Events

Events

“Let’s Talk about Palestine” teach-in series!

Let’s Talk about Palestine Poster Fri, February 16, 2024, 4:00 pm to Tue, April 16, 2024, 6:00 pm

Maude Fife Room (315 Wheeler Hall)

Let’s Talk about Palestine

a UC Berkeley Teach-In Series

Despite Obfuscation and Orientalism: Palestine in Modern History

with Dr. Ussama Makdisi

moderated by Dr. Samera Esmeir

Tuesday, February 6, 2024

4 pm in the Maude Fife Room (315 Wheeler Hall)

Islamophobia, Race, and the Racialization of Palestine

with Dr. Hatem Bazian and Dr. Keith Feldman

moderated by Dr. Ussama Makdisi 

Tuesday, February 20, 2024

4 pm in the Maude Fife Room (315 Wheeler Hall)

On Apartheid, Occupation, and the Law

with Dr. Samera Esmeir and Dr. Wadie Said

moderated by Dr. Hatem Bazian

Thursday, March 14, 2024

4 pm in the Maude Fife Room (315 Wheeler Hall)

Palestinian Literature and the Writing of Trauma

with Dr. Ahmad Diab and Dr. Stefania Pandolfo

moderated by Dr. Mohamed Wajdi Ben Hammed

Tuesday, April 16, 2024

4 pm in the Maude Fife Room (315 Wheeler Hall)

All events are open to the public and will be livestreamed at www.youtube.com/@UCBMELC

Coordinated by the Department of  Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures  (MELC)

Co-sponsored by: Ethnic Studies, Rhetoric, Critical Theory, ICCTP, CMES

contact: bmelc@berkeley.edu