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Gaza: Settler-colonialism and War
A discussion around the conflict along the Gaza Strip
Join human rights attorney Noura Erakat to explore the nature of post-nationalism in the Palestinian struggle for freedom.
Event details
Event type: Lecture
Date: Monday 16 July 2018
Time: 6 - 7.30pm
Venue: Law School Foyer, Level 2, Sydney Law School (F10), Eastern Avenue (next to Fisher library, either University Ave or City Rd Entrance)
Cost: Free and open to all with online registrations required
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Please note: while there is some parking available at New Law Building carpark, Shepherd Street carpark, Broadway and some street parking, spaces are limited so we suggest using public transport whenever possible.
During the height of the 1960s and 1970s anti-colonial movement, the Palestinian struggle was central to a broader struggle to overturn colonialism as a legitimate form of governance. Nearly every formerly colonized peoples have since achieved their national independence.
This talk seeks to explore how we can understand the Palestinian struggle for freedom in this post-nationalist moment by drawing on other freedom struggles and analytical frameworks. It claims that though Palestinians have failed to establish a state, they now have the potential to pave alternative futures for themselves and the world in which freedom is realized in excess of sovereignty.
The Speaker:
Noura Erakat is a human rights attorney and an Assistant Professor at George Mason University. She is the author of Justice for Some: Law As Politics in the Question of Palestine (forthcoming Stanford University Press, 2019). Her research interests include human rights law, humanitarian law, refugee law, national security law, social justice, critical race theory, and the Palestinian-Israel conflict.
Image (at top): Palestinian protesters confront Israeli occupation forces along the boundary with Israel in the central Gaza Strip on 11 May. (Mahmoud Khattab: APA images)
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Law School Foyer, Sydney Law School (F10), Eastern Avenue, University of Sydney (next to Fisher library, either University Ave or City Rd Entrance), NSW
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