[Peace] Madison Lecture Series (fwd)

[Carol Inskeep]

here's information about a lecture series on israel/palestine which seems
to have a really strong and versatiale group of speakers - taking place in
madison, wi.



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Subject: Madison Lecture Series

Please circulate.

 For immediate release:

 Palestinian and Israeli Experts to Consider New
Prospects for Peace and Resolution

 Five international experts will be speaking in
Madison this November and
 December to consider various peace plans for
Palestine and Israel.  The
 lecture series is jointly sponsored by the UW Haven
Center,
 the Departments of History and African Languages and
Literature, the Global
 Studies Program, and a campus group, the Alternative
Palestinian Agenda (www.ap-agenda.org).
 The title of the lecture series is New Prospects for
Resolution in
 Palestine and Israel

 The speakers bring to the lectures diverse
professional and personal
 perspectives.   All of them demonstrate how even in
times of crisis
 significant efforts are being made to advance peace.

 The dates, times, rooms and speakers are:

 Friday, November 15, 7 pm, Room 3560 Humanities, Said
Zaydani, a UW
 alumnus  and Professor of Philosophy at Bir Zeit
University who is
 director of the Independent  Palestinian Commission
for the Protection of Citizens'  Rights.

 Tuesday, November 19, 7 pm, Room 272 Bascom Hall, 
Nadim Rouhana,
 director of Israeli-Arab Social Science Research
Center, Haifa University.

 Wednesday, November 20,  7 pm, Room 272 Bascom Hall,
Eyad Sarraj,
 Director of Gaza Mental Health Program and prominent
Palestinian peace
 advocate.

 Tuesday, November 26,  at 7 pm, Room B10 Ingraham
Hall, Ilan Pappe,
 senior lecturer in the Department of Political
Science at Haifa University and Founder and
 Director of the Institute for Peace Research in
Israel;  author,  co-author or editor of more
 than ten books focusing on the history of Israel and
Palestine.

 Thursday, December 5, 7 pm, Room 272 Bascom Hall,
Jeff Halper, an
 anthropologist at Ben Gurion University and founder
of ICAHD, the
 Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions.

 Also Sponsored by The Alternative Palestinian Agenda

 Monday November 18, 7pm, Room 272 Bascom Hall, Ghada
Karmi Palestinian author from London. New book release
"in
 search of fatima"

 Thursday november 21st, 7pm, Room 272 Bascom Hall,
Palestinians in Israel. Ismael Abu Saad, founder of
Bedioun
 Center for Research and Development at  Ben Gurion
University. and Kholud Badawi chair person of the
union of Arab
 Students Associations at Israeli Universities.

 Events are partially funded by ASM.

 Contact Information:

 Mohammed Abed, mkabed at wisc.edu, 608 - 231-2434
 Nasser Abufarha, nabufarha at wisc.edu, 608 - 831-0707
 Arthur Glenberg, glenberg at wisc.edu, 608 - 835-6460
 Katherine Zirbel, kzirbel at hotmail.com, 608 - 233-0044


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http://www.ap-agenda.org Alternative Palestinian Agenda

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