2024-25
Palestinian Literature, Film, and Theory Reading Group
Facilitators: Jane Barter, Bruno Cornellier, and Jason Hannan
This reading group is an exploration of Palestinian literature, film, and theory with an aim to thinking with major writers through the present moment in Palestine. Engaging such significant works as Edward Said’s The Question of Palestine, Elia Suleiman’s Divine Intervention, Mahmoud Darwish’s Almond Blossoms and Beyond, Rashid Khalidi’s The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine, and Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa, this year-long series aims to explore Palestinian literature, film, and analysis as forms of resistance and as a means of informing and expanding faculty members’ familiarity with major writings by Palestinian authors. This critical work is in keeping with the discipline of Cultural Studies and the work of CRiCS as it “engages with pressing issues of local and global consequence and is at the forefront of developing critical understandings of the social and political dynamics of contemporary culture, including forms of conflict.”
Format: Bi-weekly meetings, every other Friday, beginning September 27, 2024
Time: 12:30-2:00pm
Location: CRiCS Knowledge Mobilization Lab in 3C25 or join on Zoom (Passcode 398990)
Led by one designated CRiCS member, join us for safe conversations among members based upon the material.
This event is open to CRiCS members only.
Tentative Schedule:
September/October: Edward Said's The Question of Palestine
November: Elia Suleiman's Divine Intervention
December/January: Mahmoud Darwish's Almond Blossoms and Beyond
February/March: Rashid Khalidi's The Hundred Years' War on Palestine
April: Susan Abulhawa's Against the Loveless World
