Speaking

Speaking

Pride

Academic Conference Organizing

  • 2019

    Organizer
    Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference
    Swarthmore College

  • 2019

    Program Committee Member
    Friends Association for Higher Education Annual Conference
    Swarthmore College and Pendle Hill

  • 2018

    Co-Organizer (with Rabbi Michael Ramberg)
    “Resisting Anti-Semitism: Past and Present, Local and Global” Symposium
    Swarthmore College

  • 2015

    Organizer
    “Sexualities and Queer Imaginaries in the Middle East/North Africa” Conference
    Brown University

  • 2014

    Coordinator
    “Political Economy and the Economy of Politics,” New Directions in Palestinian Studies Conference
    Brown University

  • 2014

    Co-Organizer (with Adia Benton and Sherine Hamdy)
    “The Clinic in Crisis: Medics and Political Violence” Symposium
    Brown University

Conference Presentations

  • April 2022

    (Keynote) "Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique,“ Cultural Production and the City in Global History Conference, Georgia State University, Department of History, Atlanta, GA

  • March 2022

    “Art, Queer Masculinity, and Histories of Global Palestine Solidarity,” Queer Masculinities Workshop, Yale University, Council on Middle East Studies, New Haven, CT

  • November 2021

    “Truth-Making, Commitments, and Responsibilities,” American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting (virtual)

  • October 2021

    “Palestine-Israel and Bridging Across Power Differences,”
    Othering and Belonging Conference, University of California, Berkeley (virtual)

  • October 2021

    “Ethnographies of Uprisings: Exploring Approaches to Understanding Revolt in the Middle East,” Middle East Studies Association Annual Meeting (virtual)

  • September 2021

    “Women, Queers, and Far-Right Politics in Israel/Palestine,” Queer Feminist Perspectives on Political Homophobia and Anti-Feminism in the Middle East and Europe Conference, Brown University, Center for Middle Eastern Studies (virtual)

  • May 2021

    “Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique,” Law and Society Association Annual Meeting (virtual)

  • May 2021

    “Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique,” Gender and Politics in the Middle East and North Africa Workshop, University of Gothenburg, Sweden (virtual)

  • January 2021

    “Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique,” Intersectionality Conference, Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs (virtual)

  • October 2020

    “Sarah Hegazy, Covid-19, and Queer Solidarity,” Rethinking Resistance Politics in Troubling Times: Transnational Queer Solidarity During Covid-19 Panel, Harvard University, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs (virtual)

  • March 2020

    “Spatiality and Heritage,” New Directions in Palestinian Studies Workshop, Brown University, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Providence, RI

  • February 2020

    “Media, Film, and the Politics of Queer Palestinian Representation,” Gender in Israeli and Palestinian Film Conference, Brown University, Program in Judaic Studies, Providence, RI

  • November 2019

    “Doctors and the State: Political Climates of Medicine in the Middle East and Beyond,” American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada

  • November 2019

    “Locating Ethnography and Anthropologists: Moving Out of Bounds,” American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada

  • November 2019

    Keynote, “Vulnerability and Resilience: The Impact of Quaker Education on Personal Transformation,” Association for College and University Religious Affairs Annual Conference, Brown University, Providence, RI

  • November 2019

    “When They Don’t See Us,” Global Summit on the Embodiment of Racism, Violence, and Trauma, Boston College, Boston, MA

  • October 2019

    “On Queer Middle Eastern Films,” Pride & Progress Film Symposium, Harvard Kennedy School, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Cambridge, MA

  • April 2019

    Keynote, “LGBTQ Liberation, Queer Studies, and the Postcolonial Imagination,” Queer and Trans Studies Conference, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH

  • November 2018

    “Local Markers to Analytic Categories: Nation, Race, and Sect Between Governmentality and Scholarship,” Middle East Studies Association Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX

  • September 2018

    “Exhibiting Jerusalem: Heritage Perspectives,” The Inclusive Museum Conference, University of Granada, Granada, Spain

  • April 2018

    “Hate Speech or Free Speech?” Workshop on the Politics of Language on College Campuses, New York Academy of Sciences and Fordham University, New York, NY

  • December 2017

    Keynote, “Nonviolence in Violent Times,” International Peace and Conflict Resolution Conference, Arcadia University, Glenside, PA

  • December 2017

    “The Ramallah Syndrome,” Middle East Studies Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.

