Events and activities

"International Aid: A “Necessary Evil” for Development in Palestine?"

 

The workshop opened with the speech of Dr. Asem Khalil, Director of IALIIS, who welcomed the audience and participants, and pointed to the importance of the suggested workshop. He also talked about the series of workshops the Institute is organizing, while emphasizing the reasons behind conducting this particular workshop.  He also thanked everyone who has contributed in making this workshop possible, from speakers to donors.

Date: 
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 - 12

Birzeit University’s Palestinian Archive Project Website

 

During this workshop the nature and importance  of the archive was presented, in addition to the significance of preserving these valuable documents which contribute to preserving and documenting Palestinian history.

Date: 
Saturday, October 15, 2011 - 12

Ethnic Urbanization: The Jordan Valley as a Case Study

 

Mr. Whitman explained how the Palestinian society has become an urbanized society, specifically in and around the Ramallah and Hebron areas, as a result of the designation of Areas A, B, and C in the Oslo Accords of 1993.

Speakers: 
Mr. Chris Whitman
Date: 
Saturday, December 1, 2012 - 12

The Arab Spring: A Fourth Democratic Transition?

In this roundtable meeting, Professor Schmitter addressed the different modes of transition from an autocratic government  into a democratic one, with emphasis on the Arab Spring.  

Speakers: 
Professor Philippe Schmitter
Date: 
Saturday, April 21, 2012 - 12

The Political Abuse of Rights

 

Dr. Puar spoke about her book Terrorist Assemblages: Homonationalism in Queer Times, in which she discussed the emergence of what she termed homonationalism--the co-production of gay and lesbian rights, consumer entitlements, circuits of mobility, and livable lives with the simultaneous delimitation of the mobility and rights of racialized bodies, in particular those bodies racialized as "terrorist." For instance, after 11/9 there appeared an anti-Muslim sentiment where anxiety about terrorist bodies was apparent. 

Speakers: 
Dr. Jasbir k. Puar
associate professor - women's and gender studies/ Rutgers University.
Date: 
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 - 10

“Ye Shall Bowl on Grass”

 

Mr. Gangat shed light on the book which is a series of 30 stories each of which has something to say about what happened in South Africa. He also spoke of his experience as a diplomat.

Speakers: 
Mr. Rafique Gangat
Date: 
Sunday, March 27, 2011 - 12

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