Psycho-Political Resistance in Israel-Palestine

Birkbeck Institute for Social Research

Psycho-Political Resistance in Israel-Palestine
15th & 16th October Birkbeck College

This conference, the first of its kind in the UK, addresses the remarkable projects of certain groups working in Gaza, Israel and the West Bank involved in joint resistance to ongoing military conflict and occupation. Working for mental health and human rights on the front lines involving military aggression, internal group violence, systemic interference with basic human rights, brutalization on many fronts and deep pessimism on all sides, speakers will address any and all resources for combined resistance and shared hope, whether close to home or coming from abroad. The recent catastrophic attack on the civilian population of Gaza, at the eye of the storm of sites of conflict in Western eyes, makes this event both critical and significant.

Speakers: Mohamed Altawil; Nissim Avissar; Jessica Benjamin; Tova Buksbaum; Bea Campbell; Stan Cohen; Yasmeen Daher; Stephen Frosh; Uri Hadar; Seamas Heaney; Maureen Hetherington; Samah Jabr;  Ghada Karmi; Adah Kay; Yehudit Keshet; Richard Kuper; Elana Lakh; Moshe Landsman; Tony Lerman; Sheila Melzak; Mohamad Mukhaimar; Rateb Abu Rahmeh; Jacqueline Rose; Jihan Salem; Andrew Samuels;  Eyad el Sarraj; Lynne Segal; Felicity de Zulueta.

Cost: Standard - £70 Birkbeck staff/all students/unwaged - £35
Payment and all information: http://www.bbk.ac.uk/bisr/news/Psychopolitical




Julia Eisner
Administrator
Birkbeck Institute for Social Research
Birkbeck, University of London
Malet Street
London WC1E 7HX

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