Palestinian Studies

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 HijabCo-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