Hearing Palestine

Palestine Studies at University of Toronto

Zainab Yusofi

CSE445: Rethinking Palestine: Colonialism, Revolution and Transnational Solidarity presents the Second Annual Palestine Studies Salon

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This event will feature creative works by students in CSE445, followed by a keynote lecture “Genocide and the Denial of Palestine” by Dr. Ussama Makdisi

6:-00pm – Gallery walk 

6:30pm – Program begins

7:00pm – Keynote Lecture by Dr. Makdisi

Dr. Ussama Makdisi is Professor of History and Chancellor’s Chair at the University of California Berkeley. He was previously Professor of History and the first holder of the Arab-American Educational Foundation Chair of Arab Studies at Rice University in Houston. Dr. Makdisi is the author of Age of Coexistence: The Ecumenical Frame and the Making of the Modern Arab World (2019), Faith Misplaced: the Broken Promise of U.S.- Arab Relations, 1820-2001 (2010), Artillery of Heaven: American Missionaries and the Failed Conversion of the Middle East (2008), and The Culture of Sectarianism: Community, History, and Violence in Nineteenth-Century Ottoman Lebanon (2000).

REGISTRATION DETAILS 

IN-PERSON

To attend in person, please register on the eventbrite for your ticket. 

Those that come in person will get an opportunity to see students’ creative works and listen to the lecture in person. Light snacks will be served. For accessibility needs please contact Prof Desai at ch.desai@utoronto.ca 

ONLINE

Folks online will only be able to view/hear Dr. Makdisi’s lecture. Please register for the Zoom webinar for lecture only. 

Decolonization and the War on Gaza

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Friday, November 17, 2023 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM EST

William Doo Auditorium. 45 Willcocks street

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Speakers 

1- Muhannad Ayyash, Mount Royal University, Calgary

2- Rana Baker, King’s College, London

3- Sarah Ihmoud, College of the Holy Cross

4- Munira Khayyat, NYU-Abu Dhabi 

5- Amahl Bishara, Tufts University

Description

This panel invites anthropologists who are participating in the American Anthropological Association’s annual meeting in Toronto this year to a public event at the University of Toronto to share their perspectives on “decolonization” in relation to the war on Gaza. Examining the war on Gaza through resistance movements, international law, and the media, they reconsider the meaning of decolonization in the discourses and events that have unfolded since the latest war started. This event provides an opportunity to critically examine how we employ decolonization as a term in academic spheres. Most importantly, it offers a platform to listen to Palestinian voices, perspectives, and realities from researchers of Palestine.

Sponsors

Hearing Palestine

Department of Anthropology

Diversity and Decolonization Committee of the Department of Anthropology

Department of Geography & Planning

Critical Studies of Equity and Solidarity

Mental Health Resources

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Dear community,

Like you, we at Hearing Palestine feel at a loss for words to express the suffering, anguish, rage and grief we have experienced over the last four weeks. Nothing we say feels adequate to capture the enormity of the attacks we are witnessing against Palestinians, especially in Gaza, but also in the West Bank and among Palestinian citizens within 48 Israel.

We know that many of you are experiencing deeply personal loss of family members and friends, and ongoing stress and fear because loved ones are in constant danger. Understandably these emotions can lead to lack of focus, inability to sleep, and isolation. We know that this is all too much.

We are planning to host a session to hold space for us to be together, mourn together, and support each other. We hope to have something set up soon and we will circulate information as soon as we have it.

In the meantime, we have consulted with experts in mental health who forwarded the following resources (in no particular order). These include multiple psychotherapists and psychologists who speak Arabic and English. Many of the places listed below are currently offering services for free or for only a small fee. If you cannot find what you are looking for, please do not hesitate to reach out to us and we can reach out to our contacts. You will also be able to find this information soon on our resources page. While these resources come from trusted sources, we are not in a position to recommend anyone, or vouch for anyone, and we are making this list available solely for your information.

Resources:

Palestine Mental Health Response: Link

Palestinian Canadian Mental Health Counsellors: Link

Abrar – Trauma and Mental Health Services: Link

Gaza Therapy Group: Link

Processing Grief during difficult Times Healing Circle: Link

Muslim and South Asian – Across Boundaries: Link

Wellnest: Link

Cedarway Therapy: Link

2nd Annual CensureUofT Lecture

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Please be sure to register for this very timely lecture at the link below. This in-person event will sell out!

“Threats to Academic Freedom from Without and Within: Sources and Solutions”

KENNETH ROTH

November 16, 2023 | 6-8pm | 

Moot Court (250), Faculty of Law, University of Toronto 

Register HERE

Sponsored by: CAUT; The List; Anthropology, St. George; Anthropology, UTM; WGSI; Social Justice Education, OISE; Centre for the Study of the United States; Hearing Palestine; Institute of Islamic Studies; Jewish Faculty Network; Palestine Forum; Centre for Culture and Technology; Department of Geography and Planning, Scholar Strike Canada; Faculty4Palestine; Arts and Science Students Union; UTFA; Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies; History; CUPE 3902

[October 18, 2023] Emergency Teach-In Event on Palestine

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As the humanitarian situation in Gaza, Palestine has become extremely dire amidst the ongoing Israeli assault, Hearing Palestine is holding an emergency teach-in event on Palestine. 

Date: Wednesday, October 18th

Time: 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

This event will feature contributions from distinguished human rights experts, activists, and scholars, focusing on topics related to Palestine, global settler colonialism, and internationalism.

Speakers:

  • Michael Lynk
    Former UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Occupied Territories & Law Professor
  • Dr. Tarek Loubani
    Emergency Room Physician who served at the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza and runs the Glia Project
  • Dr. Esmat Elhalaby
    Assistant Professor of History, University of Toronto
  • Dr. Chandni Desai
    Assistant Professor, Centre for the Study of the United States, University of Toronto
  • Dr. Uahikea Maile
    Assistant Professor of Indigenous Politics, University of Toronto
  • Kimalee Philip
    Organizer with Caribbean Solidarity Network
  • Sarrah Malek
    Palestinian writer and spoken word poet

Register for the Zoom link here.