Monday 27 November – Khalili Lecture Theatre (7-9pm)
Launch: Palestinian Identity
*Being Palestinian
Keynote speaker: Dr. Karma Nabulsi
Fellow in Politics St Edmund Hall, University Lecturer in International Relations, Department of Politics and International Relations, Oxford University, UK
Chair: Professor Stephen Chan
Professor of International Relations, Department of Politics and International Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, Univ. of London, UK
Tuesday 28 November – Khalili Lecture Theatre (7-9pm)
Refugees and Displaced People
*Who are the Palestinian Refugees and IDPs?
Speaker: Dr. Laleh Khalili
Lecturer in the Politics of the Middle East, Department of Politics and International Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, Univ. of London, UK
*Refugee Voices
Speaker: Ms. Seham Oamir
Palestinian refugee from Lebanon
Chair: Ms. Lena El-Malak
PhD Candidate in International Law, SOAS, Univ. of London, UK
*Screening of Out of Place, Out of Time
Wednesday 29 November (International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People) – G3 (7-9pm)
Resistance and Resilience
*The Palestinian Resistance Movement
Speaker: Dr. Marwan Bishara
Professor of International Relations, American University of Paris, Paris, France
*The Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel: Non-Violent
Resistance to Violent Racism
Speaker: Ms. Sue Blackwell
Lecturer in English Language, University of Birmingham, UK
Chair: Ms. Stephanie Koury
Research Fellow at the Hotung Programme on Law, Human Rights and Peacebuilding in the Middle East, SOAS, Univ of London, UK
Thursday 30 November – Khalili Lecture Theatre (7-9pm)
Political Prisoners
*Stolen Youth: Palestinian Child Prisoners
Speaker: Ms. Adah Kay
Chair: Mr. Carl Dundas
*Screening of Women in Struggle(to be confirmed)
Friday 01 December – Khalili Lecture Theatre (7-9pm)
Arts and Culture
*Appropriation, Innovation and Victimization: the History of Dance in Palestine
Speaker: Mr. Nicholas Rowe
Dancer
*Determining Our Own Physicality: Teaching Dance Workshops in West Bank Cities, Villages and Refugee Camps
Speaker: Ms. Maysoun Rafeedie
Dancer
Chair: Ms. Samia Tabari
Development Consultant, Middle East
Saturday 02 December – SOAS Common Room (3-5pm)
Dabke and Checkpoints: Traditional and Creative Dance Workshop
Presented by Ms. Maysoun Rafeedie and Mr. Nicholas Rowe
Participation is free. The number of participants in this event is however limited. Please reserve in advance by email: palsoc@soas.ac.uk
Sunday 03 December – Brunei Gallery
Gaza Day: A Day in the Lives of the People of Gaza
Details to Follow
SOAS Palestine Society
Thornhaugh Street
Russell Square, London
WC1H 0XG
Email:palsoc@soas.ac.uk
www.palestinesociety.org
JOSEPH A. Massad IN CONVERSATION WITH OMAR AL-QATTAN
TO LAUNCH MASSAD's NEW BOOK "The Persistence of the Palestinian Question:Essays on Zionism and the Palestinians"
JOSEPH A. MASSAD IS Associate Professor of Modern Arabic Politics and Intellectual History at Colombia University. He is author of Colonial Effects: the Making of National Identity in Jordan AND OF DESIRING ARABS, FORTHCOMING FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS, May 2007.
OMAR AL-QATTAN IS A British-Palestinian filmmaker and director of the Palestinian Audiovisual Project.
7pm, SOAS KLT 23rd November 2006
THE AUTHOR WILL SIGN BOOKS AFTER THE EVENT
THE Books will be On special discount
SOAS Palestine Society
Thornhaugh Street
Russell Square, London
WC1H 0XG
Email:palsoc@soas.ac.uk
www.palestinesociety.org