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The Last Pasha: Ahmad Helmi and the Defense of Jerusalem (Arabic) |
Adel Manna |
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Reading the British Mandate in Palestine through a Group Picture: Limitations and Possibilities |
Sonja Mejcher-Atassi |
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Psychiatric Encounters in Mandate Palestine |
Chris Sandal-Wilson |
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Colonialism and the Politics of Health in Pre-1948 Palestine |
Cynthia Kreichati |
This session examines the importance of personal biography and social history in the study of Palestinian history in the late Ottoman era and during the British Mandate period through four studies. The first paper discusses the biography of Ahmed Hilmi Pasha as one of the last pashas and his role in defending Jerusalem. The second paper deals with the limits and possibilities of researching social life during the Mandate period through family photographs. Two papers in this session shed light on psychiatry in Mandatory Palestine and on colonialism and health policies in general and before 1948.
Munir Fakher Eldin: is an associate professor of philosophy and cultural studies at Birzeit University, where he currently serves as dean of the Faculty of Arts. He had previously directed the master’s program in Israeli studies at Birzeit and served as a researcher at the Institute for Palestine Studies. He coedited The General Survey of Israel 2020 (Beirut and Ramallah: The Institute for Palestine Studies, 2021) and The Untold Story of the Golan Heights: Occupation, Colonization, and Resistance (London: I. B. Tauris, 2022).
Adel Manna: is a retired history professor. He taught history for decades at Birzeit University and other academic institutions worldwide. He is a historian specializing in Palestine during the Ottoman era and the twentieth century.
Sonja Mejcher-Atassi: is an associate professor of Arabic and comparative literature in the Department of English and an associated faculty member in the Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Languages at the American University of Beirut. Her research focuses on modern Arabic literature and closely intersects with cultural and intellectual history.
Chris Sandal-Wilson: is a lecturer in medical history at the University of Exeter (UK). His research focuses on the history and politics of psychiatry and healthcare in Mandate Palestine.
Cynthia Kreichati: is a PhD candidate in the Department of Anthropology at McGill University. Her work explores the relationships between politics, archives, health, and the environment. She is now completing her doctoral dissertation project: an ethnography of the Lebanese Litani River and its people.
