This November 2nd is the 98th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, a document which resulted in the creation of a Jewish state in Palestine, with a total and deliberate disregard for the rights and interests of the Arabs who then numbered 92 percent of the population.

Those interested in Palestine/Palestinians and the Israeli/Palestinian conflict should note the Center for Palestine Studies at Columbia University. 

Lila Abu-Lughod, CPS faculty associate and Professor of Anthropology and Women's and Gender Studies at Columbia, will be delivering the Edward Said Memorial Lecture at The American University of Cairo this week.

The Center for Palestine Studies at Columbia University is pleased to announce the arrival of Palestinian filmmaker Amer Shomali as a visiting artist in residence at the Center for Palestine Studies and School of the Arts through December 31, 2015.

The Center for Palestine Studies at Columbia University's Middle East Institute is pleased to announce the 2016-17 Ibrahim Abu-Lughod Award in Palestine Studies.

In a 2004 interview Yasser Arafat, in a state of near confinement and exhaustion, reflected upon his incapacity to move without the immediate threat of assassination, about the Palestinian right of return, about American elections, and his achievements. Among these achievements was the fact that "the Palestine case was the biggest problem in the world" and that Israel had "failed to wipe us out."

A series of lectures to address the historiography of the field 'Islamic Art' by scoring the particular moments of ruptures that fractured its foundations.

The Center for Palestine Studies at Columbia University is pleased to host the recipient of the Fulbright Visiting Senior Scholar Award for the academic year 2015-2016, Abdul-Rahim Al-Shaikh. The award provides an opportunity for Palestinian professors residing in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza to lecture and/or do research at institutions in the United States.