On 5-6 October 2013, the Palestine Society at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London will hold its ninth annual conference, Self-Critique Two Decades After Oslo.
http://soaspalsoc.org/conference/
Conference Programme
DAY ONE | Saturday 5th October 2013 | |
9.00-9.30 | Registration and Refreshments |
9.30-9.35 | Opening remarks – Director, Centre for Palestine Studies, SOAS |
9.35-10.15 | Keynote Address – Overcoming Oslo, Restoring Popular Sovereignty – Karma Nabulsi, University of Oxford |
10.15-11.45 | Session 1: Situating Palestine
1. Unsettling Exceptionalism: Bringing a Race, Class and Gender Perspective to Palestine – Nahla Abdo, Carleton University |
11.45-12.00 | Coffee, Tea and Refreshments |
12.00-13.30 | Session 2: Subjects of Self-Criticism
1. Histories of Self-Criticism within the Palestinian Liberation |
13.30-14.15 | Lunch |
14.15-15.45 | Session 3: Oslo and the Fragmentation of the Body Politic
1. The Palestinian Citizens in Israel After Oslo – Nimer Sultany, School of Oriental and African Studies, London |
15.45-16.00 | Coffee, Tea and Refreshments |
16.00-17.30 | Session 4: International Law, the Human Rights Turn, and the Struggle for Palestine
1. International Law as Anti-Colonial Struggle – Hassan Jabareen (tbc), ADALAH: The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel |
DAY TWO | Sunday 6th October 2013 | |
9.30-10.00 | Refreshments |
10.00-11.40 | Session 5: Social Reproduction Under Oslo
1. Water as Political Tool to Encourage or Discourage Settlement – |
11.40-11.55 | Coffee, Tea and Refreshments |
12.00-13.40 | Session 6: Oslo and the Consequences for Resistance
1. International Investigative Commissions in Palestine, Before and |
13.40-14.25 | Lunch |
14.30-16.10 | Session 7: Integrating Critique and Moving Forward
1. Co-opted Solidarity and the Challenge of Joint Struggle – Sara Kershnar, International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network |
16.10-16.25 | Coffee, Tea and Refreshments |
16.25-18.00 | Session 8: Roundtable |