This exhibit features inscriptions from approximately 50 books selected from Edward Said’s book collections, which are housed in the Edward Said Reading Room (Butler Library), the Middle East Institute, and his former New York City apartment. The exhibit provides a sampling of the numerous inscriptions that friends, students, family members, and admirers left in the opening pages of the books that they gifted to Edward Said. These heartfelt messages reveal Said’s profound and far-reaching influence, weaving a narrative of deep and broad intellectual and personal connections across peoples, disciplines, genres, times, and geographies. The inscriptions bear testimony to Said’s intellectual brilliance, but also to the deep empathy, courage, and vision that defined his lifelong advocacy for justice, human rights, and intellectual freedom.
Curated by Joy Al-Nemri (MESAAS alumna).
VENUE
Butler Library, Room/Area: 3rd Floor Exhibit Space
535 W. 114 St., New York, NY 10027
DATE
Thursday, February 13, 2025 - Thursday, May 15, 2025 (all day)
EVENT CONTACT
Kaoukab Chebaro,
Columbia University Libraries
kc3287@columbia.edu
