Dr. Cornel West: 2015 Edward Said Memorial Lecture in Washington, DC

Edward Said, an internationally venerated intellectual and an illustrious figure in Palestinian history, culture, and politics, was a distinguished professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University. He was an acclaimed literary and music critic and theorist whose seminal work, "Orientalism," influenced generations of academics and scholars on the Middle East and other non-western societies.

A few days after Dr. Edward Said’s untimely death in 2003, Dr. Cornel West described him as follows: “Edward Said was the last great humanist. He was a literary genius. He was an intellectual giant. He was part of the tradition that goes from Erasmus to Vico, from Swift to Cesare, from Auerbach to Lionel Trilling.”

As the Palestine Center’s Edward Said Memorial Lecturer this year, Dr. West discusses the profound legacy of Edward Said in social and political thought. He explores Dr. Said’s role as an “engaged intellectual” whose voice provoked introspection, deep questioning, dialogue, and enduring change.

Link to Video 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXXJDUMfaJo