University of the Middle East Project

We are  pleased to announce an upcoming event at Boston College organized by some of our volunteer interns…
[note: this is not a UME event]

Dr. Joseph Massad on “Semitism and the Palestinians”

When? Thursday, April 3rd at 4:30pm

Where? Gasson Hall, Rm. 305, Boston College, Chestnut Hill Campus

Joseph Massad, Associate Professor of Modern Arab Politics and Intellectual History at Columbia University, will speak on “Semitism and the Palestinians”. He is the author of Colonial Effects: The Making of National Identity in Jordan, The Persistence of the Palestinian Question: Essays on Zionism and the Palestinians, and, most recently, Desiring Arabs. Dr. Massad’s PhD dissertation was awarded the Middle East Studies Association Malcolm Kerr Dissertation Award in 1998. He has done work on Palestinian, Israeli, and Jordanian nationalism.

This event is being sponsored by: Arab Students Association, Muslim Students Association, Sociology Dept, Fine Arts Dept, Global Justice Project, Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies Students Association, MEIS Minor