
Center on Modernity in Transition
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The Center on Modernity in Transition (COMIT) is a research organization that examines the foundations of modern culture and thought.
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http://www.comitresearch.org 09-11-2020 17:14:04
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Join us this Friday, June 7th, 12:45 - 2:30pm ET for a conversation with Grace Olmstead and Brooks Lamb on "What Does Rural Have to Teach Us?" World Food Policy Center at Duke Duke Center for International Development Center on Modernity in Transition Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…


Join us tomorrow, June 7th, 12:45 - 2:30pm ET for a conversation with Grace Olmstead and Brooks Lamb on "What Does Rural Have to Teach Us?" World Food Policy Center at Duke Duke Center for International Development Center on Modernity in Transition Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…


Join us this afternoon from 12:45 - 2:30pm ET for a conversation with Grace Olmstead and Brooks Lamb on "What Does Rural Have to Teach Us?" World Food Policy Center at Duke Duke Center for International Development Center on Modernity in Transition Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…


Join us this Friday, June 28th, 1:00 - 2:30 pm ET for a conversation with Margiana Petersen-Rockney and Ricardo Salvador on "Revitalizing Land-Grant Universities". World Food Policy Center at Duke Duke Center for International Development Center on Modernity in Transition Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…


Join us tomorrow, Friday, June 28th, 1:00 - 2:30 pm ET for a conversation with Margiana Petersen-Rockney and Ricardo Salvador on "Revitalizing Land-Grant Universities". World Food Policy Center at Duke Duke Center for International Development Center on Modernity in Transition Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…


Join us today, Friday, June 28th, 1:00 - 2:30 pm ET for a conversation with Margiana Petersen-Rockney and Ricardo Salvador on "Revitalizing Land-Grant Universities". World Food Policy Center at Duke Duke Center for International Development Center on Modernity in Transition Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…


Join us this Thursday, July 11th, 12:00 - 1:30 pm ET for a conversation with Jessica Shoemaker, Ann Eisenberg, and Jed Purdy on "Imagining New Property Relations". World Food Policy Center at Duke Duke Center for International Development Center on Modernity in Transition Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…


Join us tomorrow, Thursday, July 11th, 12:00 - 1:30 pm ET for a conversation with Jessica Shoemaker, Ann Eisenberg, and Jed Purdy on "Imagining New Property Relations". World Food Policy Center at Duke Duke Center for International Development Center on Modernity in Transition Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…


Join us today, Thursday, July 11th, 12:00 - 1:30 pm ET for a conversation with Jessica Shoemaker, Ann Eisenberg, and Jed Purdy on "Imagining New Property Relations". World Food Policy Center at Duke Duke Center for International Development Center on Modernity in Transition Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…



Dive into a fascinating discussion on rural wisdom & new agrarian philosophy with Brooks Lamb & Grace Olmstead, exploring how rural communities can guide us toward a more sustainable future. Watch the full conversation: youtu.be/mAFs1rh1BQE Co-hosted by Center on Modernity in Transition

What do we in the West owe those who grow our food, sew our clothes and produce our electronics? 🎧 EUP author Benjamin P. Davis considers this question and more as he posits an ethics for the present on New Books Network (@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social) Listen now 👉 edin.ac/41ZwIIe

COMIT's research Fellow, Dr. Benjamin Davis will discuss his book, Another Humanity: Decolonial Ethics from DuBois to Arendt, with Penn State African Studies tomorrow morning at 9am EDT. Link to register: lnkd.in/gxrVYmDq



This week at the IPK: Niobe Way discussed her new book Rebels with a Cause: Reimagining Boys, Ourselves, and Our Culture with Carol Gilligan and Shahrzad Sabet. Co-sponsored by Center on Modernity in Transition and PACHNYU.


Congratulations to Dr. Benjamin Davis on the publication of his new book, Another Humanity: Decolonial Ethics from Du Bois to Arendt Q&A with Dr. Davis and pre-order here: euppublishingblog.com/2025/05/05/dec… Edinburgh University Press

Big congrats to our research fellow, Lee Miller, for being named an The Aspen Institute Food Leader Fellow! aspenfood.org/fellow/lee-mil…

✒️ 'A well-researched study of concepts of humanity, as advanced by decolonial thinkers.' Read a new review by Kirkus Reviews of Benjamin P. Davis' recent book, Another Humanity: edin.ac/3FEw9L5 📖 Check the review out here 👉 edin.ac/442Q8Nl