Thinking Palestine after Gaza
Within the Axes of Interdisciplinary Knowledge, Arlene Clemesha (USP/UM) will deliver the session “Thinking Palestine after Gaza” on November 11 at 11am in the CEIS20 Seminar Room with online transmission on Zoom (ID: 931 8790 9880).
"The Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip and the genocidal situation that has arisen in this small coastal strip have been interpreted in different ways. While Israel and its allies try to justify the offensive with arguments of ‘self-defence’ and place the beginning of everything in the Hamas attacks of 7 October, others point to the fact that well before 7 October there were already many signs of Israel's desire to change the demographic configuration of historic Palestine. In this sense, we seek to situate the place of the genocide in Palestinian history; and (re)think Palestinian history from the consummation of the current genocide. Finally, we propose a reflection on what Gaza can tell us about the future of Palestine and the possibilities of Arab-Jewish coexistence in the region."
Keywords: Palestine; Ethnic cleansing; Genocide; Antisemitism; Islamophobia
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Biography
Arlene Clemesha
Historian, specialising in Arabic History in the Arabic Course of the Department of Oriental Languages at the University of São Paulo (USP). PhD (2003) and MA (1998) from the postgraduate programme in Economic History at the University of São Paulo. Visiting Researcher at the University of Michigan (UM) at Ann Arbor (2001). She served as the Brazilian civil society representative on the United Nations International Coordinating Network for Palestine (ICNP-UN) from 2005 to 2015, and as director of the Centre for Arab Studies at USP from 2008-2017. She founded and directed the Images from the East film festival, in conjunction with the Documentary and Experimental Film Centre of Iran and the Institute of Arab Culture. She currently serves on the board of the Common Action Forum (Madrid) and collaborates with the Istanbul-based organisation Al Sharq. His research is centred on contemporary Arab history and conflicts in the Middle East.
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Research Lines
- Edward Said and Orientalism
- Brazil - Middle East Relations
- Contemporary Arab History
