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67203-01 - Arbeitsgemeinschaft: Palestine Versus the Palestinians? Writing Palestinians into History (3 KP)
| Semester | Herbstsemester 2022 |
| Angebotsmuster | einmalig |
| Dozierende | Alexander Balistreri (alexander.balistreri@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn) |
| Inhalt | The Annual MUBIT Doctoral Workshop in Late- and Post-Ottoman Studies is a two-day workshop in Basel, Switzerland, designed for international doctoral students conducting research on the Near and Middle East. This year’s workshop will be led by Prof. Beshara Doumani. There is a tremendous tension between the historical evolution of the concept of “Palestine” as a territorial unit and of the concept of “Palestinians” as a people. Consider, for example, the irony that the establishment of a state called Palestine by the British after World War One was predicated on the erasure of Palestinians as a political community. Consider also the irony that the destruction of Palestine in 1948 became the seminal moment in the constitution of modern Palestinian peoplehood. The paradox of Palestine versus the Palestinians cannot be fully explained by the three dominant paradigms that dominate knowledge production: national, relational, and settler-colonial. The national paradigm structures historical narratives as that of the conflict between two peoples over the same land; assumes a natural fit between territory, identity, and sovereignty; and focuses on national movements and states as the engines of historical change. The relational paradigm explores the ways that Palestinians and Israelis constituted each other, highlights internal contradictions, and recognizes the asymmetrical balance of power between them. The settler-colonial paradigm frames the destruction of Palestine and the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in 1948 not as an event, but as global structural process of territorial dispossession, demographic displacement, and political erasure of indigenous societies. Each of these paradigms represents a different way of understanding the modern world, yet they share a common space/time/agency architecture that focuses primarily on the struggle over Palestine, not the experiences of Palestinians; that organizes time in a linear series of externally imposed ruptures (1917, 1948, 1967, 1982, 1993), not along developments within Palestinian society; and that locks Palestinians in a binary: either as victims of, or resisters to, forces beyond their control. This workshop considers the politics and ethics of writing Palestinians into history and how that might reveal a rich archive of everyday agency that broadens our imagination of potential futures. Ultimately, it asks: What does it mean to be a Palestinian? What can the Palestinian condition teach us about the modern world? And why has it become a global symbol for ongoing struggles for justice, equality, and dignity? |
| Lernziele | Participants will learn about the main topics shaping the historiography of Palestinians, familiarize themselves with the foundational literature on the topic, and obtain the opportunity to network and discuss these issues with experts in the field. |
| Literatur | Participants will receive by early September 2022 a list of readings to be completed prior to the workshop. |
| Bemerkungen | The workshop will be led by Prof. Beshara Doumani (Brown University, Birzeit University). Participation is for doctoral students by application only. Please contact Dr. Alexander Balistreri for more details. |
| Teilnahmevoraussetzungen | Participation is open to doctoral students enrolled at the University of Basel or international doctoral students (by application only). |
| Anmeldung zur Lehrveranstaltung | By application. |
| Unterrichtssprache | Deutsch |
| Einsatz digitaler Medien | kein spezifischer Einsatz |
| Intervall | Wochentag | Zeit | Raum |
|---|---|---|---|
| Block | Siehe Einzeltermine | ||
| Block | Siehe Einzeltermine | ||
Einzeltermine
| Datum | Zeit | Raum |
|---|---|---|
| Freitag 30.09.2022 | 14.15-19.00 Uhr | --, -- |
| Samstag 01.10.2022 | 08.15-13.00 Uhr | --, -- |
| Samstag 01.10.2022 | 14.15-19.00 Uhr | --, -- |
| Module |
Doktorat Near & Middle Eastern Studies: Empfehlungen (Promotionsfach: Near & Middle Eastern Studies) |
| Prüfung | Lehrveranst.-begleitend |
| An-/Abmeldung zur Prüfung | Anmelden: Belegen; Abmelden: nicht erforderlich |
| Wiederholungsprüfung | keine Wiederholungsprüfung |
| Skala | Pass / Fail |
| Belegen bei Nichtbestehen | nicht wiederholbar |
| Zuständige Fakultät | Philosophisch-Historische Fakultät, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Anbietende Organisationseinheit | Fachbereich Nahost-Studien |