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Online Program on the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict, May 30 @ 3 p.m. ET

  • 1.  Online Program on the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict, May 30 @ 3 p.m. ET

    Posted 12 days ago
    The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: Challenging Disinformation and Efforts to Silence Debate/Discussion

    Thursday, May 30, 2024 at 12 noon Pacific, 2 p.m. Central, 3 p.m. Eastern

    Zoom program - click here to register:

    Speakers: Dr. Sonia Boulos and Dr. Shira Klein

    Dr. Sonia Boulos is an Associate Professor of international human rights law at the Faculty of Law and International relations, Antonio de Nebrija University. She holds a Doctorate Degree in Juridical Science from the University of Notre Dame, USA. She was awarded the Fulbright doctoral scholarship for her doctoral studies. Her research focuses on the international protection of human rights. She has worked, inter alia, on the Palestinian minority in Israel, gender equality, and the use of force in international law.  Her articles have been published in the Journal of Business Ethics, the Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies, the International Journal of Human Rights, Politics and Governance, Media and Communication, and Profesional de la Información.

    She is a member of SEGERICO - The Research Group on Security, Risks Management and Conflict, at Nebrija University, a multi-disciplinary research group that works on the analysis of vulnerabilities and modern-day conflicts.  She is a recurrent research fellow at Mada al-Carmel Research Center in Haifa where she was invited to lead a research project on Ecclesiastical Family Courts in Israel. She has participated in 7 competitive international and national research projects serving as the Principal Investigator in 2 of them. Boulos serves as the co-editor of Palestine/Israel Review.

    Dr. Shira Klein, Associate Professor and Chair of History at Chapman University, works in two areas: Italian Jewish history and the digital humanities. Her book Italy's Jews from Emancipation to Fascism (Cambridge University Press) was a finalist for the 2018 National Jewish Book Award, and is about to be published in Hebrew. Her co-authored article "Wikipedia's Intentional Distortion of the History of the Holocaust" has surpassed 53,000 views and attracted newspaper coverage in a dozen countries. It, too, is about to be published in Hebrew and Polish. Dr. Klein has received grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture, USC Shoah Foundation, and the Barbieri Endowment. Dr. Klein is a scholar-activist, promoting peace in Israel/Palestine. She is the founder and president of Academics4Peace, a 501c3 dedicated to amplifying the voices of academics who call for justice and equality in Israel/Palestine. 

    Sponsored by the International Responsibilities Task Force of the Social Responsibilities Round Table of the American Library Association