Prisoners’ Rights and Protests; Challenging Professional Collusion – events and recordings

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Dear friends and colleagues,

1. “Hunger Strikes, Human Rights, and the Health of Palestinian Political Prisoners”
2. Challenging Professional Collusion with Settler Colonialism 
a) “Necropolitics and Palestine” 
b) Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian in conversation with Ilan Pappé 
c) Questioning “diversity” in psychoanalysis 
3. One Democratic State

1. “Hunger Strikes, Human Rights, and the Health of Palestinian Political Prisoners”
MONDAY 3rd OCTOBER, 7pm-8pm (UK) 9pm-10pm (Palestine)

With Dr Lina Qasem Hassan, Physician and Chairperson, Physicians for Human Rights-Israel; Sahar Francis, Director General, Addameer Prisoner’s Support and Human Rights Association; Moderator: Randa Wahbe, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University Institute of Community and Public Health, Birzeit University and the Palestine Program for Health and Human Rights, FXB-Harvard University.  Register here.

2. Challenging Professional Collusion with Settler Colonialism
2a. “Necropolitics and Palestine”
Monday 10th Oct 7.30pm-9pm (UK) 9.30pm-11pm (Pal)

On the occasion of the publication of “Descent of the Soul: katabasis and depth psychology, Martin Kemp, Richard Seaford and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian will discuss aspects of the struggle in Palestine in relation to the classical concept of the Katabasis.
Martin will talk on “Pseudo-humanism and Professional Responsibility in the context of Settler Colonialism”;
Richard on ‘’Punishing the Dead: Katabasis in Palestine’’;
Nadera sharing her thoughts in response to these contributions.
Free Zoom meeting: Register here.

2b. Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian in conversation with Ilan Pappé (Recording)
A fascinating opportunity to hear Nadera respond to Ilan’s questions regarding her career and work. Watch here.

2c. Questioning ‘Diversity’ in Psychoanalysis: Lara Sheehi and Foluke Taylor (Recording)
A brilliant discussion of the shortcomings of the discourse on diversity within psychotherapy, organised by the Race & Culture Committee at The Guild of Psychotherapists, London. Foluke Taylor, psychotherapist, author, feminist, on the staff of Metanoia, and Lara Sheehi, psychoanalyst, co-author of Psychoanalysis under Occupation… Watch here

3. One Democratic State? (Recording)
Listen to a discussion by members of the One Democratic State Campaign, Jeff Halper – Director, Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, author, anthropologist; Haim Bresheeth – Founder, Jewish Network for Palestine, author, member of Convivencia Alliance and BRICUP; and Ghada Karmi – Palestinian-born academic, physician and author, member of BRICUP: Watch here