  • November 2017

    “Race, Gender, Class: Quakers in the Public Sphere,” American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, Boston, MA

  • November 2017

    “LGBT Rights in the Arab World: Dismantling Oppressive Structures,” Harvard Arab Conference, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

  • October 2017

    “Teaching Intersectionality in the Era of Trump,” Peace and Justice Studies Association Annual Conference, Birmingham, AL

  • June 2017

    “Forced Population Displacements and the Making of the Modern World,” Brown International Advanced Research Institute, Brown University, Providence, RI

  • June 2017

    “Identity and Performance,” Social Science Research Council-Mellon Mays Annual Conference, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

  • February 2017

    “Navigating Questions of Power and Neutrality,” Harvard Negotiation Law Review Symposium on Alternative Dispute Resolution, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA

  • February 2017

    “Queer Politics and Social Justice in Palestine,” Social Justice in the Arab World since 2010: Changing Conditions, Mobilizations, and Policies Conference, Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs at the American University of Beirut and the Mamdouha S. Bobst Center for Peace and Justice at Princeton University, Beirut, Lebanon

  • November 2016

    “Dislocations: Accessing and Defining ‘The Field’ in Today’s Middle East,” American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN

  • November 2016

    “Anthropology, Ethics, and Political Engagement on Palestine/Israel,” Middle East Studies Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA

  • November 2016

    “Teaching Orlando: Islamophobia and Homophobia in Post-Orlando America,” Consortium on High Achievement and Success (CHAS) Black and Latino Male Conference, Providence College, Providence, RI

  • September 2016

    “Teaching About Palestine/Israel: Critical Perspectives,” Peace and Justice Studies Association Annual Conference, British Columbia, Canada

  • November 2015

    “Performing (Non)Citizenship in the Palestinian Territories,” American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, Denver, CO

  • October 2015

    “Israel/Palestine, Peace Studies, and Academic Freedom,” Peace and Justice Studies Association Annual Conference, Harrisonburg, VA

  • July 2015

    “Minority Students and Transcending the Imposter Syndrome,” Social Science Research Council-Mellon Mays Conference, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN

  • September 2014

    “Psychosocial Humanitarianism in the Palestinian Territories,” Beyond Trauma: International Workshop on New Agendas in Understanding Mental Health in the Middle East, King’s College London, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, London, UK

  • January 2014

    “‘Idle No More’ and ‘Redwashing’: The Politics of Transnational Indigenous Solidarity,” Transnational American Studies Conference, American University of Beirut, Lebanon

  • November 2013

    “Women-Saving and Gay-Saving in Palestine: International Donors, Western Academics, and Local Activists,” American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL

  • November 2013

    “Beyond Neoliberalisms.” Future of NGO Studies Conference, Northern Illinois University, Center for Non-Governmental Organization Leadership and Development, Chicago, IL

  • October 2013

    “Teaching Contemporary Arab Politics in Peace Studies,” Peace and Justice Studies Association Annual Conference, Waterloo, Canada

  • October 2013

    “Solidarity or Intervention: International Aid and Ideology in the Palestinian Territories,” Middle East Studies Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA

  • July 2013

    “Violence, Nonviolence, and Social Media: Trajectories of the Arab Spring,” Moore Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program Annual Conference, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

  • July 2013

    “Academic Reflections on ‘Gay-Saving’ and ‘Women-Saving’ in Palestine,” Human Rights Campaign Summer Institute for Scholars and Theologians, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

  • February 2013

    “‘Gay-Saving and ‘Women-Saving’ in Palestine: Terms of Debate,” Knowledge Production, Ethics, Solidarity Workshop, Brown University, Providence, RI

  • November 2012

    “Pinkwashing from Palestine to Puerto Rico: Colonial Afterlives, Corporeal Control, and Valences of Resistance,” American Studies Association Annual Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico

  • February 2012

    “Re-conceptualizing Power: Alternative Development Paradigms in the Palestinian Territories,” Boston University International Relations Research Conference, Boston, MA

  • November 2011

    “Humanitarians in Bethlehem: Tracing International Donor Policies in the Palestinian Territories,” American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada

Invited Academic Talks

(Partial)

  • May 2022

    “Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique,” York University, Queer Summer Institute (virtual)

  • April 2022

    “Enduring Humanitarianism in the Palestinian Territories,” Syracuse University, Department of Anthropology (virtual)

  • April 2022

    “Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique,” University of California, Berkeley, Department of Anthropology (virtual)

