May 26, 4:00 - 5:30 PM EDT
The founding in 1948 of the state of Israel resulted in the Palestinian Nakba — the destruction of Palestinian society and dispossession of its people. Seventy-five years later, we can see the remains of several failed peace processes, partition plans and other attempts to divide the land of historic Palestine between its Palestinian Arab and Jewish inhabitants. And conflict (occupation, oppression, suffering, “apartheid") continues.
Where do we go from here?
The Khouri Conversations panel of distinguished experts will look at the landscape today from both historical and contemporary perspectives and explore what the future may hold. Considering the non-solutions to date, what untried options could be considered today or in the future for bringing peaceful coexistence to the land? And if the land couldn’t be divided, how else might it be shared?
PANELISTS: Rami George Khouri is Co-Director of Global Engagement at the American University of Beirut (AUB), an internationally syndicated political columnist and book author, a professor of journalism and Journalist-in-Residence at AUB, and a non-resident senior fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School.
Derek Penslar is the William Lee Frost Professor of Jewish History at Harvard University and the Samuel Zacks Professor of Jewish History Emeritus at the University of Toronto. He has also taught at Oxford University, where he was the inaugural holder of the Stanley Lewis Chair in Modern Israel Studies.
Mira Sucharov is Professor of Political Science at Carleton University, where she specializes in international relations, the politics of Israel/Palestine, and Jewish Politics. She is the author or editor of five books, including, most recently, Borders and Belonging: A Memoir (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021) and Social Justice and Israel/Palestine: Foundational & Contemporary Debates (University of Toronto Press, 2019, co-edited with Aaron J. Hahn Tapper).
Shibley Telhami is the Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development, Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, and the Director of the University of Maryland Critical Issues Poll. He is also Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. Before coming to the University of Maryland, he taught at several universities, including Cornell University, the Ohio State University, the University of Southern California, Princeton University, Columbia University, Swarthmore College, and the University of California at Berkeley, where he received his doctorate in political science. He has advised every U.S. administration from George H.W. Bush to Barack Obama.
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