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Date
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6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
Venue
SOAS Gallery
Room
Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre (BGLT)
Event type
Lecture

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Achille Mbembe defined a biosphere as “not only a physical, organic, geological or atmospheric reality … it is also interwoven with noumenal realities that lie at the source of existential meaning.”

In this lecture Professor Abu Sittah argues that Israel has created a biosphere of genocide in Gaza, with the aim of perpetuating genocidal erasure well beyond any cessation of military action. Professor Abu Sittah will explore the difference between war and genocide as a doctor who has experienced both and unpack the social, physical and biological components of this biosphere of genocide as seen in Gaza. 

I will show this biosphere contains within it a web of conduits for injury and its implication for wars in the 21st Century.

Image © Rokas / Adobe Stock

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Professor Ghassan Abu-Sittah is Professor of Conflict Medicine at the American University of Beirut. He is a multi-award-winning Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon, with a worldwide reputation as one of the world’s leading specialists in Craniofacial surgery (facial deformities), aesthetic surgery, cleft lip and palate surgery and trauma related injuries. 

His unique background combines the skills and expertise of a field-leading plastic surgeon, with the rigours of academia and the compassion of humanitarianism. Professor Abu Sittah’s pioneering research and innovation have transformed the faces and lives of his patients across the globe with improved outcomes in facelifting, facial reconstruction, eyelid surgery, rhinoplasty, breast surgery and body contouring. 

As a recognised authority and leader in his field he has featured regularly in the media, most notably the BBC, CNN, The Wall Street Journal, The Independent, The Telegraph and Le Monde who dubbed him ‘the man who fixes broken faces’.

Chair

  • Nimer Sultany, Chair, Centre for Palestine Studies, SOAS

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This event is free to attend, but registration is required. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.

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