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Jan 09 2023
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Rob Epstein
Bellagio Residency: July 2022 Project: "24-Decade History of Popular Music" Rob Epstein has been making groundbreaking, socially relevant films for over four decades. Epstein came to Bellagio in July 2022 to work …
Jan 09 2023
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Vitus Azeem
Bellagio Residency: February 2022 Project: "Fighting Corruption in Ghana: The Musings of a Village Boy" Vitus Azeem is a leading anti-corruption advocate in Ghana. For over a decade, he served as the …
Jan 09 2023
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Ellen Calmus
Bellagio Residency: April 2022 Project: "Grassroots Transparency-building: a community-based method for preventing corruption and improving security in rural, conflictive and underserved areas" Ellen Calmus is the founder and director of The Corner …
Jan 09 2023
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Sebastian Currier
Bellagio Residency: April 2022 Project: "Cognitive Dissonance" Sebastian Currier is an award-winning composer whose music has been performed by acclaimed artists and orchestras at major venues worldwide. A former Columbia University professor, …
Jan 09 2023
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Isabella Hammad
Bellagio Residency: April 2022 Project: "Some Third Element" Isabella Hammad’s first novel, “The Parisian,” won a Palestine Book Award, the Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and …
Jan 09 2023
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Jane McAuliffe
Bellagio Residency: April 2022 Project: "America's Qur'an: A History of the Qur'an in America" Jane McAuliffe is an expert on Islam and the Qur’an. She held positions as inaugural Director of National …
Jan 09 2023
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Akin Omotoso
Bellagio Residency: April 2022 Project: "Waiting For An Angel" Akin Omotoso is a film director, writer, producer and actor whose award-winning directorial credits include “Man On Ground,” “Tell Me Sweet Something,” and …
Jan 09 2023
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Joe Powell
Bellagio Residency: April 2022 Project: "Anti-Populism: Putting Citizens First for Real Change" Joe Powell Bellagio Residency: April, 2022 Bellagio Project: “Anti-Populism: Putting Citizens First for Real Change” Joe Powell the Deputy Chief …
Jan 09 2023
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Tiina Randma-Liiv
Bellagio Residency: April 2022 Project: "Organizing for e-Participation: A Comparative Perspective" Tiina Randma-Liiv is a co-founder and board member of the largest Estonian think-tank: PRAXIS Centre for Policy Studies. She previously served …
Jan 09 2023
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Srila Roy
Bellagio Residency: April 2022 Project: "Changing the Subject: Feminist Politics in Liberalised India" Srila Roy is an expert in the field of transnational gender and sexuality studies. Her research, which centers on …