on Critical Refuge in addition to resources that enrich the complex historical and political contexts of Hafez's work. Over the course of the exhibition (August 30 - December 20, 2017), this page will be updated with written/visual responses as well as research sources. If you would like to contribute, please write to criticalrefuge@gmail.com . 

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• One student's intervention: Curated research by Leah Shrestinian
  (Yale Class of 2018, B.A. Ethnicity, Race, & Migration)
  This syllabus presents curated categories and readings that situate Hafez’s work in historical, political, and art historical contexts. It encourages students and visitors of the exhibition to critically examine Hafez’s sculptures, particularly through a postcolonial lens and in the context of the liberal state's security policies and practices. 
  
  For download: Syllabus: One student's intervention (Leah Shrestinian)

 

 

• Critical Refugee Studies at Yale University: Syllabus for "Narrating the Lives of Refugees," Fall 2017
  Professor Zareena Grewal and Jake Halpern 
  For broader framework in positioning Hafez's recent work, Grewal and Halpern's undergraduate seminar interrogates the complex histories and politics of representing refugee lives.
   

• For download: Syllabus: Narrating the Lives of Refugees (Professor Zareena Grewal)