  • April 2022

    “Researching Politics and Health in the Middle East,” Harvard University, Friday Morning Seminar in Culture, Psychiatry, and Global Mental Health (virtual)

  • March 2022

    “Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique,” Loyola University Maryland, Department of History, Baltimore, MD

  • March 2022

    “The Moral Triangle: Germans, Israelis, Palestinians,” University of California San Diego, Holocaust Living History Workshop (virtual)

  • March 2022

    “Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique,” University of Pennsylvania, Department of Anthropology (virtual)

  • February 2022

    “Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique,” University of Cambridge, Global Conversations Towards Queer Social Justice Research Network (virtual)

  • February 2022

    “Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique,” Brown University, Center for Middle Eastern Studies (virtual)

  • January 2022

    “Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique,” Concordia University, Department of Sociology and Anthropology (virtual)

  • January 2022

    "Social Change and the Global Middle East," University of Pennsylvania, Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy (virtual)

  • December 2021

    “Decolonizing the Peace Testimony,” Quaker Theological Discussion Group & Quaker Religious Thought (virtual)

  • November 2021

    “Queer Imaginaries in the Middle East and North Africa,” Austin Community College, Global Gender and Women’s Studies Faculty Learning Community (virtual)

  • November 2021

    “Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique,” Agnes Scott College, Department of History, Decatur, GA

  • October 2021

    “Queer Imaginaries and the Future of Palestine,” Denison University, Goodspeed Lecture (virtual)

  • October 2021

    “Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique,” MIT, Department of History (virtual)

  • October 2021

    “Enduring Humanitarianism in the Palestinian Territories,” University of Notre Dame, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, South Bend, IN

  • October 2021

    “Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique,” MIT, Department of History (virtual)

  • September 2021

    “On Personal Mastery,” Bard College, MBA in Sustainability Program (virtual)

  • August 2021

    “The Moral Triangle: Germans, Israel, Palestine,” German-American Fulbright Commission (virtual)

  • June 2021

    “Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique,” El Colegio de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico (virtual)

  • June 2021

    “Gender Queer History and the Expansion of Human Rights Frontiers,” Columbia University, Global Center, Amman, Jordan (virtual)

  • June 2021

    “Sexualities and Queer Imaginaries in the Middle East and North Africa,” University of Texas at Austin, Center for Middle Eastern Studies (virtual)

  • May 2021

    “Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique,” Bates College, Department of Politics (virtual)

  • May 2021

    “Palestinian Christian Liberation Theology,” University of Chester, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, United Kingdom (virtual)

  • May 2021

    “Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique,” University of Notre Dame, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies (virtual)

  • April 2021

    “Quaker Academics,” Friends Association for Higher Education (virtual)

  • April 2021

    “Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique,” Cornell University, Department of Literatures in English (virtual)

  • April 2021

    “Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique,” Kenyon College, Department of History (virtual)

  • April 2021

    “Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique,” Universite Paris Nanterre, Center for History and Anthropology of Law (virtual)

  • April 2021

    “On Arab-American Voices,” Harvard Kennedy School, Institute of Politics Race and Ethnicity Program (virtual)

  • April 2021

    “Enduring Humanitarianism in the Palestinian Territories,” University of California, Berkeley, Department of Anthropology (virtual)

  • March 2021

    “Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique,” University of Illinois at Chicago, Institute for the Humanities (virtual)

  • March 2021

    “Enduring Humanitarianism in the Palestinian Territories,” Emory University, Department of Anthropology (virtual)

  • March 2021

    “The Moral Triangle: Germans, Israelis, Palestinians,” Harvard University, Friday Morning Seminar in Culture, Psychiatry and Global Mental Health (virtual)

  • March 2021

    “Queer Imaginaries and the Re-Making of the Modern Middle East,” University of California, Berkeley, Center for Middle Eastern Studies (virtual)

  • March 2021

    “The Moral Triangle: Germans, Israelis, Palestinians,” Bard College Berlin, Global History of Migration Annual Lecture (virtual)

  • February 2021

    “The Moral Triangle: Germans, Israelis, Palestinians,” Brandeis University, Schusterman Center for Israel Studies (virtual)

  • February 2021

    “Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique,” University of Alabama at Birmingham, Institute for Human Rights (virtual)

  • February 2021

    “The Moral Triangle: Germans, Israelis, Palestinians,” University of Pennsylvania, Middle East Center (virtual)

