Monday, April 29, 12:30 PM - in person at Georgetown Univ Lohrfink Auditorium, 3613-3625 Canal Road Northwest Washington, DC

Prof. Saree Makdisi, UCLA, presents his lecture, "The Meaning of Gaza." Audience Q&A to follow.

By Georgetown University Department of English

Professor Saree Makdisi (UCLA) will present a lecture based on his humanitarian activism and the cross-sections of his academic research. A 45-minute lecture will be followed by 30 minutes for audience Q&A.

Georgetown University students, faculty, and staff must present a GUID to attend this event. Non-university guests must register via Eventbrite and present photo ID. Registration does not guarantee a seat in the auditorium for the event. A bag check will be implemented by the Georgetown University Police Department; no large bags are permitted in the auditorium.

To register: The Meaning of Gaza Tickets, Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 12:30 PM | Eventbrite

This lecture is brought to Georgetown University by the generosity of the Lacay Endowment and is co-sponsored by CULP and the Deparment of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Georgetown University.

Our Guest Lecturer, Prof. Saree Makdisi:

Saree Makdisi received his BA in English and Economics from Wesleyan University in 1987 and his PhD from the Literature Program at Duke University in 1993.

Professor Makdisi’s teaching and research are situated at the crossroads of several different fields, including British Romanticism, imperial culture, colonial and postcolonial theory and criticism, and the cultures of urban modernity, particularly the revision and contestation of charged urban spaces, including London, Beirut and Jerusalem. He has also written extensively on the afterlives of colonialism in the contemporary Arab world, and, in addition to his scholarly articles, has also contributed pieces on current events to a number of newspapers and magazines, including the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, the Guardian, and the London Review of Books. (more info at registration link)