Prof. Denise Ferreira da Silva
Biography
An academic and practicing artist, Dr. Denise Ferreira da Silva’s work addresses the ethico-political challenges of the global present. She is the author of Toward a Global Idea of Race (University of Minnesota Press, 2007), A Dívida Impagavel (Oficina da Imaginaçāo Política and Living Commons, 2019), Unpayable Debt (Stenberg/MIT Press, 2022) and co-editor (with Paula Chakravartty) of Race, Empire, and the Crisis of the Subprime (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013). Her several articles have been published in leading interdisciplinary journals, such as Social Text, Theory, Culture & Society, Social Identities, PhiloSOPHIA, Griffith Law Review, Theory & Event, The Black Scholar, to name a few.
Her artistic works includes the films Serpent Rain (2016) and 4Waters-Deep Implicancy (2018), in collaboration with Arjuna Neuman; and the relational art practices Poethical Readings and Sensing Salon, in collaboration with Valentina Desideri. She has exhibited and lectured at major art venues, such as the Pompidou Center (Paris), Whitechapel Gallery (London, MASP (Sāo Paulo), Guggenheim (New York), and MoMa (New York).
She has also written for publications for major art events (Liverpool Biennale, 2017; Sao Paulo Biennale, 2016, Venice Biennale, 2017, and Documenta 14) and published in art venues, such as Canadian Art, Texte Zur Kunst, and E-Flux. She is a member of several boards including Haus de Kulturen de Welt (Berlin), International Consortium for Critical Theory Programs and the journals Postmodern Culture, Social Identities, and Dark Matter.
She is also a member of the collaborative platform https://ehcho.org/.
More information on Prof. Denise Ferreira da Silva’s research and a list of publications can be found on her personal website: https://grsj.arts.ubc.ca/profile/denise-ferreira-da-silva/
Public Events
June 25, 2022
18:30 – 22:00
SAVVY Contemporary. The Laboratory of Form-Ideas
Future Perfect. Encounterings in Three Acts
with Denise Ferreira da Silva and Guests
For more information on the program and the schedule see:
https://savvy-contemporary.com/en/events/2022/future-perfect/
30 June, 2022
14:15 – 15:45
Senatssaal, Unter den Linden 6, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Book Launch:
Denise Ferreira da Silva, „Unpayable Debt“ (Sternberg Press 2022)
Organised by
Theory of Politics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
FG DeKolonial – association for antiracist, postcolonial, and decolonial thought and practice
Denise Ferreira da Silva (University of British Columbia) in conversation with
Sergio Costa (Freie Universität Berlin)
Jeanette Ehrmann (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
Liesbeth Schoonheim (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
Abibi Stewart (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
Vanessa Eileen Thompson (Queen’s University, Kingston)
No registration required. We kindly ask you to wear an FFP2 mask to protect others and yourself.
Contact: shk.theorie.politik@hu-berlin.de