Palestine Studies at University of Toronto
Thursday, October 27 2022, 6:00PM – 8:00PM.
Event Overview:
Censure UofT hosted Dr. Nadia Abu El-Haj for their Inaugural Annual Lecture on “Facts, Speech, and Censorship: A View from the Question of Palestine.” Dr. Abu El-Haj is Ann Whitney Olin Professor in the departments of Anthropology at Barnard College and Columbia University, and co-director of the Center for Palestine Studies at Columbia.
Wednesday, October 12 2022, 12PM.
Event Overview:
Independent Jewish Voices launched their report on the suppression of speech on Palestine in Canada in October. Dr. Alejandro Paz, co-founder of the Hearing Palestine Initiative, chaired the event which featured Saree Makdisi, Anna-Esther Younes, Alex Neve, Sheryl Nestel, and Rowan Gaudet as speakers.
Throughout the fall term, Dr. Aziza Chaouni and Dr. Jens Hanssen — co-founder of the Hearing Palestine Initiative — held a series of guest lectures for their co-taught course, ARC465F: Reimagining Palestinian Modern Architectural Heritage. Speakers including Nadi Abusaada, Shatha Safi, Khaldun Bishara, Dima Yaser, Susanne Bosch, as well as Elias and Youssef Anastas presented on their research and work in rehabilitating, adapting and reimagining Palestinian built heritage.
Monday, May 9 2022, 6:30PM – 8:30PM.
Event Overview:
Systemic racism against Palestinians has appeared in several recent events at the University of Toronto and the TDSB, as well as other Canadian educational institutions. In its widely-anticipated report, the Arab Canadians Lawyers Association (ACLA) seeks to describe anti-Palestinian racism and launch a wider discussion about how to combat it. This webinar features Dania Majid, the chief author of the ACLA report, and responses from Abigail Bakan and Azeezah Kanji.
Thursday, February 3 2022, 6:00PM – 8:00PM.
Event Overview:
Lina Lashin, former Hearing Palestine Programming Coordinator, moderated a panel with Sabrine Azraq, founder of Buycott Palestine — an intiative in pursuit of supporting Palestinian businesses and organizations — and Shatha AbuAhmad — an active community organizer for Palestinian liberation. They discussed the erasure of the study of Palestine in institutions of higher education, including the University of Toronto, which contributes to Palestinian students and many other Middle Eastern backgrounds often feeling invisible, erased and/or unsafe on campus.