Approaches to Research on Palestine and the Palestinians
March 4-5, 2016
McKinney Conference Room, Watson Institute
Friday, March 4, 2016
8:15 – 8:30 a.m.
Registration: McKinney Conference Room
8:30 – 8:45 a.m.
Welcoming remarks
8:45 – 10:45 a.m. Panel 1: State of the Field
Discussant: Beshara Doumani, Director of Middle East Studies, Brown University
1. Zachary Lockman, Middle East Studies, New York University
“Palestine Studies in the United States”
2. Julie Peteet, Director of Middle East and Islamic Studies, University of Louisville
“Provocations and the Indigenous Category”
3. Rashid Khalidi, Arab Studies, Chair of History Department, Columbia University
“The Future of Palestine Studies”
10:45 – 11:00 a.m.
Break
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Panel 2: Scholarship and Activism
Discussant: Keisha-Khan Perry, Africana Studies, Brown University
1. Nadia Hijab, Co-founder of Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network
“Purpose of and Audience for Research on Palestine and the Palestinians”
2. Ahmad Amara , Judaic Studies, New York University
“Indigeneity in Palestinian Studies: Between Political and Legal Indigeneity”
3. Joel Beinin, Middle East History, Stanford University
“Approaches to Research on Palestine and the Palestinians”
1:00 – 2:45 p.m.
Lunch
2:45 – 4:45 p.m. Panel 3: Relationship Between Palestine and Israel Studies
Discussant: Sherene Seikaly, History, University of California, Santa Barbara
1. Areej Sabbagh-Khoury, Center for Palestine Studies Fellow, Columbia University
“The Palestinian Frontier: A Critical Approach”
2. Shira Robinson, History and International Affairs, George Washington University
“Approaches to Research on Palestine and the Palestinians”
3. Mazen Masri, Law, City University London
“Some Comments and Questions on Approaches to Research on Palestine and the Palestinians”
4:45 – 5:00 p.m.
Break
5:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Open discussion/theme tba
6:30 p.m.
Dinner at Doumani house
Saturday, March 5, 2016
8:15 – 8:30 a.m.
Continental breakfast
8:30 – 10:30 a.m. Panel 4: Sovereignty/Governance
Discussant: Brinkley Messick, Anthropology, Columbia University
1. Gershon Shafir, Sociology, University of California, San Diego
“Veiled Discrimination and Vigilantism against Israel’s Citizen Palestinians”
2. Yehouda Shenhav, Sociology, Tel-Aviv University
“Zionist Sovereignty (and the Arab Jews)”
3. Sherene Seikaly, History, University of California, Santa Barbara
“Eroding Borders, Expanding Horizons: The Potential of Palestinian Studies”
10:30 – 10:45 a.m.
Break
10:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. Panel 5: Blind Spots/Sweet Spots
Discussant: Faiz Ahmed, History, Brown University
1. Emilio Dabed, Palestine and Law Fellow, Columbia University
“PA Legislation and the Disciplinary Power of Law”
2. Sreemati Mitter, History, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST)
“Approaches to Research on Palestine and the Palestinians”
12:45 – 2:45 p.m.
Working lunch