PALESTINE AWARENESS WEEK
Jan. 21st -25th, 2008
The Palestine Awareness Week consists of a series of events exploring the main milestones in the Modern History of Palestine. Starting with a lecture on the Balfour Declaration and Mandate years, the Week's events will include lectures on Partition, the role of UNRWA and the rights of Palestinian refugees.

Monday, January 21th, 2008
Beginnings: The Balfour Declaration and the Mandate Years

Britain’s Responsibility in the Colonization of Palestine

Speaker: Prof. John Newsinger
Senior Lecturer in History, Bath Spa University and author of The Blood Never Dried: A People’s History of the British Empire

Chair: Prof. Charles Tripp
Professor of Politics, SOAS, Univ. of London

6pm, Khalili Lecture Theatre
SOAS - School of Oriental and African Studies
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

Partition in Palestine: Political Realism or Historical Injustice?

Speaker: Ali Abunimah
Founder of Electronic Intifada and author of One Country: A Bold Proposal to End the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse

Chair: Professor Sumantra Bose
Professor of International and Comparative Politics, LSE, Univ. of London

6pm, Room D502
LSE - The London School of Economics and Political Science,
Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
UNRWA: Lessons Learnt and Future Challenges
Speaker: Ms. Angela Williams
Former director of UNRWA – Syria and former director of relief and social services

Chair: Dr. Chaloka Beyani
Senior Lecturer in Law, LSE, Univ. of London

6pm, Room D202
LSE - The London School of Economics and Political Science,
Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE

Thursday, January 24th, 2008
Roundtable Discussion on the Rights of Palestinian Refugees and Prospective Solutions
(Hosted by LMEI, SOAS)

Speakers:
Dr. Catriona Drew
Lecturer in International Law, SOAS, Univ. of London

Prof. Michael Kagan
Senior Fellow in Human Rights Law, Dept. of Law, A.U.C., Cairo, Egypt

Dr. Ahmad Khorshid
Canadian-Palestinian Policy Analyst, Health Emergency Management, Ottawa, Canada

Mr. Nadim Shehadi
Associate Fellow, Middle East Programme, Chatham House and former Director of the
Centre for Lebanese Studies, Oxford

Chair: Prof. Guy Goodwin-Gill
Senior Research Fellow, All Souls College, Faculty of Law, Department of Politics and International Relations, Oxford Univ., Oxford and author of The Refugee in International Law

6pm, Brunei Gallery
SOAS - School of Oriental and African Studies
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG

Palestine Awareness Week is organised by Nakba60 in association with SOAS Palestine Society and LSE SU Palestine Society

SOAS Palestine Society
Email:palsoc@soas.ac.uk
www.palestinesociety.org