Fear of the Other & the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict
This comprehensive and proactive two-day conference on 23rd and 24th
September 2005, organised by The Faculty for Israeli-Palestinian Peace,
may be of interest to some colleagues...
Day 1 (Brunei Gallery, SOAS, London)
Sessions include:
Keynote 1: Anti-Semitism, Orientalism in Modernity – Azmi Bishara
Anti-Islamic, Anti-Arab Fears and Impact – Sharif Nashashibi, John
Strawson, Henriette Dahan-Kalev
Anti-Semitisms, Old and New – Daniel Dor, Yosef Grodzinski, Brian Klug,
Paul Silverstein
Keynote 2: Confronting Racisms – Stuart Hall
Confronting Racisms, Obstacles and Potential – Ghassan Abdullah, Edie
Friedman, Steven Frosh, Francesca Klug, Paul Macknay
States of Violence, Living with Conflict – Daphna Baram, Uri Hadar, Salim
Tamari, Jamal Zaqout
Day 2 (Birbeck College, Malet Street, London)
Keynote 3: No, Its Not Anti-Semitic – Judith Butler
Workshop sessions:
1) Confronting Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia/Anti-Arabism
2) The Role of Israeli Academics
3) Practical Support for Palestinian Students and Institutions
4) Gaza Today – led by Jamal Zaqout
5) Democracy vs. National/Religious Ideologies in Israeli-Palestinian
Conflict – led by Udi Adiv, Aura Mor
6) Managing Aggression in Political Contexts: Anti-Semitism, Islamophobia,
and Fear of Contact – led by Andrew Samuels
Final plenary: Beyond the Boycott Debate
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