Rethinking Exile: On Fractured Lives and “the Capacity of Beginning Anew”

CRASSH 25th Anniversary Symposium

Photograph by Jaber AlAzmeh, “Survival 12”, from the series Borderlines.

The Hannah Arendt Consortium is pleased to highlight a forthcoming CRASSH 25th Anniversary symposium, Rethinking Exile: On Fractured Lives and “the capacity of beginning anew”, convened by Consortium members and engaging directly with Arendt’s reflections on exile and natality to explore fractured lives, knowledge, and political responsibility in a world shaped by war, displacement, and crisis.
This is a CRASSH-funded event. Several of the convenors are affiliated with the Hannah Arendt Consortium, and the event is intellectually aligned with the Consortium’s ongoing work on political thought, exile, and crises of the contemporary world. The event brings together scholars, artists, and practitioners to reflect on fractured lives and knowledges in unsettled times.

Convened by
  • Zeina Al Azmeh (Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge)
  • Patrick Baert (Department of Sociology; Selwyn College, University of Cambridge)
  • Jo-Anne Dillabough (Faculty of Education; Hannah Arendt Consortium, University of Cambridge)
  • Frisbee Sheffield (Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge)
  • Lauren Wilcox (Centre for Gender Studies, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge)

Date: 12 May 2026
Venue: SG1, Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DP

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