Collecting Family Stories: Learning from the Case of the Nakba
Please note this event has been postponed until November 16th.
MEHAT will continue Thursday, October 12th, at 4PM in SSRB 302 when we are very pleased to welcome Marah Abdel Jabar (CMES) and Laura Albast (Institute for Palestine Studies), who will co-present a workshop entitled, "Collecting Family Stories: Learning from the Case of the Nakba".
Marah Abdel Jabar and Laura Albast
The Center for Middle Eastern Studies and the Institute for Palestine Studies
"Collecting Family Stories: Learning from the Case of the Nakba"
Thursday, October 10th
4:00PM-5:30PM
SSRB 302
Reflecting on her experience as a writer in the Institute for Palestine Studies' ‘How to write your Nakba story?’ workshop, Marah Abdel Jaber will co-lead this lecture and discussion with the writing workshop’s organizer Laura Albast, to share a practical guide on documenting family narratives, oral history collection tools, and journalism's role in generating access to personal histories. Focusing on the experience of the Nakba as a canon of violent fragmentation of Palestinian society, the presenters will also discuss the impact of narrative as a producer of the Palestinian collective conscience.
Please note, this is a hybrid event—Marah will join us in person while Laura will speak on zoom. Those beyond the University of Chicago campus are welcome to register for the webinar here.
Best wishes,
Theo Knights & Darragh Winkelman