【Event I】Will this world ever be the same? A series of Palestinian films with Qais Assali, Shuruq Harb & May Marei
Time: Monday, January 15 *Taipei Standard Time (GMT +8)
14.00-15.00pm: film screening15.00-16:30: Q&A with the filmmakers
Location: HA Building B F106
Registration link:Film Programme & Symposium on Palestine (google.com)
*Film screening and symposium will be held in person and online.
-Films:Griever of the Sea – A tribute to Shireen Abu Aqleh (2022) by May MareiThe Kingdom (2015) by Qais AssaliThe Seventh Sarha (2017) by Qais AssaliWhite Elephant (2018) by Shuruq HarbThe Jump (2021) by Shuruq Harb
-“We cannot divide time into distinct crises when they exist simultaneously in the body.”⎯ @palestinewritingworkshop on InstagramWe are reflecting what Korean American poet Cathy Park Hong ruminates in Minor Feelings: “at what cost do I have this life? At what toll have I been granted this safety here? […] I didn’t live through any of it, but I’m still a descendant of those who had no time to recover; who had no time, nor permission, to reflect.”We are also thinking on and expanding some of the questions Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish raises in Memory for Forgetfulness: what are the meanings of exile and loss? In a time of war– what is one’s role? how does one mourn? Can one mourn? What does one do to keep going everyday? And what is the relationship of writing and filmmaking (time & memory) to history (remembering is precisely a modality of forgetting)?With love and rage, this short film screening brings together works by Palestinian filmmakers/artists Qais Assali, Shuruq Harb & May Marei, in the hope of offering a desire or an energy for the audience to continually ask questions, to think, to act and to imagine another world is possible. -⎯ written by Hong-Kai Wang-
策畫人：王虹凱 Curated by: Hong-Kai Wang
【Event II】Perspectives on Palestine: Dialogues on History, Humanity, and Hope 巴勒斯坦觀點：歷史、人性與希望的對話
日期時間 Date and Time:Jan 15, 2024 (Monday)17:00 – 19:40 *Taipei Standard Time (GMT +8)
地點 Venue:陽明交大光復校區 人社二館 F106 Humanities Building 2 (人社二館) F106
報名連結 Registration link:Film Programme & Symposium on Palestine (google.com)*Film screening and symposium will be held in person and online.
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講者和與談人 Speakers and Panelists:
哈澤姆·阿爾瑪斯里Hazem Almassry來自加薩，獨立研究者，臺灣國立陽明交通大學 社會與文化研究所博士from Gaza, Independent researcher, Ph.D. from Institute of Social Research and Cultural Studies, NYCU, Taiwan
魯巴·薩利赫Ruba Salih意大利波隆那大學人類學教授Professor of Anthropology, University of Bologna, Italy
法里德·阿拉塔斯Farid Alatas新加坡國立大學社會學教授Professor of Sociology, National University of Singapore, Singapore
阿蘭·布羅薩特Alain Brossat法國巴黎第八大學哲學教授Professor of Philosophy, Paris 8 University, France
邁克爾·弗曼諾夫斯基Michael Furmanovsky日本龍谷大學大眾文化研究教授Professor of Cultural Studies, Ryukoku University, Japan
-活動概述Event Overview
“There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.”– Howard Zin
“沒有任何旗幟能大到可掩蓋殺害無辜人民的恥辱。” – 霍華德．辛
This symposium, “Perspectives on Palestine: Dialogues on History, Humanity, and Hope”, dives into the urgent examination of the dire political and humanitarian situation in Palestine, particularly surrounding the Israeli military assault on the Gaza Strip that unfolded subsequent to the “Al-Aqsa” operation conducted by Hamas on October 7, 2023.
The bombardment unleashed by Israel through land, air, and sea has ruthlessly targeted Gaza’s population, inflicting catastrophic consequences with approximately 22,000 casualties, up to January 2nd, 2024, predominantly among women and children. Alarming estimates from UNRWA indicate that a million people have been displaced, precipitating a collapse in the health sector and giving rise to an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe. In the face of such devastation, we cannot turn a blind eye to the human toll on innocent lives.
