Launch of the Palestinian Oral History Archive (POHA)
The Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs at AUB organized a two day international conference, on June 12 and 13 2019, to launch the Palestinian Oral History Archive (POHA).
To learn more and browse the online collection, visit POHA's website.
Gaza On Screen: An Interview with Film Festival Curator, Nadia Yaqub
This April, Palestine Cuts presented Gaza On Screen, a three-day film festival curated by Nadia Yaqub, Professor and Chair in the Department of Asian Studies and Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at UNC Chapel Hill, showcasing films from Gaza. The program included screenings of 13 short and feature-length films, a masterclass with director Abdel Salam Shehada, a student film showcase and Q&A and an academic panel.
Read an interview with Nadia Yaqub by Laura Charney, a Master’s student in Human Rights at Columbia’s Institute for the Study of Human Rights, about Yaqub’s research and experience curating the Gaza on Screen film festival.
For more information about Gaza On Screen, visit the event listing.
The Pro-Israel Push to Purge US Campus Critics
Palestinian architect and academic Suad Amiry wins Tamayouz’s Women in Architecture and Construction prize
IBRAHIM ABU-LUGHOD POSTDOCTORAL AWARD 2019-2020
The Center for Palestine Studies at Columbia University’s Middle East Institute is pleased to announce that the competition for the 2019-2020 Ibrahim Abu-Lughod Post-Doctoral Award is now open. This year-long post-doctoral fellowship seeks to recognize and foster innovative and ground-breaking scholarship on issues related to Palestine and Palestinians. The deadline for full applications including supporting letters is February 15, 2019.
Kalimat: the Palestinian Literature Festival
The American Colony Bookshop in Jerusalem, in partnership with the Kenyon Institute, organized Kalimat: the Palestinian Literature Festival, bringing together 14 critically-acclaimed Palestinian and international writers for nightly discussions held across five different cities (Jerusalem, Ramallah, Bethlehem, Nablus, Haifa) from 3-7 November 2018. The festival is aimed at exploring and sharing insights on the craft of writing in its multiple forms, especially as a tool to confront adversity and maintain hope and dignity. A series of university writing workshops will also be held at An Najah, Birzeit, Bethlehem and Al Quds universities with the visiting writers.
PARC Fellowships 2019-2020
The Palestinian American Research Center (PARC) announces three fellowship competitions for the year 2019-2010. PARC has two research fellowship competitions for scholars of Palestine and a travel seminar competition for scholars who are not Palestine experts but who are eager to learn more about Palestine. Applications are due in January 2019.