Events

Upcoming Events

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  [March 28, 2025] Decolonizing the Study of Palestine, After Elia Zureik 
  Book Launch and Panel With Ahmad Sa’di, Mary Zureik, David Lyon and more. Date: March 28th Time: 2-4 PM  Registration link to come. 
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  [April 1, 2025] Landing in Palestine: Colonial Landscape and Anti-Colonial Image
  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. 
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  [April 3-4, 2025] The Anti-Zionist Idea, Part II
  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

Past Events

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  [March 20, 2025] Ongoing Return, Ongoing Nakba: Stories of Belonging 
  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.
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  Israel’s Assault on the UN
  Discussion and Response from Prof. Ariel Katz (U of Toronto, Law) Date and time Mon, Feb 24, 2025 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EST Register Here About Our Speaker 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… Read more: Israel’s Assault on the UN
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  [Feb 07, 2025] Mapathon with Palestine Open Maps
  Register Here 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,… Read more: [Feb 07, 2025] Mapathon with Palestine Open Maps
• An Alternative Vision for Palestine-Israel and the Long Struggle for Decolonial Liberation
  Date and time: February 14, 2:00–4:00 PM Registration link to come! Description: It is unfair to ask the colonized to envision an alternative future in the midst of their ongoing genocide. If there was any semblance of justice and fairness in this world, this intensified moment of genocide would not have taken place, the Palestinian… Read more: An Alternative Vision for Palestine-Israel and the Long Struggle for Decolonial Liberation
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  Under the Rubble: History & Memory in Israel-Palestine & Germany
  When and Where Tuesday, December 03, 2024 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm MN Grand Hall, University of Toronto Mississauga Speakers Rebecca Wittmann (University of Toronto) Omer Bartov (Brown University) Esmat Elhalaby (University of Toronto) Description He left the house to buy some bread for his kids.News of his death made it home,but not the bread.No bread.— Under the Rubble,… Read more: Under the Rubble: History & Memory in Israel-Palestine & Germany
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  International Law After the Gaza Genocide
  Register Here Date: November 7Time: 6 pm to 8 pmInvitee: Francesca Albanese, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesCo-sponsors:  TSSP, TMU PCC, and York PSC Bio:Francesca Albanese is an Affiliate Scholar at the Institute for the Study of International Migration at Georgetown University, and a Senior Advisor on Migration and Forced Displacement for the think tank Arab… Read more: International Law After the Gaza Genocide
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  [Nov 29, 2024] Mapathon with Palestine Open Maps
  Register Here 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… Read more: [Nov 29, 2024] Mapathon with Palestine Open Maps
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  [October 16, 2024] Palestine and Lebanon: Between Catastrophe and Liberation
  Date and time Wednesday, October 16 · 6 PM – 8 PM EDT Doors Open: 6 PM Start: 6:30 PM Location Jackman Humanities Building, 170 St. George Street Room: JHI 100B About this event Hearing Palestine and Toronto Palestine Film Festival are honoured to host two speakers who will reflect on this moment in the… Read more: [October 16, 2024] Palestine and Lebanon: Between Catastrophe and Liberation
• Another Story Bookshop Presents […] by Fady Joudah
  We are organizing a book launch & interview/talk with Fady Joudah, Griffin Award winning Palestinians poet. Another Story Bookshop presents the Toronto launch for Fady Joudah’s new book of poetry, [….]. Fady Joudah’s powerful sixth collection of poems opens with, “I am unfinished business,” articulating the ongoing pathos of the Palestinian people. A rendering of Joudah’s… Read more: Another Story Bookshop Presents […] by Fady Joudah
• The Strength of Solidarity: South Africa, Palestine and the Politics of the Present Event Invite
  The Strength of Solidarity: South Africa, Palestine and the Politics of the Present Friday, April 19, 20245-7 PM (doors open at 4:30 PM) William Doo Auditorium, New College 45 Willcocks Street, Toronto The African Studies Centre and The Caribbean Studies Centre, University of Toronto, invite you to a panel discussion with speakers Rieaz Shaik, High… Read more: The Strength of Solidarity: South Africa, Palestine and the Politics of the Present Event Invite
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  Graphic Novel Collection Annual Lecture
