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State Crime Special Issue on Palestine: Journal Launch and Reception

20 June 2016

Time: 6:00 - 8:00pm
Venue: Laws Building Foyer - Queen Mary University of London Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS

The International State Crime Initiative (ISCI) hosts the launch of this special issue of the journal, State Crime: Special Issue on Palestine, Palestinians and Israel’s State Criminality edited by Professor Penny Green and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian. All are welcome to join for the discussion and drinks reception.

Speakers

  • Professor Richard Falk, Former UN Special Rapporteur on on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967
  • Professor Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (via Skype)
  • Professor Penny Green, Director, International State Crime Initiative

Chair

Dr Thomas MacManus, International State Crime Initiative

Contents of the special issue

  • Introduction by Penny Green and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian
  • ‘The Quantum Mechanics of Israeli Totalitarianism’ by Mark LeVine
  • ‘Palestine/Israel and the State Criminality: Exception, Settler Colonialism and Racialization’ by Ronit Lentin
  • ‘Colonialism and Apartheid Against Fragmented Palestinians: Putting the Pieces Back Together’ by Rinad Abdulla
  • ‘Evicting Palestine’ by Penny Green and Amelia Smith
  • ‘Children’s Rights, State Criminality and Settler Colonialism: Violence and Child Arrest in Occupied East Jerusalem’ by Bella Kovner and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian
  • ‘Theorizing State Crime’ by Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, Yossi David and Sarah Ihmoud
  • ‘Assessing Nonviolence in the Palestinian Rights Struggle’ by Victoria Mason and Richard Falk.

Copies of the journal will also be available for purchase on the night. Alternatively, to order a copy, please send an email to: subscriptions@marston.co.uk include your name and full address. Prices - US$15.00 or £10.00 plus postage at cost.

Directions

For directions to the venue, please refer to the map.

How to book

This event is free but prior booking is required. Register online via Eventbrite.

Contact

For more information on this event, please email lawevents@qmul.ac.uk.

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