Palestine and the Uprisings: School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) Palestine Society 8th Annual Conference
17 March | Brunei Gallery | SOAS – London
Hosted by London Middle East Institute and the Centre for Palestine Studies (SOAS)
Program
9:00 – 9:30: REGISTRATION
9:30 – 9:45: OPENING REMARKS Hassan Hakimian – London Middle East Institute
9:45 – 11:45: MAPPING FORCES CONFRONTING THE UPRISINGS
Chair: Laleh Khalili – School of Oriental and African Studies
U.S. Hegemony in the Middle East: From Peak to Adversity
Gilbert Achcar - School of Oriental and African Studies
Revolution and Counter-revolution: Situating the Gulf Arab States in the Uprisings
Adam Hanieh – School of Oriental and African Studies
An Islamic Awakening? The Arab Revolts and Palestine in the Iranian Imagination
Arshin Adib-Moghaddam – School of Oriental and African Studies
The Domestic and International Implications of Turkey`s Search for Regional Power
Yüksel Taşkın – Marmara University
11:45 – 12:00: Refreshments
12:00 – 13:30: REGIONAL RECALIBRATIONS AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES
Chair: Mezna Qato – University of Oxford
Palestine and the Arab Uprisings in Lebanese and Syrian Imaginings
Samah Idriss – Editor, Al-Adab
The Road to Jerusalem through Cairo: Anti-Zionism and the Place of Palestine in the 2011 Egyptian Revolution
Reem Abou El-Fadl – University of Oxford
King Abdullah of Jordan and the Arab Awakening
Nicholas Pelham – The Economist
13:30 – 14:30: Lunch
14:30 – 16:30: TYRANNY, INDIFFERENCE AND THE TRIUMPH OF POPULAR WILL
Chair: Dina Matar – School of Oriental and African Studies
The Israeli Position towards the Arab Uprisings
Jamal Zahalka – Chair, National Democratic Assembly/Tajammu’ and Knesset Member
The People Demand to Remain Indifferent
Yael Lerer – Writer, Activist and Publisher, al-Andalus Publishing
Palestinian National Liberation and Contesting the Neoliberal Narrative - Time to Change Gear
Raja Khalidi – United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
Liberation, Return, and Direct Representation: Reclaiming the PLO as an Act of Popular Sovereignty
Karma Nabulsi – University of Oxford
16:30 – 17:00: Refreshments
17:00 – 18:30: ROUNDTABLE: EMANCIPATION AND LIBERATIION: RECONSIDERATIONS
Tickets
Please note SEATS ARE LIMITED. Book in advance.
Price: £12 (£10 concessions) – All tickets include lunch (refreshments for purchase at SOAS).
To purchase
- Online – www.soaspalsoc.org
- By cheque: Send cheques payable to SOAS Palestine Society with attached note of email address to: SOAS Palestine Society, Thornhaugh Street, London, WC1H 0XG
Location
SOAS Brunei Gallery
Thornhaugh Street
Russell Square
London, WC1H 0XG
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