
The UGent Palestine Talks series is an initiative organised by the Center for Arabic, Islamic and Middle East Studies (CAIMES) and the Middle East and North Africa Research Group (MENARG) at Ghent University. The series features lectures, discussions, panels and documentaries with academics and experts who explore the historical, political, social, and cultural dimensions of the Arab-Israeli conflict.
The series aims to encourage critical dialogue, raise awareness, and provide diverse perspectives on the challenges faced by Palestinians, conveying a thorough understanding of the region’s complex dynamics. The series engages students, faculty members and the public in meaningful conversations about international law, human rights, and the prospects for a sustainable and just peace in Palestine.
- Sherene Seikaly: On Time in Palestine (Palestine Talks Autumn 2026 – 24/09)
- Ilan Pappé: Disrupting the Narrative on Palestine (Palestine Talks Spring 2026 – 06/05)
- Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian: The Expansions of Spaces of Killing and the Logic of Evisceration against Gazans (Palestine Talks Spring 2026 – 29/04)
- Ammar Kandeel: Archival Rationality of Palestinian Graphic Narratives before and after the Genocide (Palestine Talks Spring 2026 – 10/03)
- Mouin Rabbani: Palestine after the Gaza Genocide (Palestine Talks Spring 2026 – 26/02)
- Hanan Toukan: The Thorn in Germany’s Side: Palestinian Archives and the (il)Logic of Dehumanization (Palestine Talks Autumn 2025 – 02 /12)
- Selma Dabbagh, Mahmoud Nabil Ahmed and Frank Barat: A conversation about “A State of Passion” (Palestine Talks Autumn 2025 – 03/11)
- Dina Matar: Seeing and Unseeing Gaza: Reflections on Media and Genocide (Palestine Talks Autumn 2025 – 21/10)
- Ussama Makdisi: Palestine, Gaza, and the Question of Genocide Denial ( Palestine Talks Spring 2025 – 08/05)
- Shir Hever: A Political Economy of the Genocide in Gaza: The Case for Military Embargo (Palestine Talks Spring 2025 – 25/04)
- Refqa Abu-Remaileh: The Parallel Geographies of Palestinian Literary History (Palestine Talks Spring 2025 – 24/04)
- Noura Erakat: The Sovereign Right to Kill. A Critical Appraisal of Israel’s Shoot-to-Kill Policy in Gaza (Palestine Talks Spring 2025 – 26/03)
- Amos Goldberg: Decolonizing the Fight against Antisemitism (Palestine Talks Spring 2025 – 03/03)
- Amos Goldberg: History, Politics, and the Genocide in Gaza (Palestine Talks Spring 2025 – 03/03)
- Islah Jad: Palestinian Women’s Movements and the Struggle on Two Fronts (Palestine Talks Autumn 2024 – 12/11)
- Issam Nassar: Photography and the Displaced History of Palestine (Palestine Talks Autumn 2024 – 29/10)
- Wesam Amer: Bearing Witness to Scholasticide (Palestine Talks Autumn 2024 – 1/10)
- Solidarity and Resistance (Palestine Talks Spring 2024)
- Creation and Catastrophe (Palestine Talks Autumn 2023)