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Power and Identity Across the Israeli-Palestinian Divide

Dr. Mira Sucharov, Associate Professor, Political Science, Carleton University

Dr. Mira Sucharov, Associate Professor, Political Science, Carleton University

Relations between Palestinians and Israelis appear more polarized than at any time since the peace process began two decades ago. Currenlty discourse on many North American campuses has hardened into opposing camps with more shouting than listening. How can we reach across the divide to envision political solutions that take into account the material and identity needs of both peoples? Drawing on history, memory and public opinion, Dr. Sucharov will suggest some ways of transcending the hardened approaches that seem to have become the language of the day.

Power and Identity Across the Israeli-Palestinian Divide

 presented by Mira Sucharov

Monday, March 2 – 12:30 – 1:30pm, Convocation Hall

Sucharov’s lecture concludes UWinnipeg’s Middle East Week. This week features a series of lectures, a film and dialogue to help promote understanding of this multifaceted and historically-rich region of the world. All events are free and open to the public and will be held in Convocation Hall. For a complete list of events please visit UWinnipeg’ Middle East Week 2015.

Mira Sucharov is Associate Professor of Political Science at Carleton University in Ottawa. She is the author of The International Self: Psychoanalysis and the Search for Israeli-Palestinian Peace (Albany: SUNY Press, 2005), and articles on Israeli-Palestinian relations and Diaspora Jewish relations, emotions and IR, pedagogy, and reflections on the craft of being a scholar-blogger. Sucharov was a 2004 recipient of the Carleton University Teaching Achievement Award, and was a 2011 winner of the Provost’s Fellowship in Teaching. For a column on Holocaust education and Israeli foreign policy, Sucharov won a 2010 Rockower Award from the American Jewish Press Association. She is a blogger for Haaretz.com and for The Jewish Daily Forward, and a columnist for the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin and Vancouver’s Jewish Independent. She is currently the country analyst for Israel and the Palestinian Territories for Freedom House.

 

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