At the 20th anniversary of 9/11, Big Ideas looks at how the attacks have reverberated over the past two decades and continue to impact global affairs.
What has been the experience of Muslim, and non-Muslim youth growing up during the ‘war on terror’? And how did the attacks influence civil liberties and political polarisation?
Implications of 9/11 – 20 years on presented by Social Science Week. September 9, 2021
Speakers
Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah - postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Sociology, Macquarie University
Dr Govand Azeez - Lecturer in the Department of Modern History, Politics and International Relations, Macquarie University
Dr Lloyd Cox - lecturer in US Politics, Macquarie University
Dr Lavina Lee Senior Lecturer, Department of Modern History, Politics and International Relations at Macquarie University
Dr Vince Scappatura - lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Macquarie University
Host: Chris Dixon - Dean of the School of Social Sciences, Macquarie University
A Philosophico-Anthropological Account of the Roots of 9/11