BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:32717@arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20240430T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20240430T200000 DTSTAMP:20240422T212403Z URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/zionism-liberalism-and-genocide-gaz a-lecture-series-2/ SUMMARY:Zionism\, Liberalism and Genocide : Gaza Lecture Series DESCRIPTION:[caption id="attachment_248242" align="alignnone" width="300"] Zionism\, Liberalism and Genocide Event Promotional Poster[/caption]\n\n&n bsp\;\n\nWASHINGTON\, DC \n\nSince October 10th\, we here at Busboys and Poets Books have been watching with horror as the siege on Gaza continues and the civilian death count rises day by day. In partnership with Georget own University’s Center for Contemporary Arab Studies\, African Studies Program &\; Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding\, we present The Gaza Lecture Series of 2024. We invite everyone to come and learn more abo ut the history of settler colonialism\, violence\, and genocide in Palesti ne. Join us for this session to hear more about zionism\, liberalism\, and the complicity in this modern day genocide.\n\nHistorian Dr. Ussama Makdi si is joining us on the Busboys stage to share his scholarly and personal experiences surrounding Israeli mass violence in Palestinian territories. He’ll be joined by Dr. Nader Hashemi\, Associate Professor of Middle Eas t and Islamic Politics at Georgetown University. There will be a specially curated selection of books about Palestine\, the Palestine Israeli confli ct\, and the 1948 Nakba available for purchase during and after the progra m.\n\nThis event is free and open to all. Our program begins at 6:00 pm\, and will be followed by an audience Q&\;A. Please note that this event is in person and will not be livestreamed. \n\nWe ask that guests RSVP in order to receive direct updates about the event from Busboys and Poets Bo oks\n\nDr. Ussama Makdisi is Professor of History and Chancellor’s Chair at the University of California Berkeley. He was previously Professor of History and the first holder of the Arab-American Educational Foundation C hair of Arab Studies at Rice University in Houston. In April 2009\, the Ca rnegie Corporation named Makdisi a 2009 Carnegie Scholar as part of its ef fort to promote original scholarship regarding Muslim societies and commun ities\, both in the United States and abroad.  Makdisi was awarded the Be rlin Prize and spent the Spring 2018 semester as a Fellow at the American Academy of Berlin. Professor Makdisi’s most recent book Age of Coexisten ce: The Ecumenical Frame and the Making of the Modern Arab World was publi shed in 2019 by the University of California Press. He is also the author of Faith Misplaced: the Broken Promise of U.S.-Arab Relations\, 1820-2001 (Public Affairs\, 2010).\n\nDr. Nader Hashemi is the Director of the Alwal eed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding and an Associate Professor o f Middle East and Islamic Politics at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreig n Service at Georgetown University. He is the author of Islam\, Secularism and Liberal Democracy: Toward a Democratic Theory for Muslim Societies (O xford University Press\, 2009) and co-editor of The People Reloaded: The G reen Movement and the Struggle for Iran’s Future (Melville House\, 2011) \, The Syria Dilemma (MIT Press\, 2013)\, Sectarianization: Mapping the Ne w Politics of the Middle East (Oxford University Press\, 2017) and a four- volume study on Islam and Human Rights: Critical Concepts in Islamic Studi es (Routledge\, 2023). His next book project is entitled: “The Global Di vide over Israel and Palestine.” He is also a Non-Resident Fellow at Dem ocracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN). ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.arabamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2 024/04/Zionism-Liberalism-and-Genocide-Event-Promotional-Poster-.png LOCATION:Busboys and Poets 450K\, 450 K St NW\, Washington\, DC\, United St ates GEO:38.902287;-77.017956 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=450 K St NW\, Washington\, DC\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Busboys and Poets 450K:geo:3 8.902287,-77.017956 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR