Frontiers of Repression, Resistance and Solidarity in a Time of Genocide

Organisers: Dr Raad Khair Allah, Dr Pietro Stefanini, Dr Toufic Haddad, Dr Deepshikha Behera

The unprecedented scale and speed of Israel’s genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza has exposed, identified and accelerated political, military, and legal features of Israeli-Palestinian ‘conflict’ dynamics, as well as features of the global order as once was known. Much like the 1948 Nakba,, the social and cultural dimensions of life in Gaza have been transformed in ways that will persist for generations. Although the full implications of these shifts are as of yet undetermined, it is clear that the genocide brought about qualitative alterations which are already felt within Palestine and in theatres well beyond. This workshop seeks to create a space for interdisciplinary dialogue among academics grappling with the transformations in repression, resistance, and solidarity brought about by the Gaza genocide. In addition to highlighting the works of these academics and putting them in dialogue with one another, this workshop aims to engender a community of scholars who can collectively share and develop analysis on the ‘afterlife’ of the genocide in Palestine.

This event is supported by the Susan Manning Workshop Fund from IASH.

This is a free event, which means we overbook to allow for no-shows and to avoid empty seats. While we generally do not have to turn people away, this does mean we cannot guarantee everyone a place. Admission is on a first-come, first-served basis.

Accessibility:

This event will take place at IASH, 2 Hope Park Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9NW. Please see a map here: https://www.iash.ed.ac.uk/location

The Seminar Room is on the first floor, and unfortunately IASH does not have a lift. If you have mobility issues and would like to discuss access, please contact [email protected] as soon as possible.

Info: Speakers:
• Hala Shoman (Newcastle University), “Reprocide in Gaza: The Gendered Strategy of Genocide Through Reproductive Violence”
• Craig Jones (Newcastle University), “Familicide in Gaza: why Israel targets families and how it contributes to genocide”
• Richard McNeill-Wilson (University of Edinburgh), “Banning Palestine: The proscription of Palestine Action and solidarity in the context of state repression”
• Kholoud al-Ajarma (University of Edinburgh), “Witnessing Genocide, Refusing Silence: Moral Self-Formation and Palestinian Solidarity in Scotland”
Chair: Pietro Stefanini

Info: Speakers: • Izar Taha (Ben Gurion University of the Negev and the Arab Academic College for Education, Haifa, Israel), “Ghosts from Palestine: Haunting Disappearances in Contemporary Palestinian Fiction”
• Sabiha Alloush (Exeter University), “The Uses and Abuses of the Digital during Gaza's Genocide: An intersectional feminist approach”
• Mahasen Naser El Din (Independent filmmaker and researcher), “Filmic Fabulation against the Grain of Colonial Archives”
Chair: Raad Khair Allah

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