  • February 2021

    “Narrating Palestine: Law as Resistance and Resilience,” Stanford Law School, National Lawyers Guild (virtual)

  • February 2021

    “Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique,” Princeton University, Queer Politics Webinar (virtual)

  • February 2021

    “Sexualities and Queer Imaginaries Across the Middle East and North Africa Region,” University of California, Santa Barbara, Center for Middle Eastern Studies (virtual)

  • February 2021

    “Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique,” University of California, Santa Barbara, Center for Middle Eastern Studies (virtual)

  • January 2021

    “Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique,” Georgetown University, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (virtual)

  • December 2020

    “Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique,” University of Pennsylvania, Department of Political Science (virtual)

  • December 2020

    “The Moral Triangle: Germans, Israelis, Palestinians,” University of California, Berkeley, Center for Middle Eastern Studies (virtual)

  • December 2020

    “Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique,” Harvard University, Religion, Conflict, and Peace Initiative (virtual)

  • November 2020

    “Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique,” Muhlenberg College, Department of Anthropology (virtual)

  • November 2020

    “Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique,” Yale University, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program (virtual)

  • November 2020

    “The Moral Triangle: Germans, Israelis, Palestinians,” American Academy in Berlin, Marcus Bierich Lecture in the Humanities (virtual)

  • November 2020

    “Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique,” Cornell University, Feminist, Gender & Sexuality Studies Program (virtual)

  • October 2020

    “Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique,” Haverford College, Department of Anthropology (virtual)

  • October 2020

    “Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique,” Sam Houston State University, Department of World Languages and Cultures (virtual)

  • October 2020

    “The Past and Present of Quakerism and Nonviolence in Palestine,” Lafayette College, Department of Government and Law (virtual)

  • October 2020

    “The Moral Triangle: Germans, Israelis, Palestinians,” Harvard University, Center for Middle Eastern Studies (virtual)

  • October 2020

    “Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique,” Brown University, Department of History (virtual)

  • October 2020

    “Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique,” Bennington College, Department of Music (virtual)

  • October 2020

    “The Moral Triangle: Germans, Israelis, Palestinians,” Columbia University, Center for Palestine Studies (virtual)

  • October 2020

    “Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique,” London School of Economics, Decoloniality Reading Group (virtual)

  • October 2020

    “The Moral Triangle: Germans, Israelis, Palestinians,” Brown University, Center for Middle Eastern Studies (virtual)

  • September 2020

    “The Moral Triangle: Germans, Israelis, Palestinians,” University of Michigan, Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures & Jewish-Muslim Research Network (virtual)

  • September 2020

    “Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique,” Harvard University, Department of Anthropology (virtual)

  • September 2020

    “The Moral Triangle: Germans, Israelis, Palestinians,” Bard College, Sustainability MBA Program (virtual)

  • March 2020

    “Debating Queer Life in the Middle East,” Evergreen State College, Religious Studies, Olympia, WA

  • January 2020

    “The Politics of Humanitarianism in the Palestinian Territories,” Georgetown University, Department of Anthropology, Washington, D.C.

  • January 2020

    “LGBTQ Palestinians and the Politics of the Ordinary,” Princeton University, Department of Anthropology, Princeton, NJ

  • January 2020

    “Paradigm Lost: From Two-State Solution to One-State Reality,” (with Ian Lustick), University of Pennsylvania, Perry World House, Philadelphia, PA

  • December 2019

    “Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique,” Princeton University, Department of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton, NJ

  • November 2019

    “The Moral Triangle: Germans, Israelis, Palestinians,” Western Washington University, Western Gallery and Institute for Global Engagement, Bellingham, WA

  • November 2019

    “The Moral Triangle: Germans, Israelis, Palestinians,” University of Washington, Department of Germanics and Israel Studies Program of the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies, Seattle, Washington

  • November 2019

    “Israel-Palestine’s New Directions,” Lehigh University, Berman Center for Jewish Studies, Bethlehem, PA

  • October 2019

    “Queer Imaginaries Across the Middle East and North Africa,” Gettysburg College, Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Program, Gettysburg, PA

  • October 2019

    “Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique,” Columbia Law School, New York, NY

  • September 2019

    “On Personal Mastery,” Bard College, MBA in Sustainability Program, New York, NY

  • July 2019

    “Jews and Palestinians: Past, Present, and Future” (with Daniel Barenboim and Roni Mann), Kirchner Cultural Centre, Buenos Aires, Argentina

