Join Hamid Dabashi and Ahdaf Soueif as they discuss Dabashi's new book, On Edward Said: Remembrance of Things Past.
On Edward Said: Remembrance of Things Past is an intimate intellectual, political and personal portrait of Edward Said, one of the 20th centuries' leading public intellectuals. This is an online event and information and registration can be found here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/on-edward-said-remembrance-of-things-past-tickets-127041794427
Tue, December 8, 2020 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
ATTEND | WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED: AGAINST THE CENSORSHIP AND CRIMINALIZATION OF ACADEMIC POLITICAL SPEECH
WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED: AGAINST THE CENSORSHIP AND CRIMINALIZATION OF ACADEMIC POLITICAL SPEECH
With Katherine Franke (Columbia University), Nerdeen Kiswani (CUNY Law School/Within our Lifetime), Fred Moten (NYU), Radhika Sainath (Palestine Legal) and moderated by Andrew Ross (NYU-AAUP and USACBI)
Last month, Zoom, Facebook, and YouTube all shut down an open academic webinar, organized by a San Francisco State University department, and featuring Palestinian liberation advocate Leila Khaled. Why are big tech platforms making decisions that violate academic freedom? Why is speech about Palestinian rights always the first to be censored, and how should academic communities respond? NYU's AAUP chapter hosts a webinar panel of New York-based speakers as part of a national day of action to address these urgent questions.
Get more info here.
APPLY | 2020 PARC Fellowship Awards
2020 PARC Fellowship Awards
PARC announces its 9th National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) competition for research in the humanities or research that embraces a humanistic approach and methods. Fellowship awards are $4,200 per month for a minimum of four and a maximum of eight consecutive months. Applications due January 11, 2021.
PARC announces its 22nd annual U.S. research fellowship competition for research that will contribute to Palestinian Studies. Research must take place in Palestine, Israel, Jordan, or Lebanon. Fellowship awards are up to a maximum of $9,000. Applications due January 4, 2021.
PARC announces its 22nd annual Palestinian research fellowship competition for research that will contribute to Palestinian Studies. Applicants must be Palestinian doctoral students or Palestinian scholars who have earned their PhD. Fellowship awards are up to a maximum of $6,000. Applications due November 24, 2020.
For complete information on these fellowships, visit PARC's website at http://parc-us-pal.org.
The Council of American Overseas Research Centers announces its Multi-Country Research Fellowship Program. Scholars must carry out research in two or more countries outside the United States, at least one of which hosts a participating American overseas research center (this includes PARC). Applications due January 12, 2021. Visit https://www.caorc.org for more information.
WATCH | Recording of Readings in the Khalidiyya
You can now watch the recording of Readings in the Khalidiyya if you didn’t tune in for the live session on 5 October 2020!
WATCH | Recording of The Moral Triangle with Sa'ed Atshan and Katharina Galor
2020 Albert Hourani Book Award Winner is Sophia Stamatopoulou-Robbins
The Center for Palestine Studies congratulates Sophia Stamatopoulou-Robbins on winning the 2020 Albert Hourani Book Award for Waste Siege: The Life of Infrastructure in Palestine (2019).
”This book offers an outstanding and novel contribution to the study of Palestinian life as a waste siege. Through a rich ethnography and a sophisticated theoretical analysis this book focuses on the governance and governing power of waste.”
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Sophia Stamatopoulou-Robbins is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Bard and holds a PhD in Anthropology from Columbia University. Sophia spoke about her book Waste Siege with Brian Boyd as part of the Center’s Palestine Library programming in February 2020.
ATTEND | Normalizing the Abnormal: Implications of Arab Accords with Israel
Join the SIPA Palestine Working Group (PWG) and Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) on October 8th at 1pm for a timely panel on the political and human rights implications of recent announcements of normalization by Gulf states with Israel. The panel features Dr. Rashid Khalidi (Columbia University), Dr. As'ad Ghanem (University of Haifa), and Sumaya Almajdhoub (Gulf Coalition Against Normalization).
This event is for Columbia University affiliates.
Please register on Campus Groups to be emailed the Zoom link prior to the event.
Virtual Internships for Columbia University Students
Don’t miss out on these virtual internship opportunities, organized by the Columbia University Global Centers.
Access the list of opportunities and application form here.