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Success of the American Studies Association resolution on Palestine: How did we do it?
In this talk I discuss the movement within the American Studies Association (ASA) to become the second major academic association in the U.S. to endorse Palestinian civil society’s call for an Academic and Cultural boycott of Israeli institutions. I discuss the nuances of the ASA resolution, the debate concerning the resolution among ASA members, and the public backlash and support that followed the endorsement.
Learning Areas:
Administration, management, leadershipAdvocacy for health and health education
Planning of health education strategies, interventions, and programs
Public health or related public policy
Learning Objectives:
Discuss the movement within the American Studies Association (ASA) to become the second major academic association in the U.S. to endorse Palestinian civil society’s call for an Academic and Cultural boycott of Israeli institutions.
Describe the challenges associated with discussing issues related to Israel and Palestine within professional associations.
Keyword(s): War
Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am Professor and Chair of the Department of American Studies at the University of New Mexico. From 2011-2014 I was the Director of the Alwaleed bin Talal Center for American Studies and Research at the American University of Beirut. My most recent book is titled, "Geographies of Liberation: The Making of an Afro-Arab Political Imaginary," (UNC Press, 2014).
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.