16th May
5pm-6.30pm Panel Discussion (Online/Hybrid)
6.45pm-7.30pm Screening (JSC 2.02)
A Panel Discussion on Zionism, Hindutva Politics and Islamist Militancy
followed by a screening of Edward Said’s 1998 lecture:
The Myth of the “Clash of Civilisations”
Read more about this event HERE
Speakers
Tariq Ali has been a leading figure on the Left since the 1960s. A public intellectual and long-standing editor of the New Left Review.
Nivedita Menon is professor of political thought at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. She is author of many books and articles, including Seeing Like a Feminist (2012) and Power and Contestation: India since 1989 (2007).
Ilan Pappe (TBC) is Professor of History at Exeter University (UK) and Director for the European Centre for Palestinian Studies.
Aamir R. Mufti is Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of California and author of “Enlightenment in the Colonies: the Jewish Question and the Crisis of Postcolonial Culture”.
Emily Hilton (Chair) is is an activist and writer based in London. She is a co-founder of Na’amod UK: British Jews Against Occupation, as well as a trip leader and organizer with the Centre for Jewish Non-Violence. Emily has written for The Independent and+972 Magazine.
Screening
The Myth of the “Clash of Civilisations”
Edward Said was a Palestinian-American academic, writer and advocate for Palestinian rights. In 1998 he delivered a lecture at the University of Massachusetts, challenging the notion expressed by Samuel P. Huntington that one of the characteristics of the contemporary world (after the end of the Cold War) was a “clash of civilizations” (Western, Islamic, Confucian). Said argued that reducing groups of people and parts of the world into simplistic abstractions was not only bad scholarship but led to dangerous real life consequences. Instead, Said foregrounds the importance of learning to coexist with difference – vital then; vital now.
If you are interested in joining the discussion online, please contact
Dr Syed Haider (s.haider@uea.ac.uk) to register. You will need access to Microsoft Teams. A Teams-Link will be sent to all registered participants. Those attending in person may watch and participate in the online discussion in Julian Study Centre (JSC) room 2.02.
Alliances of Understanding 