  New College D.G. Ivey Library Graphic Novel Collection Annual Lecture With Artist and Writer Leila Abdelrazaq author of Baddawi March 28, 2024 | 3:00pm – 5:00pmD.G. Ivey Library, New College 20 Willcocks Street, Toronto Refreshments will be served With Panel discussants: Dr. Dina Georgis, WGSI; Dr. Rania Salem, Sociology, UTSC; Mariam El-Rayes, UTSG undergraduate student; Dr.… Read more: Graphic Novel Collection Annual Lecture
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  Book Talk – Azad Essa’s “Hostile Homelands: The New Alliance Between indian and Israel”
  Online via Zoom  |  February 2, 2024 | 2:00PM – 4:00PM Attend Online Azad Essa will discuss his 2023 book Hostile Homelands: The New Alliance Between India and Israel with Profs. Francis Cody and Alejandro Paz. ABOUT THE TALK Under Narendra Modi, India has changed dramatically. As the world attempts to grapple with its trajectory towards authoritarianism and a ‘Hindu Rashtra’ (Hindu State),… Read more: Book Talk – Azad Essa’s “Hostile Homelands: The New Alliance Between indian and Israel”
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  Commemorating the Nakba’s 75th Year
  February 23, 2024 A conversation with J. Kēhaulani Kauanui and Amahl Bishara Location: Innis Town Hall Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Doors Open: 5:30 PM Register Here Mask Wearing Strongly Recommended This event is co-sponsored by the Urban Studies Program.
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  CSE445: Rethinking Palestine: Colonialism, Revolution and Transnational Solidarity presents the Second Annual Palestine Studies Salon
  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.… Read more: CSE445: Rethinking Palestine: Colonialism, Revolution and Transnational Solidarity presents the Second Annual Palestine Studies Salon
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  Decolonization and the War on Gaza
  Friday, November 17, 2023 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM EST William Doo Auditorium. 45 Willcocks street Register Here  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… Read more: Decolonization and the War on Gaza
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  2nd Annual CensureUofT Lecture
  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.… Read more: 2nd Annual CensureUofT Lecture
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  [October 18, 2023] Emergency Teach-In Event on Palestine
  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,… Read more: [October 18, 2023] Emergency Teach-In Event on Palestine
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  [October 2, 2023] Visualizing Palestine: The Power of Data Storytelling
  Explore how Visualizing Palestine uses data and research to create powerful visuals that shift the narrative on Palestine. Join us for a discussion with Visualizing Palestine’s executive director Aline Batarseh and board member Dr. Lena El-Malak for an introduction to Visualizing Palestine’s work on using data and research to visually communicate Palestinian experiences in order… Read more: [October 2, 2023] Visualizing Palestine: The Power of Data Storytelling
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  Sept 13, 2023 – Book Talk with Areej Sabbagh-Khoury
  The Department of Sociology, Hearing Palestine, and The Palestine Forum are pleased to host Areej Sabbagh-Khoury of the Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and author of “Colonizing Palestine: The Zionist Left and the Making of the Palestinian Nakba” Dr. Areej Sabbagh-Khoury is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology… Read more: Sept 13, 2023 – Book Talk with Areej Sabbagh-Khoury
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  [Oct 24, 2023] Mapathon for Palestine
  Tuesday, October 24th 2023, 5:00-8:00 pm – Location: William Doo Auditorium In partnership with Palestine Open Maps, Hearing Palestine is hosting a Mapathon on the UofT campus this October. 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… Read more: [Oct 24, 2023] Mapathon for Palestine
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  [May 15, 2023] Nakba Commemoration: Screening of Masharawi’s “Recovery” and Book Talk by Saree Makdisi for “Tolerance is a Wasteland”
  Monday, May 15 2023, 5:30-7:30 pm – Innis Town Hall Theatre The Toronto Palestine Film Festival, in collaboration with Hearing Palestine, Cinema Studies Institute, Urban Studies Program, and the Centre for the Study of the United States, presents their annual Nakba commemoration. Rashid Masharawi’s documentary Recovery transports us to the Palestinian port-city of Jaffa, where… Read more: [May 15, 2023] Nakba Commemoration: Screening of Masharawi’s “Recovery” and Book Talk by Saree Makdisi for “Tolerance is a Wasteland”
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  [April 27, 2023] Book Launch: “Systemic Islamophobia in Canada” with Authors Rabiat Akande, Atiya Husain, Kent Roach, Editor Anver Emon and Special Guest Amira Elghawaby
  Thursday, April 27, 4:00 pm, Massey College Join a special book launch event for Systemic Islamophobia in Canada: A Research Agenda, edited by Dr. Anver M. Emon.