We strive to foster an unwavering sense of empathy, kindle the flames of compassion, and instill a genuine desire for the well-being of every individual ensnared by the ongoing situation. Together, let us confront the harsh realities and pave the way for a future where hope triumphs over despair.
「巴勒斯坦觀點：歷史、人性與希望的對話」座談會的目的是直接切入來檢視巴勒斯坦危急的政治和人道情況，特別聚焦在以色列軍事對加薩走廊的襲擊，這是繼哈馬斯於2023年10月7日進行的「阿克薩」（Al-Aqsa）行動後展開的。
以色列通過陸、空和海上的轟炸無情地瞄準加薩的百姓，造成災難性後果，造成約22,000人傷亡，其中主要是婦女和兒童。聯合國難民救援機構令人震驚地估計有一百萬人被迫流離失所，導致了醫療部門的崩潰，引發了前所未有的人道災難。
面對這樣的破壞，我們不能對無辜生命所承受的人間悲劇視而不見。我們對每位陷入困境的個人抱以堅定的同理心，點燃慈悲之火，且真誠關懷之。讓我們攜手面對殘酷的現實，為「希望戰勝絕望」鋪出一條道路。
-講者簡介 Speaker’s Bio:
Dr. Hazem Almassry
Is from Gaza and an independent researcher with a doctorate degree in social research and cultural studies from National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan. He specializes in Middle East issues, particularly the Arab Spring and its social, political, and economic impacts, with a focus on democratic transition. He also researches political Islam movements and their influence on public life in the Arab world. Dr. Almassry has been invited to speak at institutes in Taiwan on his areas of expertise.
Prof. Ruba Salih
Is a Professor of Anthropology at the Department of the Arts, University of Bologna, Italy. From 2010-2022 she was based at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. Her research interests and writing cover transnational migration and diasporas across Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, Islam and gender, the Palestine question and refugees, trauma and conflict in the Middle East. She has been an elected Member of the Board of the Trustees of the Arab Council for the Social Sciences from 2015 to 2019. She has been a visiting scholar at Brown University, at the University of Cambridge, and at the University of Venice, Ca’ Foscari, Italy.
Prof. Syed Farid Alatas
Is a Professor of Sociology at the National University of Singapore, Singapore. He lectured at the University of Malaya in the Department of Southeast Asian Studies prior to joining NUS. His areas of interest are historical sociology, the sociology of social science, the sociology of religion, and inter-religious dialogue. He has many books and research published and translated into several languages. His research interests span Philosophy of Social Science, Sociological Theory, and Political Economy.
Prof. Alain Brossat
Is a philosopher. He is an emeritus professor at the Paris 8 University Vincennes-Saint-Denis. He is the author of many books, notablyThe Term of Disaster,The Body of the Enemy, andTo End the Prison. His research principally involves political philosophy and contemporary philosophy, with the main axes being violence and politics, forms of modern violence, state(s), political systems, totalitarian powers, genocides, and civil war(s).
Prof. Michael Furmanovsky
Is a Professor of Cultural Studies at Ryukoku University, Japan. He grew up in the close-knit Jewish community of Zimbabwe as the child of a Lithuanian Jewish immigrant and a German-Jewish mother. He lived in Israel for a year in the 1970s and hitchhiked through the West Bank. Although his academic work is in Japan Studies, he has been following the Israeli-Palestine conflict and has been personally affected by it, for over 50 years
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Coordinated by Kahlan A. Alradhi & Hanh T. L. Nguyen 策劃人： 阮蘭欣與安凱蘭
Organizer:
International Center for Cultural Studies, NYCU, Transit Asia Research NetworkInternational Program in lnter-Asia Cultural Studies, University System of Taiwan.MOE-SPROUT 2.0, Conflict, Justice, Decolonization: Asia in Transition in the 21st Century, Sub-project 3: Migration, Unequal Citizens, Critical Legal Studies & Sub-project 6: Social Intervention and Artistic Production