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Academia and Activism: Nakba Day Reflections

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The second event in the series Academia and Activism. There will be talks, music and theater performances. Welcome!

Lecture,
Show,
Exhibition
Date
18 May 2026 - 21 May 2026
Location
J222 - Jubileumssalen, Humanisten Renströmsgatan 6, and in the hall outside J222
Good to know
Registration needed to the talks and dinner. Deadline to register for the dinner is 19 May at 18:00
Organizer
Department of Philosophy, Linguistics and Theory of Science
Link to Registration

20 May kl 15:30–21:00

Events in J222 (Jubileumssalen): 

Nakba Day Reflections: Palestinian Memory, Displacement, and Resistance

featuring

  • Talks by Mattias Gardell (Uppsala), Feras Hamammi (GU), Sahlgrenska Students for Palestine, and GU Students for Palestine,
  • Music / Theater Performances by Moria,
  • the exclusive pre-premiere of the Gazaplatsen Documentary by Leo Palmestål of HDK Valand, including a Q&A with the director..
  • complimentary Fika and Dinner 
20 May Programme
15:30Ett ljus i mörkret” - Opening performance by Moria Foundation
 From Nakba to Genocide“ - Sajeda Aldali with Sahlgrenska Students for Palestine
“Activism at the University” - Maria Karatsalou and Olivia Hiort with GU Students for Palestine
 
16:30Talks
 Drone Technology and Colonial Fantasy” by Mattias Gardell
“Refugees, UNRWA, and the Nakba We Live and Resist” by Feras Hamammi
17:35Break and Dinner (complimentary)
18:15Performance and Panel
 “Skuggan över Hanna” - Performance by Moria Foundation
Panel with Mattias Gardell and Feras Hammami
19:45Break and Fika (complimentary)
20:10Gazaplatsen Documentary
 An exclusive pre-premiere screening of Gazaplatsen documenting the student encampment in
Göteborg followed by a Q&A with the director Leo Palmestål.

18–21 May

  • Why We Record: Defying Fragmentation and Erasure in Palestine Art exhibition with photographs from Gaza, children’s paintings, and visual storytelling of everyday life under displacement. In the Humanisten Building.
  • IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE
    On May 18 and May 19, there will also be an immersive 3D experience, where people can virtually explore the Gazaplatsen protest camp.

21 May kl 13:15–15:00  

Between Grief and Resistance: Navigating Testimony and Activism in Silenced Spaces of Solidarity with Palestine

Talk by Laila Abdallah

 

All the events are public, and everybody is welcome to join. Registration needed to the talks and to the dinner and fika, see link.

  • Academia and Activism is a seminar series in which academics and activists explore issues related to human rights, the environment and animals. The series opens academic discussion to perspectives from outside the seminar room, highlights the public relevance of the humanities, and critically examines the relationship between academia and activism.
     The views and positions expressed by individual speakers and contributors are their own. They do not represent the position of the University of Gothenburg, the Faculty of Humanities, or the Department of Philosophy, Linguistics and Theory of Science (FLoV).
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