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  [April 13, 2023] Webinar: “Getting Sick Under Apartheid” with Dr. Rand Askalan
  Thursday April 13, 2023 – 6:30 pm ET Hosted by the Health Workers Alliance for Palestine, Dr. Askalan – a Pediatric Neurologist and Neuroscientist – will speak on the landscape of health in Palestine and the challenges imposed on healthcare delivery by Apartheid.
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  [April 10, 2023] “What’s Wrong with Speaking About Palestine at UofT?” consultation with professors Rana Salem and Alejandro Paz
  April 10th 12pm-1:30pm This Hearing Palestine event is an initial consultation being run by Profs. Rania Salem and Alejandro Paz about the difficulties of speaking about Palestine at UofT.
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  [April 5, 2023] Talk: From the Outside In: Palestine in Global History with Dr. Esmat Elhalaby
  Wednesday, April 5, 2023, 2:00-4:00 pm – Natalie Zemon Davis Room in Sidney Smith Hall, SS2098 Sponsored by Hearing Palestine, the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations (NMC – UofT) and the Department of History (UofT), join us for Dr. Elhalaby’s in-person talk From the Outside In: Palestine and Global History.
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  [March 30, 2023] Book Launch: “11 Lives: Stories of Palestinian Exile” with Muhammad Ali Khalidi, Perla Issa, & Nadia Fadeh, moderated by Diane Riskedahl
  Sunday, March 30th, 2023, 12:00 pm EDT – Online Join Hearing Palestine and the Institute for Palestine Studies for the launch of 11 Lives: Stories from Palestinian Exile in an online event, featuring Nadia Fahd, Perla Issa, Muhammad Ali Khalidi, and Diane Riskedahl, on March 30th at 12pm. 11 Lives is co-published with the Institute… Read more: [March 30, 2023] Book Launch: “11 Lives: Stories of Palestinian Exile” with Muhammad Ali Khalidi, Perla Issa, & Nadia Fadeh, moderated by Diane Riskedahl
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  [March 23, 2023] Hybrid Talk: “A School in Nablus, 1956” with Dr. Mezna Qato
  Thursday, March 23, 2023, 12:00 pm Dr. Mezna Qato, who is a Margaret Anstee Fellow at Newnham College, University of Cambridge, will consider how earlier histories of teacher and student politics can help us understand the ongoing teachers’ strike action in the West Bank, the largest single-sector strike in modern Palestinian history.
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  [March 16, 2023] Rana Barakat on “Resisting Museumification in Palestine” Hosted by Dr. Chandni Desai and Dr. Jens Hanssen
  Thursday, March 16, 2023, 12:00 pm EDT on Zoom Attend a virtual talk about resisting museumification in Palestine, co-sponsored by Birzeit University Museum and hosting Dr. Rana Barakat. The talk will be moderated by Dr. Chandni Desai and Dr. Jens Hanssen. 
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  [February 16, 2023] Hybrid Lecture: “Today in Palestine” with Diana Buttu
  Thursday, February 16, 2023, 12:00 pm In a period of increasing settler-colonial violence, renowned Palestinian lawyer Diana Buttu has been traveling through Palestine to keep up with events. Come hear the story that mainstream news isn’t covering. Register online: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/today-in-palestine-with-diana-buttu-tickets-536409143187
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  [February 10, 2023] Book Talk: “Losing Istanbul: Arab-Ottoman Imperialists and the End of an Empire” by Dr. Mostafa Minawi
  Friday, February 10th: 2:00-4:00 pm on Zoom and in Sidney Smith Room 2098 Event Description: Join Dr. Mostafa Minawi, associate professor at Cornell University, for his discussion on the case of the Arab-Ottoman imperialists of Istanbul, jointly presented by the Micheal E. Marmura Lecture Series in Arabic Studies and The Seminar in Ottoman and Turkish… Read more: [February 10, 2023] Book Talk: “Losing Istanbul: Arab-Ottoman Imperialists and the End of an Empire” by Dr. Mostafa Minawi
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  [November 29, 2022] CSE445: Rethinking Palestine- Palestine Studies Salon, Keynote Lecture by Dr. Abdel Razzaq Takriti
  Tuesday, November 29 2022, 5:30PM – 7:30PM. Event Overview:Students from Dr. Chandni Desai’s course, CSE445: Rethinking Palestine: Colonialism, Revolution and Transnational Solidarity, shared their creative works. Dr. Abdel Razzaq Takriti presented the keynote lecture for the night.
