In Memoriam: Marnia Lazreg, CUNY Graduate Centre, February 23, 2024
See also Marnia Lazreg, Pathbreaking Hunter Sociology Professor, 83, Hunter CUNY, February 26, 2024
Marnia Lazreg, an emerita professor of sociology at Hunter College who was affiliated with the Graduate Center, died on January 13. She was 83 and was being treated for cancer at a hospital in New York.
A Washington Post obituary noted that she “ranked among the most respected academic voices on women’s affairs in North Africa.”
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In Foucault’s Orient, Lazreg undertook a comprehensive study of Foucault’s views on non-Western cultures, drawing not only on Foucault’s published work but also on original interviews she conducted with those who knew Foucault during his trips to non-Western countries, including Tunisia and Japan. Contemporary Sociology observed that the book paints “a devastating portrait” of Foucault. It was reissued in paperback in 2020. Lazreg discussed the book in a New Books Network podcast.
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