Thursday, May 16, 12:00 PM EDT - Zoom

"Understanding Hamas & Why That Matters": Public Conversations Hosted by Rami G. Khouri & Helena Cobban

In May 2024, Just World Ed is presenting a five-part series of public conversations, co-hosted by our board member Rami G. Khouri and president, Helena Cobban, on the topic of "Understanding Hamas & Why That Matters". In these conversations, we will bring in a variety of experts on different aspects of the history and development of this movement, whose full name is “The Islamic Resistance Movement”, and which plays a significant role within the broader movement for Palestinian national liberation.

The third of our guest experts (May 16) will be Dr. Jeroen Gunning, a Professor of Middle Eastern Politics and Conflict Studies at King’s College, London. Dr. Gunning is also a Visiting Professor at the Department of Political Science, Aarhus University, and at the Middle East Centre at the London School of Economics. He obtained his PhD from the Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, Durham University, and was a British Academy Post-Doctoral Fellow at St Antony’s College, Oxford University. Before coming to King’s College London, he was Founding Director of the Durham Global Security Institute at Durham University. He’s one of the founders of the field of critical terrorism studies and has taught and advised both policy-makers and civil society organizations.

In 2010, he published a book titled, Hamas in Politics: Democracy, Religion, Violence. In 2008, he had issued a strong plea, “Hamas: Talk to Them.” You can learn about the broad array of articles and books he has published on different aspects of the work of radical non-state actors in various parts of West Asia, at his page on the KCL website.

Note: If you registered for earlier webinars in this series, that registration is good for all the sessions, and you'll receive reminders shortly before each is presented. If you did NOT register for the first session you can sign up at any time for the sessions that remain! Use this link to do so.