Lectures & Discussions

Transforming Conflict to Peace: Israel, Palestine & Beyond

October 11, 2021

Please join us for a virtual webinar sponsored by the Goodspeed Lecture Series. We will have four speakers, two on October 26th and two on October 28th. The theme is Transforming Conflict to Peace: Israel, Palestine & Beyond. Please register in advance for both sessions. There are 2 separate Zoom links.

October 26, 2021 at 11:30am

We welcome Rev. Mitri Raheb, presenting “Arts as a Tool for Social Transformation” and Islah Jad, presenting “Women’s Movements: Between Liberation and ‘Peacemaking.” Raheb and Jad will speak from Palestine.

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October 28, 2021 at 7pm

We welcome Atalia Omer, presenting “Decolonizing Peace in Palestine/Israel: Pathways toward a Jewish-Israeli Restorative Ethics” and Sa’ed Atshan, presenting “Queer Imaginaries and the Future of Palestine/Israel.”

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Posted date: October 11, 2021

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