  • April 2019

    “Queer Imaginaries in the Middle East/North Africa,” Occidental College, Department of Political Science, Los Angeles, CA

  • March 2019

    “Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique,” Harvard University, Mahindra Humanities Center, Cambridge, MA

  • March 2019

    “Freedom of Speech and the Question of Palestine,” Brown University, Brown Center for Students of Color, Providence, RI

  • March 2019

    “Counterpoint, Dissent, Exile, and the Palestinian Intellectual,” Edward W. Said Days Lecture, Barenboim-Said Academy, Berlin, Germany

  • January 2019

    “The Moral Triangle: Germans, Israelis, and Palestinians,” Academia for Equality and the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, Tel Aviv, Israel

  • November 2018

    “The History of Quakerism in Palestine,” Lafayette College, Department of Government and Law, Easton, PA

  • October 2018

    “Critical Development Studies of Occupied Palestine,” Georgetown University, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Washington, DC

  • October 2018

    “Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique,” Sarah Lawrence College, Department of History, Bronxville, NY

  • October 2018

    “Sexual Politics in a Transnational Frame,” New York University, Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality, New York, NY

  • October 2018

    “Black-Palestinian Solidarity,” University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, PA

  • July 2018

    “On Being Queer and Palestinian in East Jerusalem,” Institute for Cultural Inquiry, Berlin, Germany

  • June 2018

    “Sexualities and Queer Imaginaries in the Middle East/North Africa,” Humboldt University, Department of Diversity and Social Conflict, Berlin, Germany

  • June 2018

    “Psychosocial Humanitarianism in the Palestinian Territories: 2010-2018,” Free University of Berlin, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Berlin, Germany

  • June 2018

    “Debating Moral Responsibility: Israelis and Palestinians in Contemporary Germany,” Humboldt University, Berlin Institute on Integration and Migration Research, Berlin, Germany

  • April 2018

    "On Heroes and Hope: Nonviolence and Resilience in Israel/Palestine," Wellesley College, Program in Peace and Justice Studies, Wellesley, MA

  • February 2018

    “Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique,” Temple University, Center for the Humanities, Philadelphia, PA

  • February 2018

    “Palestinian Christians: Past, Present, and Future,” Muhlenberg College, Center for Ethics, Allentown, PA

  • November 2017

    “Engaged Scholarship and the Impostor Syndrome,” University of Delaware, Department of Women and Gender Studies, Newark, DE

  • November 2017

    “Joining the Struggles against Anti-Semitism, Christianophobia, and Islamophobia,” Haverford College, Quaker Affairs Program, Haverford, PA

  • October 2017

    “Joining the Struggles against Anti-Semitism, Christianophobia, and Islamophobia,” Carleton College, Center for Community and Civic Engagement, Northfield, MN

  • October 2017

    “Palestinian Christians: Past, Present, and Future,” University of St. Thomas, Department of Theology, St. Paul, MN

  • September 2017

    “Creating the Conditions for Change,” Bard College, MBA in Sustainability Program, New York, NY

  • April 2017

    “Arab-Israeli Conflict through Literature and Film,” University of Pennsylvania, Department of History, Philadelphia, PA

  • March 2017

    “Gay and Middle Eastern in Post-Orlando America,” University of Pugent Sound, Gender and Queer Studies Program, Takoma, WA

  • March 2017

    “Gay and Middle Eastern in Post-Orlando America,” University of Delaware, Department of Women and Gender Studies, Newark, DE

  • March 2017

    “Humanitarians of the Holy Land,” Duke University, Department of Anthropology, Durham, NC

  • February 2017

    “Peace After the Peace Process,” University of Pennsylvania, Department of Political Science, Philadelphia, PA

  • November 2016

    “Tel Aviv Nightclubs and West Bank Checkpoints: The Politics of Being Fabulous in then Holy Land,” IvyQ Conference, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

  • October 2016

    “Gay and Middle Eastern in Post-Orlando America,” Emerson College, Department of Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies, Boston, MA

  • October 2016

    “Queer in Translation: Sexual Politics under Neoliberal Islam,” University of Pennsylvania, Middle East Center, Philadelphia, PA

  • September 2016

    “Gay and Middle Eastern in Post-Orlando America,” Villanova University, Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, Villanova, PA

  • September 2016

    “Teaching Orlando,” Providence College, Office of Institutional Diversity, Providence, RI

  • June 2016

    "Humanitarianism in Palestine: The Psychosocial-Gender-Security Nexus,” City University of New York, Department of Anthropology, New York, NY

