Introducing ‘Textbook Narrative of Origins’
Where does the history of human rights begin: centuries, even millennia earlier, or a mere few decades ago? What constitutes this
Thematic week: History of Human Rights
This Allegra week will be devoted to a theme that we have not previously addressed, namely the history of human
An educator’s perspective on the academic boycott of Israeli institutions
Over the past months, colleagues in anthropology and other fields have laid out strong arguments for why one should support
A conversation with De-Colonizer: Research and Art Laboratory for Social Change
De-Colonizer: Research and Art Laboratory for Social Change is a project that we, as Allegra Lab, could not ignore when
“We cannot give up hope” – A conversation with Gish Amit
Gish Amit is a historian who has been involved in non formal education for twenty years. He taught cinema and
Boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions Movement: to Be or Not-to-Be?
A few months ago a fellow anthropologist colleague forwarded me a petition: Anthropologists for the Boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions. The
The Road to Oslo and Its Reverse
“If we fail to defend our cause, then we should change the defenders, not the cause.” (Ghassan Kanafani) Oslo has
Engaged Anthropology: The AAA’s Israel/Palestine Task Force Report
On 8 October 2015, Israeli security forces brutally beat and arrested two students of Birzeit University, a major Palestinian university
REVISITING ISRAELI ANTHROPOLOGY AND AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGY: OUR “SPECIAL RELATIONS”
Earlier this week the American Anthropological Association’s task force on Engagement with Israel-Palestine issued a 130-page report to assess whether
INTRODUCTION: AAA, BDS and Palestine
When the Jewish Agency in Tel-Aviv announced the institution of the Provisional Government of Israel on 14 May 1948, the