Lectures & Seminars

In 2025, we will offer a range of seminars and lectures. These will be of interest for  anyone who wishes to learn and exchange views about  various aspects of knowledge production.

Palestine under Siege and Colonisation: Ethnography of Cultural Survival in Everyday Life

Lecturer: Dr. Noura Kamal

Date: Feb 2025 (3, 5, 10, 12, 17, 19)

Time: 16:00 - 17:30

Mondays & Wednesdays

The seminar will reflect on how people living under a long-term period of violence manage to reshape their cultural lives in ways that strengthen the power of their existence and perseverance in a land under settler colonialism.

Ever since An-Naksa (1967) the Palestinian city of Nablus has experienced great suffering due to the continuous attacks by Israeli colonisers. The peak of the violence was in 2002 when Israeli forces invaded Nablus and imposed a curfew for three months (June–October). This period became known as “the long siege” and it followed “the short siege” of April that year when all Palestinian cities were being invaded one by one. Nablus city was invaded several times during 2002 and in the years after. The suffering that people faced during this period took on different dimensions – most notably immobility – as a result of the continuous siege and the constant threat of being shot at if one attempted to leave one’s home. The violent practices and strict closures of the city not only affected living conditions and led to deteriorating economic conditions, but also had an impact on the psychological well-being of the inhabitants in everyday life.