Disrupting the narrative on Palestine
Key information
- Date
- Time
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6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
- Venue
- Main Building, SOAS
- Event type
- Lecture & Event highlights
About this event
This lecture by Professor Ilan Pappé will discuss the power of vocabulary and language in the struggle for freedom in Palestine.
It will outline the challenges posed by, as well as possible ways of responding to, media coverage and general political attitudes towards Palestine, especially in relation to the Gaza genocide.
Registration
This event is limited to SOAS staff and students. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.
Organisers
This is a student-led event, co-sponsored by Islaah Collective and the Centre for Palestine Studies at SOAS.
About the speaker
Professor Ilan Pappé is Director of the European Centre for Palestine Studies at the University of Exeter and a Senior Fellow at the University of Exeter’s Institute for Arab and Islamic Studies. He is also Chair of the Nakba Memorial Foundation. Born in Haifa in 1954, Professor Pappé received his DPhil from the University of Oxford in 1984. From 1984 to 2006, he taught at the University of Haifa, before moving to the UK in 2007 to join the University of Exeter.
He has authored 22 books, including The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine (2007), On Palestine (with Noam Chomsky, 2010), The Ten Myths of Israel (2018), The Biggest Prison on Earth (2019), A Historical Dictionary of Palestine (with Johnny Mansour, 2021), Our Vision for Liberation (with Ramzy Baroud, 2022), and most recently Israel on the Brink (2025).
Enquiries
For further information, please contact Ahmad Alkuchikmulla at 702269@soas.ac.uk.
