Achievements

Leena Dallasheh

History

Leena Dallasheh, Department of History, was invited to give a public talk at the Kenyon Institute in Jerusalem. Entitled "Nazareth: The City the Survived the Nakba," the talk explored the strategies and discourses that Nazareth residents utilized to persevere in the aftermath of the Palestinian Nakba (Catastrophe) of 1948.

Leena Dallasheh

History

Leena Dallasheh, Department of History, presented a paper entitled "For a United Front: Palestinians Confronting Colonial Sectarian Policies, at the Arab-Traditions of Anti-Sectarianism Conference at Rice University/University of Houston on December 2, 2017.

Leena Dallasheh

History

Leena Dallasheh, professor of History, presented a paper entitled "Claiming Rights in Nazareth: Legal Strategies during Colonial Transition" at a conference organized by Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel. This organization seeks to promote human rights in Israel, particularly for the Palestinian citizens of Israel. The conference sought to expand first-year law students' understanding of law and human rights.

Leena Dallasheh

History

Dr. Dallasheh was invited to present a paper at UC Berkeley, entitled "Early Encounters, Future Possibilities." Dallasheh's paper explored the ways Palestinians continue to negotiate their status with the Israeli State based on their experience during the early years of their incorporation with the state. This panel was a part of a series of panels organized contemporaneously at the Centers for Middle Eastern Studies at UC Berkeley, UCLA, and UC Santa Barbara on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Middle East war, “6 Days, 50 Years: 1967 and the Politics of Time.”

Leena Dallasheh

History

Dr. Dallasheh was invited to present a paper at Cornell University. Entitled "Between Nation and State: Nazareth’s Palestinian Citizens’ legal Strategies in Israel," the paper was presented, despite the storm. It was also streamed and can be watched at: https://cornell.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=191386bb-a712-4d16-9d14-d8c7204ab990

Thomas D. Mays

History

History Professor Thomas D. Mays' fourth book, "American Guerrillas," will be out the first week in April. Here is a link to read more: http://lyonspress.com/book/9781493022298

There will be a book signing Friday, April 7 from 6-8 at the Wine Spot on F Street in Old Town Eureka.

Leena Dallasheh

History

Dr. Leena Dallasheh was a commentator at a roundtable she organized at the American Historical Association (Denver, CO) entitled “Israelis, Americans, Arabs and Palestinians and the Historical Peace Process in the Middle East.”

Leena Dallasheh

History

Dr. Leena Dallasheh presented a paper at the American Historical Association held in Denver, CO. The paper, entitles “Here We Stay: Palestinians’ Exclusion and Resistance in the Early Israel State,” was a part of a panel she organized, "Lived Decolonizations: Local Experiences of Colonial Transition."

Stephen Jenkins

Religious Studies

Professor Stephen Jenkins published “Debate, Magic, and Massacre: The High Stakes and Ethical Dynamics of Battling Slanderers of the Dharma in Indian Buddhist Narrative and Ethical Theory,” in the Journal of Religion and Violence.

Stephen Jenkins

Religious Studies

Professor Stephen Jenkins gave an invited talk at Harvard's Center for the Study of World Religions entitled "Buddhist Stairways to Heaven."