10/17/2024
By Urmitapa Dutta

Tracing Sumud (steadfastness): Navigating the Spatial and Temporal Layers of Palestinian Refugee Camps (HYBRID)
A Talk by Rami Rmeileh, University of Exeter, UK.
(Event is free and open to the public.)

Date/Time: Monday October 28, 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. EST (Time zone converter)
Venue: Coburn 255, Coburn Hall, 850 Broadway St., Lowell, MA 01854
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Abstract: This talk examines Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon as enduring sites of sumud (steadfastness), shaped by a revolutionary history of resistance, destruction, and reconstruction. The talk attempts to raise critical questions about what the intricate social histories of the camp and its inhabitants can teach us about liberation, offering an alternative lens on the politics of struggle. This talk is part of the 2024-25 Greeley Speaker Series on the theme, "Confronting Empire, Forging Transnational Justice."

Speaker Bio: Rami Rmeileh is a Palestinian social liberation psychologist, member, and organizer at the European Centre for Palestine Studies (ECPS), and a doctoral researcher at the University of Exeter. His research focuses on critical consciousness, indigenous modes of survival and resistance, mental health politics in settler-colonial contexts, anti-colonial archives, and refugee studies. Rmeileh has worked with the European Parliament and humanitarian organizations, advocating for refugees' rights. He also writes experimental prose and op-eds, published in various journals and media outlets.

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For more information, please contact Assoc. Professor Urmitapa Dutta at Urmitapa_dutta@uml.edu.