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Historicizing the living Nakba(s): Exploring alternative futures by reclaiming narratives of loss in Palestinian cultural institutions

  • Speaker  Adila Laïdi-Hanieh

  • Location

    C²DH Open Space & online

    11, Porte des Sciences

    4366, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg

  • Topic(s)
    Humanities
  • Type(s)
    Free of charge, In-person event, Lectures and seminars, Virtual event

Introductory lecture by Dr Adila Laïdi-Hanieh, 2024 Public Historian in Residence at the C²DH.

This presentation reviews and analyses a panoply of actions, initiatives and platforms used in Palestine to re-introduce historical narratives, knowledge, and contemplate alternative emancipated futures, despite conditions of military occupation, ethnic cleansing, and economic precarity. The avenue of this practice were non-governmental arts and museum institutions addressing local, international, and diasporic multigenerational audiences with a diversity of tools ranging from community work, exhibitions, publications, online didactic platforms, and digital activities, thereby politicizing and historicizing cultural and museum work. 

Dr Adila Laïdi-Hanieh is a Palestinian art historian and the former Director General of the Palestinian Museum (2018-2023.) She holds a PhD in Cultural Studies from George Mason 8xav¸£Àûµ¼º½ and has published several books and essays. She taught Modern and Contemporary Arab Thought, and Palestinian Art History at Birzeit 8xav¸£Àûµ¼º½ from 2006 to 2008 and ran the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center in Ramallah from 1996 to 2005. 

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