Undisciplining Palestine: Global, Systemic, & Analytic Entanglements
Amanda Batarseh
Literature
UC San Diego
Jennifer Mogannam
Critical Race & Ethnic Studies
UC Santa Cruz
Participants
Sophia Azeb
Critical Race & Ethnic Studies
UC Santa Cruz
Hatem Bazian
Ethnic Studies
UC Berkeley
Adam Benkato
Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures
UC Berkeley
Mona Damluji
Film and Media Studies
UC Santa Barbara
Samera Esmeir
Rhetoric
UC Berkeley
Jess Ghannam
Institute for Global Health Sciences
UC San Francisco
Lisa Hajjar
Sociology
UC Santa Barbara
Anthony Harb
Communication
UC San Diego
Siwar Hasan-Aslih
Psychology
UC Santa Cruz
Chris Jadallah
Education & Information Studies
UC Los Angeles
Suad Joseph
Anthropology and Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
UC Davis
Nour Joudah
Asian American Studies
UC Los Angeles
Beshara Kehdi
Ethnic Studies
UC Berkeley
Samiha Khalil
Rhetoric
UC Berkeley
Micah Khater
African American Studies
UC Berkeley
Ussama Makdisi
History
UC Berkeley
Ali Musleh
Anthropology
UC Davis
Loubna Qutami
Asian American Studies
UC Los Angeles
Tareq Radi
Critical Race & Ethnic Studies
UC Merced
Sherena Razek
Gender Studies
UC Los Angeles
Laila Shereen Sakr
Film and Media Studies
UC Santa Barbara
Sherene Seikaly
History
UC Santa Barbara
Rana Sharif
Ethnic Studies
UC Berkeley
This initiative seeks to create a trans-disciplinary space for Palestinian epistemological engagement, addressing systemic and epistemic violences faced by Palestinian scholars in academia. Titled “Undisciplining Palestine: Global, Systemic, & Analytic Entanglements,” the event will bring together Palestinian, Arab, and Palestine Studies scholars to share research, engage in collective brainstorming, and develop a digital syllabus project that serves as a public pedagogical resource. By highlighting themes such as colonialism, social movements, and the marginalization of narratives, the proposal aims to cultivate an alternative paradigm for engaging with Palestinian narratives and experiences. The project culminates in a three-day symposium and junior faculty retreat at UC Santa Cruz, aimed at fostering interdisciplinary inquiry into Palestinian Studies within the UC system. It also aims to build public-facing pedagogical tools for expanded teaching, research, and understanding of Palestine Studies as an entangled field through what we’re calling Palestine as an Analytic. This collective effort aspires to shift the discourse from a deficit-driven narrative to one that emphasizes resilience and collective aspirations, ultimately contributing to a broader understanding of Palestinian struggles and knowledge production within the academic landscape.
