'COLLABORATIVE STRUGGLE' CONFERENCE
Institute for Social Transformation Research, in cooperation with
the School of History and Politics, Faculty of Arts
When: 24 & 25 September 2012
Where: University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Program
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The public is invited to the exhibition:
'Demilitarized Home Lands: Envisioning Landscape of memory for Palestinians and Israelis - the case of the Beit Dagan/Bayt Dajan'
The exhibition showcases a proposal to turn an abandoned army base into a visitors center toward Palestinian return
Presented by Zochrot, an Arab-Jewish NGO introducing the Palestinian Nakba to Jewish Istaeli society.
Foyer Room 24.G03
Monday 24 September, 5.30pm.
Public Lecture: Ilan Pappé, University of Exeter
Venue: Room 20.4 Communications Centre
DESEGREGATING THE CONFLICT: THE HISTORY OF COLLABORATIVE STRUGGLE IN PALESTINE
Ilan Pappe is an Israeli born author, academic and a long-standing social activist in Israel-Palestine. Professor Pappe has challenged the accepted history of Israel’s formation and offered a critical understanding of the origins of the state of Israel as it emerged from the ethnic cleansing of Palestine. He is the author of The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine (2006), The Modern Middle East (2005), A History of Modern Palestine: One Land, Two Peoples (2003), and Britain and the Arab-Israeli Conflict (1988). He currently is the Director of the European Centre for Palestine Studies and co-director of the Exeter Centre for Ethno-Political Studies at Exeter University, UK
Tuesday 25 September, 10.15am - 11.15am
Screen of Ariella Azoulay's (2012) new documentary:
CIVIC ALLIANCE, PALESTINE 47-48
Arabs and jews gather around a map of Mandatory palestine to avoid violence in a race against the clock taking place in palestine until the founding of the State of Israel in May 1948.
Program
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Convened by
Ian Buchanan and Marcelo Svirsky - University of Wollongong
General Information
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