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ECLS lecture on Palestinian Literature

Please join us for a lecture and discussion as Dr Anna Bernard (KCL) will deliver the first ECLS lecture on Palestinian Literature:

 

Dr Anna Bernard (King’s College London)

‘Poetry and Palestine Solidarity, 1970-present’

ECLS Student Hub - FAB 5.49

29 January 2025 17:00-18:00

 

Her research focuses on the literature and culture of anti-colonial struggles that have persisted after the formal end of European imperialism. She is the author of  (Liverpool UP, 2013, available open-access) and  (Polity Press, 2023).

 

Advance Reading (not required):

  • Tawfiq Zayyad, ‘The Impossible’ (‘Al-mustaḥīl’, 1966), at
  • Mahmoud Darwish, ‘The Earth is Closing on Us’ (‘Taḍīqu binā al-arḍ’, 1984), at
  • Rafeef Ziadah, ‘Three Generations’ (2020), video available at (lyrics , English at the bottom)

See details here

Fri 10 Jan 2025, 09:00

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