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On the occasion of the publication of Hannah Lillith Assadi’s new work, Paradiso 17 (Knopf), join us for a discussion of the politics and storytelling of exile.

This remarkable multi-disciplinary panel brings together some leading global scholars working across the fields of literature, history, economics, politics, film and journalism to reflect on the challenging ideas presented by what Publisher’s Weekly calls a "remarkable" work. 

Hannah Lillith Assadi has written a moving novel of “an unforgettable character in a multidimensional world” (Kirkus Reviews) about the life trajectory of a young Palestinian displaced in the Nakba of 1948 from his homeland.  Moving through the Middle East and Europe, he eventually settles in the United States, where the American dream fails him, too.

Panelists include:

• Adam Tooze, Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of History and Chair, Committee on Global Thought
• Joseph E. Stiglitz, University Professor and Nobel Laureate
• Joseph Slaughter, Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature
• Hannah Assadi, novelist and Assistant Adjunct Professor, School of the Arts
• Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor Emeritus of Modern Arab Studies
• James Schamus, filmmaker and Professor of Professional Practice, School of the Arts

Moderator: Azmat Khan, Patti Cadby Birch Assistant Professor of Journalism, Columbia Journalism School

This event is cosponsored by the Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia University, the Simon and June Li Center for Global Journalismand the Committee on Global Thought