'Exit, Exception, and the Future of Sovereignty'
Key information
- Date
- Time
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5:00 pm
- Venue
- Main Building
- Room
- R301
- Event type
- Lecture
About this event
The 2026 annual Keynote Lecture of the seminar series on the Histories of Capitalism and Race of the Walter Rodney Collective for Historical Research to be delivered by Professor Noura Erakat (Rutgers University) on 'Exit, Exception, and the Future of Sovereignty'.
Organisers
- Hengameh Ziai (HRP)
- Lisa Tilley (Development Studies)
- Sarah El-Kazaz (Politics)
- Samia Khatun (HRP)
Cluster
Histories of Capitalism and Race of the Walter Rodney Collective for Historical Research.
Co-sponsors
- Centre for Palestine Studies
- Department of Development Studies
- SOAS Middle East Institute
About the speaker
Noura Erakat is Professor of Africana Studies and Criminal Justice at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. She is author of Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine (Stanford University Press, 2019), recipient of the Palestine Book Award. Her forthcoming book, Confronting Zionism: Decolonizing Palestine and Building the World Anew, co-authored with John Reynolds, explores decolonial futures. A co-founding editor of Jadaliyya, she serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Palestine Studies and Human Geography. Erakat is a prominent legal scholar and advocate whose work bridges human rights, international law, Palestinian liberation, and racial justice.
