The Palestinian Right of Return: The 72nd Anniversary of UNGA Resolution 194

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The Centre for Palestine Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), Arab-American Educational Foundation Center for Arab Studies, University of Houston and The Institute of Law, Birzeit University Cordially invite you to: The Palestinian Right of Return: The 72nd Anniversary of UNGA Resolution 194

Conference Programme:

Session I: 1:00pm-2:45pm

Opening remarks

• Nimer Sultany, SOAS
• Karma Nabulsi, University of Oxford

Past and Present, Origins and Context

• Abdel Razzaq Takriti, University of Houston, The Right of Return as Anti-Colonial Liberation
• Ussama Makdisi, Rice University, British policy, prevarication, and path to the Nakba
• Anne Irfan, University of Oxford, Palestinian Refugees and the UNRWA Regime
• Moderator: Nimer Sultany, SOAS

Session II: 3:00pm-4:45pm

Between Law and Politics: Return and Continued Displacement

• Ardi Imseis, Queen's University, UNGA Resolution 194(III) and the Right of Return in International Law
• Nimer Sultany, SOAS, Internal Colonialism and Internal Displacement
• Sahar Francis, Addameer, Ongoing  Displacement in Jerusalem
• Gilbert Achcar, SOAS, The Right of Return between Fantasy and Reality
• Moderator: Reem Botmeh, The Institute of Law, Birzeit University

Session III: 5:00pm-6:45pm

Activism, Agency, Return

• Mezna Qato, University of Cambridge, Chalkboard Palestine: Schooling, Education and Return
• Mayssoun Sukariah, King's College London, The Right of Return and the pitfalls of Contrarian Research
• Rafeef Ziadah, SOAS, Organizing for the Right of Return
• Akram Salhab, Migrants Organise (London), Countering the Erasure of the Nakba, Recentering Palestinian Rights
• Moderator: Dina Matar, SOAS

Closing Remarks  6:45pm-7:00pm

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The Palestinian Right of Return: The 72nd Anniversary of UNGA Resolution 194 - Session 1

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The Palestinian Right of Return: The 72nd Anniversary of UNGA Resolution 194 - Session 2

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The Palestinian Right of Return: The 72nd Anniversary of UNGA Resolution 194 - Session 3

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