Ireland, Britain, and Palestine

SMU Irish Studies and the Department for the Study of Religion are pleased to host Professor Rashid Khalidi for a timely and thought-provoking lecture examining the historical links between British counter-insurgency practices and their longer-term global impact. The talk offers a critical historical perspective on the circulation of military knowledge across imperial and postcolonial contexts, and its enduring implications.

This event will be of interest to researchers and students in history, political science, international relations, and those engaged in the study of conflict, colonialism, and policy.

The lecture will be held online but those in Halifax are invited for refreshments and sandwiches at Saint Mary's University for informal post-lecture discussions.

Event details, including the Zoom link and room number, will be emailed to registered attendees before the event.

Rashid Khalidi is Edward Said Professor Emeritus of Arab Studies at Columbia University. He received a B.A. from Yale University and a D. Phil. from Oxford University, and has taught at the Lebanese University, the American University of Beirut, and the University of Chicago. He was editor of the Journal of Palestine Studies, and served as President of the Middle East Studies Association. He has authored eight books, including The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017, and of over 120 scholarly articles and book chapters, and has co-edited three books. He is currently working on a book tentatively entitled “Britain, Ireland and Palestine.