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04/24/2009

By Mimi Kirk

Please see below the schedule for video of the individual presentations.

Panel 1: Changing Conceptions of Palestinian Nationalism

Dr. Loren Lybarger: “Other Worlds to Live In: Palestinian Retrievals of Religion and Tradition”

Dr. Rochelle Davis: “Palestinian Identity in the Diaspora”

Dr. Nadim Rouhana: “Palestinian Nationalism After the Demise of the Two States Option”

Dr. Beshara Doumani: “Palestine Versus the Palestinians? Beyond State-Centric Narratives”

Panel 2: Politics and Leadership: The Changing Trajectory of Governance and Resistance

Dr. Asad Ghanem: “The Critical Victory: The Rise of Hamas and the Collapse of the Palestinian National Movement”

Dr. Islah Jad: “The Debate on Secularism and Islamism in the OPT: The Case of Women’s Movements”

Mr. Mouin Rabbani: “Political Consequences of Israel’s Gaza War”

Dr. Tamim Al-Barghouti: “Peace and Civil War: A Pattern?”

Panel 3: Economics and Development in Palestine

Dr. Leila Farsakh: “Economic Development in Palestine: Present Realities and Future Challenges”

Dr. Glenn E. Robinson: “‘The Arc’ as Development Strategy for Palestine”

Panel 4: Human Rights and the Rule of Law

Dr. Lisa Hajjar: “Palestinians’ Human Rights: Under Occupation, In War”

Ms. Susan Akram: “The Legal Trajectory of the Palestinian Refugee Issue: From Exclusion to Ambiguity"

Ms. Noura Erakat: "International Law, Palestine and Congress"

Panel 5: Local Institutions and Issues: Health, Water and Culture

Dr. Rita Giacaman: “Health Status and Health Services in the Occupied Palestinian Territory”

Dr. Seif Da’na: “Israel’s Settler-Colonial Water Regime: The Land-Water Nexus”

Dr. Adila R. Laidi-Hanieh: “Contemporary Cultural Practices: Transformed Nationalist Representations”

Panel 6: Palestinians and Israeli Policies

Dr. Gabi Piterberg: “Settler Colonialism as an Underlying Structure”

Dr. Oren Yiftachel: “Bedouins in Southern Israel/Palestine: Apartheid in the Making?”

Dr. Sara Roy: “Before Gaza, After Gaza: Examining the New Reality in Israel/Palestine”

Panel 7: U.S. Policy Toward Palestine and Palestinians

Mr. Amjad Atallah: “U.S. and International Policy Toward Palestine and Palestinians”

Dr. Michael Hudson: “Palestine in the American Political Arena”

Mr. Ali Abunimah: “Can George Mitchell Turn Jerusalem into Belfast?”

Panel 8: Political Solutions for Palestine/Israel

Ms. Helena Cobban: “Shifting Constituencies, Shifting Visions”

Mr. Daniel Levy: “Political Solutions for Palestine/Israel”

Dr. Saree Makdisi: “From Realist Dream to Utopian Reality: Toward a Democratic and Secular State”