Join CPS for a book talk with Leila Farsakh, editor of Rethinking Statehood in Palestine: Self-Determination and Decolonization Beyond Partition, published by University of California Press (2021).

Introduction and moderation by Timothy Mitchell.

About Rethinking Statehood in Palestine
The quest for an inclusive and independent state has been at the center of the Palestinian national struggle for a very long time. This book critically explores the meaning of Palestinian statehood and the challenges that face alternative models to it. Giving prominence to a young set of diverse Palestinian scholars, this groundbreaking book shows how notions of citizenship, sovereignty, and nationhood are being rethought within the broader context of decolonization. Bringing forth critical and multifaceted engagements with what modern Palestinian self-determination entails, Rethinking Statehood sets the terms of debate for the future of Palestine beyond partition. Read more.

Leila Farsakh is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts Boston. She researches the political economy of development, with specific focus on the Middle East region and the Arab/Israeli conflict. She is author of Palestinian Labor Migration to Israel: Labour, Land and Occupation and coeditor of The Arab and Jewish Questions: Geographies of Engagement in Palestine and Beyond. Read more.

Timothy Mitchell is William B Ransford Professor of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies at Columbia University. He is a political theorist and historian. His areas of research include the place of colonialism in the making of modernity, the material and technical politics of the Middle East, and the role of economics and other forms of expert knowledge in the government of collective life. Read more.