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  [November 15, 2022] CSE445: Rethinking Palestine- Uri Davis Lecture on The JNF/KKL: A Charity Complicit with Ethnic Cleansing
  Tuesday, November 15 2022, 4:00PM – 6:00PM. Event Overview:     Dr. Chandni Desai hosts Dr. Uri Davis for an event organized for her course, CSE445: Rethinking Palestine: Colonialism, Revolution and Transnational Solidarity. Davis presented a lecture on his book, The JNF/KKL: A Charity Complicit with Ethnic Cleansing.
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  [November 7, 2022] ACLA Annual Soiree: An Evening with Omar Shakir
  Monday, November 7 2022, 6:00PM. Event Overview:The Hearing Palestine Initiative, the Arab Canadian Lawyers Association, and Human Rights Watch Canada held the ACLA Annual Soiree in November hosting Omar Shakir, Human Rights Watch’s Israel/Palestine director and author of HRW’s Israeli Apartheid report.
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  [October 31 – November 2, 2022] Institute for Palestine Studies Conference at Birzeit University- Reassessing the British Mandate in Palestine
  Event Overview:The Institute for Palestine Studies held a conference at Birzeit University on the political history and implications of the British Mandate. The conference was co-sponsored by all the Centers for Palestine Studies, including Hearing Palestine, and there were panels organized by the co-founders, Dr. Alejandro Paz and Jens Hanssen.
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  [October 27, 2022] Censure UofT Inaugural Annual Lecture- Dr. Nadia Abu El-Haj on “Facts, Speech, and Censorship: A View from the Question of Palestine”
  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… Read more: [October 27, 2022] Censure UofT Inaugural Annual Lecture- Dr. Nadia Abu El-Haj on “Facts, Speech, and Censorship: A View from the Question of Palestine”
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  [October 12, 2022] IJV Report Launch- Unveiling the Chilly Climate- The Suppression of Speech on Palestine in Canada
  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. 
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  [Fall Term] Guest Lectures in ARC465F: Reimagining Palestinian Modern Architectural Heritage
  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… Read more: [Fall Term] Guest Lectures in ARC465F: Reimagining Palestinian Modern Architectural Heritage
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  [May 9, 2022] Naming and Framing Anti-Palestinian Racism: An Upcoming Report from the Arab Canadian Lawyers Association
  Monday, May 9 2022, 6:30PM – 8:30PM. REGISTER 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… Read more: [May 9, 2022] Naming and Framing Anti-Palestinian Racism: An Upcoming Report from the Arab Canadian Lawyers Association
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  [February 3, 2022] Naming and Framing Anti-Palestinian Racism: An Upcoming Report from the Arab Canadian Lawyers Association
  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… Read more: [February 3, 2022] Naming and Framing Anti-Palestinian Racism: An Upcoming Report from the Arab Canadian Lawyers Association
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  Presentation: Challenges and Contradictions of Preserving Palestine with Chandni Desai, Nov 25
  Dr. Chandi Desai joins us for a talk that focuses on the challenges and contradictions of preserving Palestine, from occupied Palestine to campuses in Canada.
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  Presentation: Aerial Imagery, Mapping & Palestine’s Colonial Landscape feat. Nadi Abusaada, Oct 21
  Nadi Abusaada (Ph.D. cand., Cambridge University) will be speaking about his his doctoral research on how colonial perspectives of Palestine have been shaped by technologies of flight and how aerial photography has contributed to the erasure of the Palestinian people and their material environments.
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  Panel: The Legal Oppression of Palestine feat. Ardi Imseis & Randa Siniora, Oct 14
  The panel examines how law and legal systems are used by the Israeli state against Palestinians, especially to legitimize violence against civilians and human rights organizations. 
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  Book talk: “The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine” by Rashid Khalidi, Sep 23
  In this talk, Professor Rashid Khalidi will speak about his latest book The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: a History of Settler Colonial Conquest and Resistance.