  • November 2015

    “Humanitarianism in Palestine: 2010-2015,” Amherst College, Department of Anthropology, Amherst, MA

  • November 2015

    “Development vs. Humanitarianism: International Aid in Occupied Palestine,” Kenyon College, Program in International Studies, Gambier, OH

  • November 2015

    “Humanitarians of Bethlehem: International Aid in the Palestinian Territories, Haverford College, Program in Peace, Justice, and Human Rights, Haverford, PA

  • October 2015

    “Queer Israel/Palestine and Legal Imaginations,” Yale Law School, New Haven, CT

  • October 2015

    “Queer Struggles and Resilience in the Middle East/North Africa,” Marymount Manhattan College, Department of Politics and Human Rights, New York, NY

  • October 2015

    “Envisioning LGBTQ Rights in the Middle East,” University of Pennsylvania, Middle East Center, Philadelphia, PA

  • September 2015

    “Queering Human Rights,” Harvard University, Gender and Sexuality Caucus, Cambridge, MA

  • May 2015

    “LGBT Politics in Israel/Palestine,” University of Chicago, Office of LGBTQ Student Life, Chicago, IL

  • April 2015

    “Humanizing Palestine: History, Context, People,” Connecticut College, Dean of the College Office, New London, CT

  • April 2015

    “Biographies, Intersectionality, and Life in Occupied Palestine,” University of California, Berkeley, Department of Ethnic Studies, “Berkeley, CA

  • March 2015

    Keynote, “Coming Out as Gay, Coming Out as Palestinian,” University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Arab Heritage Month, Ann Arbor, MI

  • March 2015

    “The Politics of Being Fabulous in the Holy Land,” Bates College, Department of Anthropology, Lewiston, ME

  • February 2015

    “LGBTQ+ Activism in the Middle East,” University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Middle Eastern Association, Knoxville, TN

  • December 2014

    “Israel/Palestine and International Law,” Yale Law School, New Haven, CT

  • November 2014

    “Ghosts of Gaza: Life, Death, and Humanitarian Intervention,” MIT, Department of Anthropology, Cambridge, MA

  • October 2014

    “From Ferguson to Gaza: Queer Liberation, Reciprocal Solidarity, and the Black and Palestinian Struggles for Justice,” Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA

  • October 2014

    “Ghosts of Gaza: Life, Death, and Humanitarian Intervention,” Johns Hopkins University, Department of Anthropology, Baltimore, MD

  • October 2014

    “Theorizing Intersectionality: Queer and National Liberation in Israel/Palestine,” Earlham College, Peace and Global Studies Program, Richmond, IN

  • October 2014

    “Understanding the Israel-Gaza War and Beyond,” Providence College, Department of Political Science, Providence, RI

  • September 2014

    “Quakers of Palestine: The History of Quaker Faith and Activism in the Middle East,” Guilford College, Friends Center, Guilford, NC

  • April 2014

    “Tel Aviv Nightclubs and West Bank Checkpoints: The Politics of Being Fabulous in the Holy Land,” Boston College, Department of Sociology, Chestnut Hill, MA

  • April 2014

    “Gender-Based Violence in the Occupied Palestinian Territories,” MIT, Department of History, Cambridge, MA

  • March 2014

    “Nonviolent Social Movements in Israel/Palestine,” Providence College, Department of Political Science, Providence, RI

  • November 2013

    “Living with Ghosts: Medical Humanitarianism in the Palestinian Territories,” Yale University, Department of Anthropology, New Haven, CT

  • October 2013

    “Bethlehem Blues: Humanitarian Politics in the Palestinian Territories,” Swarthmore College, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Swarthmore, PA

  • March 2013

    “The Peace Process in Israel/Palestine,” Christopher Newport University, Reiff Center for Human Rights and Conflict Resolution, Newport News, VA

  • October 2012

    “On Heroes and Hope: Nonviolence and Resilience in Israel/Palestine,” Kenyon College, International Studies Program, Gambier, OH

  • October 2011

    “Understanding the Palestinian UN Statehood Bid,” Tufts University, Program in International Relations, Medford, MA

  • March 2010

    “Palestinian Music and Transnational Hip Hop,” Villanova University, Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, Villanova, PA

  • November 2010

    “Narratives and Medical Anthropology,” Birzeit University, Institute of Community and Public Health, Birzeit, West Bank

Dr. Sa'ed Atshan