“Black Studies & Palestinian Studies: Convergences & Divergences” will bring together thought leaders and practitioners who can trace the past, present, and future of intellectual and political currents in Black Studies and Palestinian Studies. What are the intersections between these two interdisciplinary fields? And what are critical differences between them? How do we understand Black-Palestinian solidarity?
This conference is the result of the collaborative work of partners at Emory University, The Carter Center, Morehouse College, and Spelman College in Atlanta.
The conference is free, open to the public, and hosted in an in-person format only.
Justin Hosbey (University of California, Berkeley)Khadija Salim (Seton Hall University)Taurean Webb (Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference)
Carol Daniel-Kasbari (The Carter Center)Nina Johnson (Swarthmore College)Tabitha Mustafa (University of Pennsylvania)
The city of Atlanta offers a nexus for such a gathering. Home to The Carter Center and leading higher education institutions (including Emory, Morehouse, and Spelman), Atlanta is also the hub for the formidable African American and Arab American communities, for whom Black-Palestinian relations are critical. Atlanta is often considered the ‘Black Mecca’ for its Civil Rights history and robust African American institutions and spaces in the present. Additionally, Palestinian American networks, and Arab American networks more broadly, are on the rise in Atlanta, with the proliferation of churches, mosques, civil society organizations, and cultural centers (such as the Alif Institute) that make this city so vibrant for its Arab residents. The interweaving of questions around justice for Black and Palestinian subjects is salient in Atlanta.