The Institute for Palestine Studies (IPS), in partnership with several research centers in the Middle East, Europe, and North America have announced its annual conference titled “Reassessing the British Mandate in Palestine” taking place on 31 October – 2 November 2022.
The conference focuses on the British Mandate (1922-1948) that represented over a quarter-century of Palestine's modern history, during which the groundwork was laid to seize Palestinian political rights and establish a Zionist state. It was also a period of vibrant Palestinian mobilization, which was already in motion during the late Ottoman era and continued through the mandate period reaching its height during the rebellion of 1936-1939 — across cities and the countryside — to respond to newly emerging realities.
It is these vibrant issues that the conference seeks to explore. Beyond treating the Mandate as a legal and political system, the conference revisits the social, cultural, and economic history of Palestine and Palestinians during that period. It brings together scholars from around the world, from Chile to Palestine and beyond, who are working on a wide array of disciplines and topics.
The conference is jointly sponsored by the following institutions: Birzeit University; Council for British Research in the Levant; New Directions in Palestine Studies, Brown University; Center for Palestine Studies, Columbia University; Hearing Palestine, University of Toronto; European Centre for Palestine Studies, University of Exeter; Centre for Palestine Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London.
All listed times are Palestine timezone.
Conference Agenda
Session Title | Session Time | Venue | |
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Reception and Registration | 08:30 - 09:00 | Institute of Law Annex Building, Hall 243 | |
Opening Remarks | 09:00 - 09:30 | Institute of Law Annex Building, Hall 243 | |
The Mandate in Historical Context | 09:30 - 11:30 |
Chair and Commentator: Nazmi Jubeh
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Institute of Law Annex Building, Hall 243 |
Archaeology and the Subaltern during the British Mandate | 10:00 - 12:00 |
Chair and Commentator: Toufic Haddad
|
Said Khoury Building for Development Studies, Hall 104 |
Branding the Mandate: Visual Culture at the Service of Empire | 11:45 - 13:45 |
Chair and Commentator: Rana Anani
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Institute of Law Annex Building, Hall 243 |
Excavating the Past: Archaeological Institutions during the Mandate | 12:15 - 14:15 |
Chair and Commentator: Hamed Salem
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Said Khoury Building for Development Studies, Hall 104 |
Keynote I: The Mandate Period as Rupture: How to Read Archives? | 15:30 - 16:00 |
Speakers: Munir Fakher Eldin |
Institute of Law Annex Building, Hall 243 |
Problematics of Social Fabric: Biography and History | 16:00 - 18:00 |
Chair and Commentator: Munir Fakher Eldin
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Institute of Law Annex Building, Hall 243 |
Session Title | Session Time | Venue | |
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Saints, Theatre and Railways: Reframing Palestinian Cultural History | 09:30 - 11:30 |
Chair and Commentator: Islah Jad
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Institute of Law Annex Building, Hall 243 |
The 1936 Revolt Revisited | 10:00 - 12:00 |
Chair and Commentator: Musa Sroor
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Said Khoury Building for Development Studies, Hall 104 |
Reformulating Discourse: Education, Crafts, and Pedagogy | 11:45 - 13:45 |
Chair and Commentator: Ghada al-Madbouh
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Institute of Law Annex Building, Hall 243 |
Palestine’s Coercive Apparatus | 12:15 - 14:15 |
Chair and Commentator: Issam Nassar
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Said Khoury Building for Development Studies, Hall 104 |
Political Economy and Social Movements | 15:00 - 17:00 |
Chair and Commentator: Ghassan Khatib
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Institute of Law Annex Building, Hall 243 |
The Politics of Autonomy Schemes | 15:30 - 17:30 |
Chair and Commentator: Lana Judeh
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Said Khoury Building for Development Studies, Hall 104 |
Session Title | Session Time | Venue | |
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Colonialism & Settler Colonialism I | 09:30 - 11:30 |
Chair and Commentator: Majdi al-Malki
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Institute of Law Annex Building, Hall 243 |
Colonialism & Settler Colonialism II | 10:00 - 12:00 |
Chair and Commentator: Maha Samman
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Said Khoury Building for Development Studies, Hall 104 |
Mandate Palestine and the Contemporary Memory Debate in Germany | 11:45 - 13:45 |
Chair and Commentator: Jens Hanssen, Hanna Al Taher
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Institute of Law Annex Building, Hall 243 |
Mandate Colonialism in the Present: The Ongoing Politics of Palestinian Disenfranchisement | 12:15 - 14:15 |
Chair and Commentator: Rana Barakat
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Said Khoury Building for Development Studies, Hall 104 |
Keynote II: Reading in Time: Reflections on the Question of Palestine | 15:30 - 17:00 |
Speakers: Sherene Seikaly |
Institute of Law Annex Building, Hall 243 |