Palestine Studies at University of Toronto
Book Launch for Maen Hammad’s photobook Landing
With Stephen Sheehi and Tamara Abdul Hadi
Co-Sponsored by the Jackman Humanities Institute and TPFF
Date: April 1
Time: 6-8 PM
Location: UC 179
Registration link to come.
Date: April 3-4
Location: Princeton University
More information and recordings from the first conference held at the University of Toronto last year available at theantizionistidea.com
March 20th, 1-3pm at University of Toronto Scarborough Campus
Room Available to Registered Participants
Bio:
Rana Barakat is an associate professor in the department of history at Birzeit University and the director of BZU Museum. Her forthcoming book with University of North Carolina Press is titled: Ongoing Return: Mapping Memory and Storytelling in Palestine.
Discussion and Response from Prof. Ariel Katz (U of Toronto, Law)
Mon, Feb 24, 2025 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EST
Fateh Azzam Is a Palestinian human rights researcher and consultant. His professional experience spanned work in civil society, philanthropy, academia and the United Nations, having served as founding director of the Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship at the American University of Beirut, Middle East Regional Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, director of the Forced Migration and Refugee Studies Program at the American University in Cairo and director of the Palestinian human rights organization Al-Haq. He volunteers as Board Chair of Visualizing Palestine and member of the Advisory Board for the Institute for Statelessness and Inclusion in The Hague. Fateh has published studies and book chapters on human rights and humanitarian law, the responsibility to protect, the Arab and Palestinian human rights movement and citizenship in Palestine and the Arab region. He is also author of two plays, Ansar and Baggage, and most recently adapted and co-Directed The Gaza Monologues in Maine where he lives.
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Join Palestine Open Maps and Hearing Palestine for a Mapathon with Geography PhD student Majd Al-Shihabi, who guides students through creating maps of Palestine, telling the history and present reality of the land through geographic visuals. An interactive hands-on workshop where you will learn about open mapping tools and extracting data from Mandate-era maps of Palestine. No experience necessary, just bring along your fully charged laptop (and a mouse if you have one).