Date/Time: Monday October 28, 11 am – 12:30 pm EST - Livestream (Zoom) and in person at UMass Lowell, Coburn 255, Coburn Hall, 850 Broadway St., Lowell, MA

Tracing Sumud (steadfastness): Navigating the Spatial and Temporal Layers of Palestinian Refugee Camps (HYBRID) - A Talk by Rami Rmeileh, University of Exeter, UK.

Rev. Dana McLean Greeley Fellowship for Peace Studies at UMass Lowell  |  2024-2025 Speaker Series - Theme: Confronting Empire, Forging Transnational Justice

(Event is free and open to the public.)

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Source: Speaker Series | Peace & Conflict Studies Institute (PACSI) | Research | UMass Lowell

Abstract: This talk examines Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon as enduring sites of sumud (steadfastness), shaped by a revolutionary history of resistance, destruction, and reconstruction. The talk attempts to raise critical questions about what the intricate social histories of the camp and its inhabitants can teach us about liberation, offering an alternative lens on the politics of struggle.

Speaker Bio: Rami Rmeileh is a Palestinian social liberation psychologist, member, and organizer at the European Centre for Palestine Studies (ECPS), and a doctoral researcher at the University of Exeter. His research focuses on critical consciousness, indigenous modes of survival and resistance, mental health politics in settler-colonial contexts, anti-colonial archives, and refugee studies. Rmeileh has worked with the European Parliament and humanitarian organizations, advocating for refugees' rights. He also writes experimental prose and op-eds, published in various journals and media outlets. 

For more information, please contact Assoc. Professor Urmitapa Dutta at Urmitapa_dutta@uml.edu.