Don’t miss the 2020 Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association!
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Watch | Toronto Palestine Film Festival
The Toronto Palestine Film Festival is happening online and worldwide between September 23-29, 2020 with film screenings, music, dance and poetry performances, a visual art showcase, panels, exclusive merchandise and more! For the first time in our 13 years we are able to present all special events and select films worldwide.
Check out the full program, watch movie trailers and get your tickets at https://tinyurl.com/TPFF2020
Attend |Impact of the Israeli Occupation on Palestinian Science, Education, and Research
Scientists for Palestine is an international organisation created by and for scientists to promote science and support the integration of the occupied Palestinian territories in the international scientific community.
Click here for more information about “Impact of the Israeli Occupation on Palestinian Science, Education, and Research.”
CPS co-organized the group’s second international gathering which discussed how to implement concrete programs and long term visions to strengthen the growth of science in Palestine and help build ties between the Palestinian and international scientific communities.
Read | Lila Abu-Lughod's new article in Critical Inquiry
ATTEND | Zoom in for Rashid Khalidi's session of the Arab Center's Fifth Annual Conference
Rashid Khalidi will take part in the Arab Center’s Fifth Annual Conference, “ The 2020 US Election: Domestic and Global Implications,” on Wednesday, September 30, 2020. Khalidi will join other experts for the panel “The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Between Trump and Biden.”
The Arab-Israeli Conflict Between Trump and Biden
10:15 AM, Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Peter Beinart
American columnist, journalist, and political commentator
Professor of Journalism at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism and Professor of Political Science, The City University of New York.
Zaha Hassan
Human rights lawyer and Visiting Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Lara Friedman
President, Foundation for Middle East Peace
Rashid Khalidi
Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies, Columbia University;
Co-Editor, Journal of Palestine Studies;
President of the Institute for Palestine Studies-USA
Yousef Munayyer – Moderator
Non-resident Senior Fellow, Arab Center Washington DC
CPS Co-Director Brian Boyd Receives Funding Renewal for Collaborative Project with Birzeit
Brian Boyd received renewed funding for his collaborative project “Building Community Anthropology Across the Jordan Valley” from the Columbia University President’s Global Innovation Fund for academic years 2020-22.
A collaborative Columbia University/Birzeit University archaeology and museum anthropology community project, focusing in and around the West Bank village of Shuqba, northwest of Ramallah. This project involves collaboration with local communities in producing a deep history of their village and its cultural landscapes; the establishment of a community museum; and anthropological/archaeological training and opportunities for local students. Project partners include the Palestinian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, Shuqba Village Council, Riwaq, and the Columbia Global Center in Amman, Jordan. The project’s research and training is focused around the important local archaeological site of Shuqba Cave, in the Wadi Natuf, excavated in the late 1920s by Cambridge University (UK) archaeologist Dorothy Garrod and a team of Shuqba villagers. Shuqba Cave is a foundational site for the entire prehistory of the Middle East and is of global significance for the study of the origins of agriculture, domestication and settled village life around 10,000 years ago. Shuqba Cave and the Wadi Natuf were placed on the UNESCO World Heritage Sites Tentative List in 2013. The current stage of the project will culminate in the opening of the first public Shuqba Museum exhibition, titled Natufian +100: stories from Shuqba 1924-2024.