On life and death in Palestine

In conditions of sustained political violence how do we measure the costs? Spring and summer 2022 have brought fresh waves of death and destruction in Palestine, with the murder of Shireen Abu Aqleh in Jenin and the latest assault/s on Gaza garnering international headlines. These events compel us to reflect on who is targeted by violence, why and how – the surveillance and killing of Palestinian women, men and children raises questions of intent and accountability. 

To do this work, we welcome Professor Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian in conversation with Professor Ilan Pappé. Together their extensive scholarship and activism in Palestine opens us to the differentiation of violence across time, space and bodies – in powerful and worrying ways. From the articulation of Israeli settler colonialism with Palestinian patriarchy to ‘unchilding’, ‘necropenology’ and ‘the occupation of the senses’, we hope to learn much more about how brutality touches lives and communities on intimate political levels. Yet we also invite Professors Shalhoub-Kevorkian and Pappé to challenge the framework of victimisation, even as they illuminate logics of control and mechanisms of devastation. In a conversation that attends to both power and resistance, we will centre the lives of all Palestinians as they struggle for justice and self-determination.

*Trigger warning: This conversation may describe acts and effects of physical violence. Our chairs will provide guidelines for care as we open the event.

For further information and to book your ticket, please see Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-conversation-with-nadera-shalhoub-kevorkian-and-ilan-pappe-tickets-417853058747

Please note that registration will close at 5pm on Tuesday 21 September, and Zoom details will be emailed to all attendees 24 hours before the event.