Dhurata Osmani is a doctoral candidate in sociology. She also holds an M.A. degree in sociology from the University of Chicago and a B.A. degree in history and philosophy from Fordham University. Her dissertation research investigates how social movement actors reconciled inter-ethnic private violence in Kosovo during the 1990s. Her project, Ties of Blood, Ties of Honor: The Reconciliation of Blood Feuds in Kosovo (1990–1992), uses archival materials, interviews, state records, and other sources to understand the causes and consequences of the cultural revolution to end honor violence...
April 09, 2026| 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM|820 Social Sciences BuildingCloud Capitalism and the AI TransitionWith Kathy Thelen, Ford Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Join MIT political scientist Kathy Thelen at BESI as she explores the origins and implications of the new cloud business model powering the AI boom. She’ll elaborate on how this model differs from the traditional platform model out of which it grew, as well as the technological, political, and distributional impacts of the rise of this new business model. She...
