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Rev. Dana McLean Greeley Fellowship for Peace Studies 2024 - 2025 Speaker Series

Theme: Confronting Empire, Forging Transnational Justice

Tracing Sumud (steadfastness): Navigating the Spatial and Temporal Layers of Palestinian Refugee Camps

A Talk by Rami Rmeileh, University of Exeter, UK.

  • When: Monday October 28, 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. EST (Time zone converter)
  • Where: Coburn Hall 255 and virtual via Zoom
  • Cost: the Event is free and open to the public.

Please join us in person or register on Zoom for Tracing Sumud (steadfastness): Navigating the Spatial and Temporal Layers of Palestinian Refugee Camps to receive a link to the livestream.

Abstract

This talk examines Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon as enduring sites of sumud (steadfastness), shaped by a revolutionary history of resistance, destruction and reconstruction. The talk attempts to raise critical questions about what the intricate social histories of the camp and its inhabitants can teach us about liberation, offering an alternative lens on the politics of struggle.

Speaker Biography

Rami Rmeileh is a Palestinian social liberation psychologist, member and organizer at the European Centre for Palestine Studies (ECPS), and a doctoral researcher at the University of Exeter. His research focuses on critical consciousness, indigenous modes of survival and resistance, mental health politics in settler-colonial contexts, anti-colonial archives, and refugee studies. Rmeileh has worked with the European Parliament and humanitarian organizations, advocating for refugees' rights. He also writes experimental prose and op-eds, published in various journals and media outlets.

More Information

For more information, please contact Associate Professor Urmitapa Dutta by email: Urmitapa_Dutta@uml.edu.

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