The Spring 2024 Palestine Teach-in Series Schedule
Nakba 101: Zionism, 1948, and the Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
Speaker: Professor Shay Hazkani
Date: Thursday, February 1st
Time: 5pm
Location: Francis Scott Key Hall 0106
Screening of the Documentary '1948: Creation & Catastrophe' (+ Panel Discussion with Directors)
Moderator: Professor Neel Ahuja
Discussants: Ahlam Muhtaseb and Andy Trimlett
Date: Wednesday, February 7th
Time: 5pm
Location: SQH 1101
Reading Palestine (A Biweekly Reading Group on Palestinian Authors)
Facilitator: Professor Rachel Schine
Date: Begins Thursday, February 8th and continues every other week until the end of the semester.
Time: 1pm
Location: TLF 1126
To join: Please email palestineteachinseriesumd@gmail.com
Screening of Documentary 'Israelism' (+ Panel Discussion with Students of UMD JVP)
Moderator: Professor Eric Zakim
Date: Monday, February 26th
Time: 5pm
Location: Francis Scott Key Hall 0106
Palestinian Liberation and the Black Radical Tradition
Speakers: Professors Nadia Alahmed and Zenzele Isoke
Date: Thursday, March 28th
Time: 4pm
Location: Jimenez Hall, 0220
Palestine through Poetry: Nyla Matuk and Issam Zineh + Open Mic Poetry Reading
Speakers: Acclaimed Palestinian poets Nyla Matuk and Issam Zineh will read their poetry, followed by an open mic where individuals are welcome to come read their favorite poems written by Palestinians or about Palestine.
Moderators: Professors Fatemeh Keshavarz and Matthew Thomas Miller
Date: Thursday, April 11th
Time: 5pm
Location: JMZ 1205
What is Public Safety? Campus Policing, Protest, and Politics (*Rescheduled*)
Speakers: Professors Christina Hanhardt and Marcus Johnson
Date: TBD
Time: TBD
Location: TBD