kilmé talks: Sami Khatib 22.10.24 in Berlin, Lettrétage

Kilmé is a talk series dedicated to Palestinian artists, intellectuals,
and academics; a platform to present their work and speak about
subjects that are important to them. Kilmé means word in Arabic.
From september 2024 on, the organizers will be talking to their
Palestinian guests in this monthly series. They are dedicated to
presenting palestinian voices in all of their diversity and creativity,
thus contributing to the cultural landscape of Berlin, a city with the
largest Palestinian population in Europe.
On the 22nd of october Sami Khatib will be the guest. The Evening will be moderated by Tyme Khleifi and Michael Barenboim.

Sami Khatib is a founding member of the Beirut Institute for Critical Analysis and Research (BICAR) and specializes on Critical Theory with interdisciplinary research interests in Philosophy, Aesthetic Theory, Visual Arts, Media Theory, and Cultural Studies. He joined the OIB in October 2023. Prior appointments include guest professorships at the HfG Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design (2021-23) and the Institute of Philosophy and Sciences of Art at Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (2020-21), a professorship of Visual Arts at the American University in Cairo (2019-20), a postdoctoral fellowship at the DFG research training group “Cultures of Critique” at Leuphana University Lüneburg (2017-18), a visiting professorship of philosophy and aesthetics at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (2017), a visiting professorship at the Department of Fine Arts and Art History at the American University of Beirut (2016-17), and a Mellon postdoctoral fellowship at the Center for Arts and Humanities at the American University of Beirut (2015-16). He holds an MA degree in Media Studies and Philosophy (2004) and a PhD degree in Media Studies (2013) from Freie Universität Berlin. His publications include a co-editorship of the volume “Critique: The Stakes of Form” (Zürich, Berlin: Diaphanes, 2020) and authorship of the book “Teleologie ohne Endzweck: Walter Benjamins Ent-stellung des Messianischen” [“Teleology without End.” Walter Benjamin’s Dislocation of the Messianic] (2013).